The Heart of Gold

[rumdidlydum]

:)) :text-lol:

[warramungas]

Disclaimer; this current lack of progress is due to Mrs Griffin's end of year uni exams. She's put a temporary ban on all drilling and grinding, and put me on full time parenting duties until Wednesday night. Expect progress on Sunday :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Sorry Bushy :laughing-rolling:

I sympathise with your missus. I just finished my exams. F**k I hate math's. Hate it even worse she says "You'll never use this method in real life but its in the exam". Once you hit 40 just counting your change left on the bar starts to become a chore.
On the plus side I've got some copper bits and pieces stashed in my work bag right now that I hope to turn into an inline thumper plate over the course of the next few nights. Being time poor is a bitch and I'll be time poor again in a week or two so gotta smash this out while I can and have the gear available on nightshift.

[Zak Griffin]

And the last of my seals arrived from FSD today :music-deathmetal:

Mrs Griff finishes exams tomorrow, with any luck by my birthday in March ( 8-} ) ill have a finished bubbler :happy-partydance:

[rumdidlydum]

Finish day set... :teasing-tease: watching with interest :D

[Doubleuj]

Good luck mate :handgestures-thumbupleft: but like rum says, you've set a dead line now. Bushy will be up you if you miss it!

[EziTasting]

Very much looking forward to the end product! Fingers crossed...

[Bushy]

Don't cross fingers that you plan on using for the next month. Ol Zac and the other guy, 12 many excuses, are a tale of woe when it comes to building stills. This went wrong blah blah you never guess what happened. Don't mind me. I been quiet.

[Zak Griffin]

Had an early minute this afternoon so I got a bit done on the Infinite Improbability Drive :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Had to trim the seals a bit

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But it fits!

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And seals! (The bottom plate at least :laughing-rolling: )

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I had to give the bolts a bit of a trim too, but I was expecting that.

[bluc]

Sweet :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[Zak Griffin]

Well it's a bit late, and a bit less than I was hoping but here's some progress

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And admiring the view

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So two modules are complete and sealed. I'll try to get the other two done this week, just need an early knock off or two.

Getting closer!

[Doubleuj]

They look awesome mate bet you can't wait till it's all done and you can sit back and get your bubble on :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[warramungas]

Looking like a million bucks. Gunna be a rippa!

[rumdidlydum]

Top notch job Zac looking smicho.
The traditional brass on copper look that will be awsome.
:music-deathmetal:

[Lowie]

Hey Zac - have you drilled and tapped your flanges on the sight glasses to attach the brass plates? If so what diameter? I'm thinking of doing the same.

[Zak Griffin]

Go back a couple of pages in this thread and you can see how I've put the SG's together :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Cheers for the encouragement guys. It's been a long road but I'm getting there!

[EziTasting]

How goes this, Mr. Zac?

[hillzabilly]

SOON :laughing-rolling: cheers hillzabilly ;-)

[Zak Griffin]

Sorry lads, flat out with work. I'll get there!

I've got less than a litre of CFW left so ill have to get it running soon.

[Dig Brinker]

How's that Christmas deadline going, Zak? I need to uncross my fingers pretty soon... :teasing-tease:

[Zak Griffin]

And the last of my seals arrived from FSD today :music-deathmetal:

Mrs Griff finishes exams tomorrow, with any luck by my birthday in March ( 8-} ) ill have a finished bubbler :happy-partydance:

No mention of a Christmas deadline? :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: 8-}

Nah no good. Literally only about an hours worth of work left - cutting the sight glass hole in two modules and soldering the fisheye on. In fact I could put it together and run I with just a top and bottom SG if I wanted.

I did a 15 amp lead with a 10 amp plug for the element, though! :handgestures-thumbupleft: