Aussiedistiller, Home Distilling, Moonshine, Home Brew

When life hands you a pot still, make whiskey and rum. ;-)

Doubleuj wrote: you'll pick up some copper eventually or save the money for some.

Yep your onto it Doubleuj , i'll show the haters and naysayers :obscene-birdiedoublered: I hardly got any sleep last night because my internet feelings had been trampled by Plumby :violence-smack: :teasing-neener: :teasing-neener:

It may take me some time but I'll get it done .

On a positive note I picked up a MAP/Oxy torch set yesterday , that will make silver soldering easier I'm sure .

Like my Grandad use to say " You dont have to be nice, just honest. "
It will happen eventually mate, took me ages to get everything for my pot still.

I reakon Zaks on the money (as usual), rip out all the packing and run her as a pot :handgestures-thumbupleft:

wynnum1 wrote:This is from a previous discussion and has a photo of the extension they sold and shows it was 10 inch's long and the cooling .
May be worth doing similar.

http://www.aussiedistiller.com.au/viewt ... ux#p136281

That's exactly the ones I was making for the home brew shop only twice as long

What price did you sell it for .

Got 2 mt of 1/4 inch :dance:

Gotta tell ya tho !/4 is not bloody easy to find . eventually got it for $7 a mt . only other place I found was $26 a mt at tradelink .

Anyway jobs on over the weekend , i'll have a homemade T500 before I know it .

on an unrelated matter , we started a Rumtopf in Oct , just getting into it now , oooooh la la

After a short spell , I'm back with it .
Coiling 1/4 inch tube to fit inside a 2inch pipe is not easy . Started off with a hollow mandrill but found the 1/4 in trying to kink at every movement . But anyway got there in the end. So thats 2mt of 1/4 coiled there , I'll stuff a copper scrubber or 2 up the center and hopefully that will knock most of the vapors down . Now to go and cut the top off the column drill a couple od 1/4 in holes and try an jiggle the 2 ends of the coil thru .

Nice coil prawnz, let us know how it runs now. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I'm going to fly solo with the braising tomorrow , just wondering if anyone is prepared to recommend an % of silver in the rod/solder ?

I had a practice run with a bit of scrap today and I think the 2% wire they gave me is not high enough in silver as the copper started to melt moments after the wire did .

Any thoughts ?

Cheers Al

I'm going to fly solo with the braising tomorrow , just wondering if anyone is prepared to recommend an % of silver in the rod/solder ?

I had a practice run with a bit of scrap today and I think the 2% wire they gave me is not high enough in silver as the copper started to melt moments after the wire did .

Any thoughts ?

Cheers Al

15% is good

I use 2%, 15% is easier though :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Thanks guys , 15 it is :handgestures-thumbupleft:

I went from 5% to 15% rods. Took some getting used to with oxy acetylene. It melted at a much lower temp and ran more readily (everywhere). With 5% you had to feed it in and it settled easier (without running) but needed more heat. Almost a pain in the butt to control the melt with 15%. Be good with mapp or butane though I reckon. :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Got a 15% stick , not bloody cheap tho :scared-eek:

I'm using MAP /OXY , same as this . I got amate to do the original fit up for me , he did it with a MAP only torch and it just wasnt quite enough heat . This one tho :handgestures-thumbupleft:

Quick heads up for anyone that gets one of these torches , keep the inner flame as long as possible , uses less oxy . I didnt , got carried away with the hissing sound of a short flame and the oxy bottle emptied in about 5 mins :crying-blue:
Had a read of the instructions and yep there it is in black and white for me ~x(

Yep I found out the hard way

You always want a carburizing flame when working with silver solder (long and feathery 2nd flame about 3-5x the inner blue) otherwise the silver and copper will oxidise and you will have trouble.

If you use an oxidising flame (no 2nd flame and hissing) not only will you find that you blow through bottles of oxygen but the solder wont run properly and you will be using heaps of flux to constantly remove the oxidation around your join.