3" VM build

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3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:13 pm

Started building a new VM today & got the coil done :dance:



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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Cane Toad » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:40 pm

This a keeper or special order Mac?
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Sun Feb 12, 2012 3:51 pm

This one is for me mate, I am finding more uses for neutral now my UJ & rum stocks are looking good.
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Cane Toad » Sun Feb 12, 2012 4:03 pm

Hmmm you gunna put the plans up,or is this a prototype? :think:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:25 pm

Big Don wrote:Hmmm you gunna put the plans up,or is this a prototype? :think:


The plan is to build a VM COLUMN :laughing-rolling:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Cane Toad » Sun Feb 12, 2012 6:41 pm

Ok Mr Smarty Pants,we all know that you always have to tinker with designs.I'm sure that you have a few 'variations' in the back of your mind running around :think: I spose we'll see when it's finished....but then again,they're never really finished,are they :laughing-rolling:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby LWTCS » Tue Feb 14, 2012 2:00 am

Nice and round. You always were pretty good at at this stuff.

Gonna set the new build on top yer thumper and run it like a race horse ain't ya?
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:56 am

The problem I have is ceiling height in my shed, I cant really determine what I'll be doing with the column until my new boiler arrives.

But there will be a sight glass on the bottom of the column for sure, eventually :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby emptyglass » Tue Feb 14, 2012 7:46 pm

Larry can help you out with the ceiling problem- he's got a good fix.
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby LWTCS » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:14 pm

Site glass at the bottom? What visual reference will be most helpful from that location?
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Tue Feb 14, 2012 10:19 pm

LWTCS wrote:Site glass at the bottom? What visual reference will be most helpful from that location?


It'll be in a home made bubble ball kinda contraption :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Will also be able to put it at the top or the middle of the column for experimenting :mrgreen:

Just gotta get my boiler from the welder and I can put this thing together :crying-blue:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Al Qaemist » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:35 am

If height is going to be an issue - search out minimes latest builds, he is splitting the vapour to the condenser and the take off with a 1" T at the top of the column. Reduces the overall height.
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Wed Feb 15, 2012 11:50 am

Jigsaw puzzle arrived yesterday :mrgreen:

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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Cane Toad » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:29 pm

Wouldn't it be nice to have the time that some people have,to fuck around in the shed at ones leisure :snooty:
I keep hearing the words "kept man" in the back of my head :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling:
I'm just jealous :crying-blue:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Wed Feb 15, 2012 12:34 pm

..... and I got all that gear on Valentines day too, even the massive pipe cutter :teasing-neener:

Just had my first ever successful attempt at soft soldering SS ferrules to copper, this build is now underway :dance:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Cane Toad » Wed Feb 15, 2012 1:10 pm

I don't like you anymore :snooty: I never got a thing for valentines day :snooty: not even a jump!
But then again it was probably to be expected....coz I got her nothing,for the last 3 years :laughing-rolling:
Those cutters do 4"? If so I may have to see if I can find a set :handgestures-thumbupleft:
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby R-sole » Wed Feb 15, 2012 3:58 pm

Yep, those ones do 4". i have some 8-)
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby Cane Toad » Wed Feb 15, 2012 6:26 pm

For sale?
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Wed Feb 15, 2012 7:07 pm

Coming along just nicely now, starting to get the feel of of soldering again after having a break for so long...... :dance:

Pics coming soon
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Re: 3" VM build

Postby MacStill » Wed Feb 15, 2012 9:11 pm

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