Re: 4" stainless 4 tray bubble column design
Posted: Tue Sep 20, 2011 11:44 am
Thanks Mac :)
Today, I made the endcaps for the 2" shotgun product condenser. I marked and center punched the tube holes, then drilled them out to 1/2" on a strip of stainless. I the squares off, and put a 1/2" bolt in the center tube hole, then chucked it in a lathe and turned them to the correct size circles (forgot a pic of that).
Here's a pic drilling out the pilot holes, these were enlarged to 1/2" to fit the tubes.
Then I fit the 5 tubes into the endcaps, they are 1/2"OD X .065" wall stainless, and 24" long. This gives me 10ft of cooling tube in the shotgun. I hope this is capable of knocking down everything I have to throw at it (4500W). It should, considering it's 5X bigger what I use now (2ft of 1/2" copper leibig). I do realize that stainless has lower thermal conductivity than copper, and the ID is smaller on the stainless, but it should be more than enough. :D
Today, I made the endcaps for the 2" shotgun product condenser. I marked and center punched the tube holes, then drilled them out to 1/2" on a strip of stainless. I the squares off, and put a 1/2" bolt in the center tube hole, then chucked it in a lathe and turned them to the correct size circles (forgot a pic of that).
Here's a pic drilling out the pilot holes, these were enlarged to 1/2" to fit the tubes.
Then I fit the 5 tubes into the endcaps, they are 1/2"OD X .065" wall stainless, and 24" long. This gives me 10ft of cooling tube in the shotgun. I hope this is capable of knocking down everything I have to throw at it (4500W). It should, considering it's 5X bigger what I use now (2ft of 1/2" copper leibig). I do realize that stainless has lower thermal conductivity than copper, and the ID is smaller on the stainless, but it should be more than enough. :D