Awww now your laughing at me, I thought I was special.
I will be honest, I did not weld this thing together, I can't weld for the life of me, braze yes weld no.
I work at a chemical company and was discussing my Grumpy Old Man still with one of the engineers.
And lets face it. Anything is better than a Grumpy.
Showed him McStills rig and he was impressed, we have S/S stuff but no copper.
We hunted around on the web for some designs and found this picture.
I actually got in touch with the Chinese who make them, maybe sell them in competion to the Brewcraft Turbo 500 thingamabob.
If I can get enough interest I will have a go at selling them, not everyone wants to make their own and they do look good.
Don't know if they work until I get one and see, I have ordered a sample as a trial to see the workmanship etc.
Lorry, my engineer friend laughed and said he could do better.
And so he did, the condensor on mine, I think is better but other than that its more or less as the picture looks.
Afterall that was the plan.
We costed up all the parts and labour and just the two condensors came in at a whopping $1175.00 and thats before we even looked at the tower.
So mine is worth close to $2000, Geordi is a ripoff if you ask me.
Thank the stars I did not have to pay for the labour and welding rods but I did promise a few bottles when I had it running.
Like I said, I thought I was special, but obviously China has beaten me with the proverbial cane.
But it still looks nice and shiny and its mine, so I am happy.