MR-E's Modular Build

[crow]

I wish I had those expanders :D

check ebay Mac there is at least 1 or 2 sets every week
just make sure ya put it in ebays bargains and say ya bidding on it otherwise ya could have members bidding against each other, no value in that ;-)

[Cane Toad]

I'll have you know,that cheap arsed sea martin reel has caught more mackerel than you've had hot dinners Crow :laughing-rolling: :laughing-rolling: I don't know too many other reels loaded with 100lb braid that would go anywhere near the distance.Too bad they are no longer made :crying-blue:

[Cane Toad]

Na,he's waiting form me to send em over,and I'll have to pay the postage :angry-banghead:

[MR-E]

Great looking job MR E :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft: I wish I had the time to do something like that with all this junk laying around in the backyard

Thanks, I never thought of using 4" copper pipe to chock my trailer wheels, that's brilliant :-B

After mucking around with adjustable DC's I've found it's not really worth the extra hassle, on our scale of stills it doesn't seem to effect the outcome much at all.

The proven design of the riser being higher than the DC works, I don't see any benefit that can be gained by messing with it.

A tray bath of around 25mm deep works great for me :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks Mac, if I have the riser a 25mm & the DC at 20mm would that work :?:

Cheers

[MacStill]

Those measurements will be fine, I just use about 5mm more in height on both :-B

[MR-E]

Awesome :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MR-E]

Porn pics, enjoy :D


Plates are 107mm diameter to allow them to fit between the s/s ferrules, the holes are 1/16"(1.59mm) on a 5mm grid,
total of 256 holes per plate.


D.C's will be 3/4" to 1/2" reducers, with a short 1/2" tube in a 3/4" cap.
If I have flooding, I will put larger D.C's in :handgestures-thumbupleft:


A mock up of how they will fit.


s/s ferrule & gasket, with the inside of the gasket removed.


Perfect fit, MR-E is a happy man :happy-partydance:

Cheers :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[kelbygreen]

very nice. This is the sort of thing I would like to build so will be keeping a very close eye on this thread :D :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MacStill]

D.C's will be 3/4" to 1/2" reducers, with a short 1/2" tube in a 3/4" cap.
If I have flooding, I will put larger D.C's in

They will work fine mate, my recent builds have been using almost exactly the same :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I just like the idea of a big wide hole & a skinny bottom :laughing-rolling:

[googe]

Fuck Mr!, you have tidy work!, you must really take your time when you do things!. I never seem to have enough free time to make things like nice like that :mrgreen: . My dcs are the same too :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[MR-E]

Fuck Mr!, you have tidy work!, you must really take your time when you do things!. I never seem to have enough free time to make things like nice like that :mrgreen: . My dcs are the same too :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks googe :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Tip: Citric acid is your new best friend :teasing-neener:

[Yummyrum]

MR-E

Lovi'n your work.

I'm curious about the 1/2 " down comers.
Everyone's going for 3/4" say'n 1/2 " is too small .

So looking at what your doing ,is it the opening that's more important at 3/4" than the down-comer itself ?

cheers Yummyrum

[MR-E]

MR-E

Lovi'n your work.

I'm curious about the 1/2 " down comers.
Everyone's going for 3/4" say'n 1/2 " is too small .

So looking at what your doing ,is it the opening that's more important at 3/4" than the down-comer itself ?

cheers Yummyrum

That's a good question :think:
I kinda wanted to rock the boat & give the 1/2" a try.
Mac is running his similar, not sure of the specs :?:
The idea of the bigger opening is that it will help drain the plates, I think having the short 1/2" drain will help as well, I won't know
for sure how it will perform until I fire it up.
One thing I noticed, when I was running with 3/4" J-traps, was the amount of liquid draining from those was about the same as
the output from the still.

Cheers :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[googe]

Wouldnt a certain length of 1/2' with a cap = the 3/4' inlet?. So its equalized.

[MR-E]

Wouldnt a certain length of 1/2' with a cap = the 3/4' inlet?. So its equalized.

I have know idea :oops: hopefully one of the cleverer types will help with that one :?:

[MacStill]

Mac is running his similar, not sure of the specs :?:
The idea of the bigger opening is that it will help drain the plates, I think having the short 1/2" drain will help as well, I won't know
for sure how it will perform until I fire it up.

The ones I've been making are from a 3/4 x 1/2 reducer through the plate, a short piece of 1/2 as the dropper and a 3/4 cup.

They work like a charm and will give excellent performance :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Here's the underside of a plate, just before cleaning the burs and sticking the cup on the DC.

IMG_0981 x.JPG

[MR-E]

Cheers Mac, that's how I planned to do it, I didn't think of putting the holes in the two legs of the 1/2", learning something new
all the time :handgestures-thumbupleft:

[bt1]

that is rather nice.

bt1

[MacStill]

Cheers Mac, that's how I planned to do it, I didn't think of putting the holes in the two legs of the 1/2", learning something new
all the time :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I'm not cutting those slots anymore, I found 4 x 5mm holes works just as well :handgestures-thumbupleft: