first ever build. it has begun

by **Smbjk** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 3:11 pm

Hi guys

With all the info and help i have been getting from this forum :dance: :dance:

I have decided to give my first build a go so i thought i would start a build thread.

This is my dry mok up. I know you have all seen it but i want to start from the begining :D

Hope you all like

by **twobottles** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 5:09 pm

Looks cool, kinda chunky and clunky. Is that 50mm?, whats the pipe size in the condenser?

by **Smbjk** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 8:50 pm

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Hey guys. Built my shotgun. After a complete failue with silver solder i got some great advice on soft solder so here it is :wave: :wave:

by **Smbjk** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:31 pm

Fuck!! Posted the same pic twice :angry-banghead: :angry-banghead:

by **Bushy** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:41 pm

No fuck. Very good. You could have squeezed another tube or two in there but that will work just fine.
Well done :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **Smbjk** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 9:47 pm

Yeah I know but I have very primative tools and was a little afraid I would do it wrong. But for the price I paid for the copper I will build another with much more confidence :)) :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **db1979** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:06 pm

Is that 3 x 3/8 inside 2 inch? You can squeeze 3 of them into 1 inch if you're crazy enough! :teasing-neener:

by **db1979** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:08 pm

Even more crazy with primitive tools. Maybe they should lock me away... :?

by **Smbjk** » Sun Aug 04, 2013 10:10 pm

Yeah I know 8-} maybe I should go to the scrappie and get some more bling. Just wanted to give my first atempt a go and plus im not that crazy :teasing-neener:

by **jasonc2861** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 12:23 am

So how's it going mate?i have a metre or 2 of 50mm,want to make one like this,,,looks awsomeman, :handgestures-thumbupleft: what are you joining it to? :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **Smbjk** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 6:42 am

Thanks jason :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Will be joining it to a keg. Have already started the easy flange and hopefully solder it all togerther today. :D

by **Smbjk** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 2:37 pm

Well here she is!! :happy-partydance: :happy-partydance:

Shes a bit ugly and the solder not the best but first time doing a build!!

I think i might call here kembla as all the fittings have that name on it. I just need to give her a polish then cleaning run to see if all solders are tight. The shot gun is water tight so i'm 1/2 way there :D :D :D :D

by **jasonc2861** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 3:53 pm

^:)^ ^:)^ well done,looks pretty dang good man :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **Smbjk** » Mon Aug 05, 2013 4:18 pm

jasonc2861 wrote:^:)^ ^:)^ well done,looks pretty dang good man :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks jason was heaps of fun :D

by **Smbjk** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:25 am

Hy guys I have another guestion :think: should I put a temp guage on the column somewhere?

by **bt1** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:39 am

Nice clean build...will serve you well.

Most folk would say a thermo not required on a pot and to be honest that's the way I run mine. But good info always assists.

The parrot is the key to a pot...you'll learn to read it well...a skill missed by some on other designs.

wd

let's hear some tales of first strip, run.

enjoy!

bt1

by **JayD** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 8:47 am

Nice build mate, it has a mechanical look to it...as suggestion if I may for your next build or even this build place your inlet and outlet water on the downstream orientation. how you have done yours will work but it may have tendency to kink your hoses.

J... :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **Smbjk** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 7:23 pm

JayD wrote:Nice build mate, it has a mechanical look to it...as suggestion if I may for your next build or even this build place your inlet and outlet water on the downstream orientation. how you have done yours will work but it may have tendency to kink your hoses.

J... :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Yeah I know I thought of that but I run hoses to the roof with a hook so I make sure that the hoses arent near my burner as I run gas :D
Thanks for theadvice though and thanks to everyone for all your helpfull advice in the past few weeks :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft: ^:)^ ^:)^

Also my parrot buildmis on the way :D

by **Yummyrum** » Wed Aug 07, 2013 10:08 pm

Smbjk wrote:Hy guys I have another guestion :think: should I put a temp guage on the column somewhere?

Nice job Mate .

If you have a thermo, drill a hole and stick it in .I have one on my Pot still which I use as a stripper .Like the other guys say, it probably isn't much use when it comes to distilling as such but I find it useful just to let me know how quickly the boiler is going and when to start paying attention .Its also a good learning tool .It helps sort out in your mind the relationship between boil temps and output ABVs .All the theory is good but seeing is believing .

And also ..touch and feel ..this also helps with the correlation of temps and ABV ..and smell the output ...way before you get anywhere near drops coming out the end ,you will smell things you never expected :think:

by **Dominator** » Thu Aug 08, 2013 3:44 am

Yummyrum wrote:and smell the output ...way before you get anywhere near drops coming out the end ,you will smell things you never expected :think:

Yep! I remember the first time I ran my still and being real concerned about the fores smell coming out of it right before I started collecting. Haha.