stilllearning's Glasser Build
Posted: Wed Dec 16, 2015 8:16 pm
Righto, so the time has come for me to start my glasser build...
I originally set out a couple of years ago to build a VM or LM still, got sidetracked by life for a fair while, and when I came back to this forum to get stuck back into it I was quickly inspired by several of the excellent examples of glass columns that had popped up while I was away. This is my first still build, so be gentle :shifty: but I've read and re-read just about every thread going on this stuff and think I've got most of it sorted. I definitely want everyone's feedback though, good or bad - all the great discussion about this stuff is what makes me keep coming back here for more...
It's taken me around 4 months to gather up all the major bits, I tried to spread out the cost a bit and also took time for some items to be available, like the copper which came from the local scrapyard over several weeks. Finally got the last lot of clamps today as well as the last bit of 4" pipe that I was chasing for ages. So everything is pretty much ready to go now, will be right into it straight after Christmas, just going to do some fiddly little bits in the meantime.
The build will be a modular bubble plate, about a 90% clone of the glass duck. I'll have up to 6 bubble plates, as well as a glass packed section on top. 4" out of the keg, 4" RC, 4"-2" reducer then over into a 2" PC, around 600 long. All on a 50L keg boiler with twin 2400 watters.
Lastly, a massive thank you to everyone on here for putting up all your time and knowledge into this site. Pretty much every part of this design is taken from the various threads here, and I've forgotten exactly who to credit for every part. The major ones were bt1, woodduck and wiifm from memory, you guys have helped me out with this in a big way, even if you don't know it! And of course a thanks to 5 Star for the fast service on a couple of my stainless goodies (4 days max delivery time from WA to Townsville, NQ).
I originally set out a couple of years ago to build a VM or LM still, got sidetracked by life for a fair while, and when I came back to this forum to get stuck back into it I was quickly inspired by several of the excellent examples of glass columns that had popped up while I was away. This is my first still build, so be gentle :shifty: but I've read and re-read just about every thread going on this stuff and think I've got most of it sorted. I definitely want everyone's feedback though, good or bad - all the great discussion about this stuff is what makes me keep coming back here for more...
It's taken me around 4 months to gather up all the major bits, I tried to spread out the cost a bit and also took time for some items to be available, like the copper which came from the local scrapyard over several weeks. Finally got the last lot of clamps today as well as the last bit of 4" pipe that I was chasing for ages. So everything is pretty much ready to go now, will be right into it straight after Christmas, just going to do some fiddly little bits in the meantime.
The build will be a modular bubble plate, about a 90% clone of the glass duck. I'll have up to 6 bubble plates, as well as a glass packed section on top. 4" out of the keg, 4" RC, 4"-2" reducer then over into a 2" PC, around 600 long. All on a 50L keg boiler with twin 2400 watters.
Lastly, a massive thank you to everyone on here for putting up all your time and knowledge into this site. Pretty much every part of this design is taken from the various threads here, and I've forgotten exactly who to credit for every part. The major ones were bt1, woodduck and wiifm from memory, you guys have helped me out with this in a big way, even if you don't know it! And of course a thanks to 5 Star for the fast service on a couple of my stainless goodies (4 days max delivery time from WA to Townsville, NQ).