Another 2" Slant Bokakob

by **Kimbo** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:08 pm

Great Vid Mulla and awesome rig,
can you tell me what the sound track was?
and how do you add the sound track and count down in the beginning?

by **punchy21** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:18 pm

You've done a top job mullamulla! :handgestures-thumbupleft: :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **mullamulla** » Thu Sep 13, 2012 6:28 pm

Cheers guys, really appreciated the help I got with this.. MR-E should get a special thanks too, it's his charity still that got me all wet :D

Kimbo wrote:Great Vid Mulla and awesome rig,
can you tell me what the sound track was?
and how do you add the sound track and count down in the beginning?

The soundtrack was by the legendary testicle clamping band "Clutch" the song was Gravel Road

The countdown thing comes with the software that I used, Corel Video Studio X5.... Corel always make good gear, I'd never used it before but it seems a piece of piss to work with :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **MR-E** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 2:48 am

Great vid & nice build, you've got the bug now :D

by **Chocaholic** » Fri Sep 14, 2012 9:44 am

Very professional mullamulla :dance:

Plenty of info, and visual porn throughout the build too - great job mate :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **mullamulla** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 5:55 pm

I'm going to do my first proper run on her tomorrow, just wondering how many scrubbers I should pack into my 50 x 1200 column.... should I tease them out quite loose or just shape them and pack them in?

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by **Sam.** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:03 pm

Not too loose but not too tight! If you can blow air through it fairly easy you should be close. Will find out after the first run when you see how it performs

by **mullamulla** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:13 pm

Cheers mate, I'll err on the side of loose and take it from there, when I first packed it the other day I blew through it and thought it seemed a bit constricted :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **googe** » Sat Sep 22, 2012 9:59 pm

Well ive totally missed this thread!! :? , awesome build mate, looks great :handgestures-thumbupleft: Very inforative vid, i'll be studying it :)

by **minimalist_1** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:45 pm

Me too googe, build is looking good. I might copy a little if you don't mind.

Just scored 1.5m of 2" from south melb scrap for $20, there bin was full of off cuts. Last week they had some 6" too.

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by **mullamulla** » Fri Oct 05, 2012 1:53 pm

Feel free mate, I've only copied other peoples idea's and modified a couple of things here and there :handgestures-thumbupleft:

If you have any questions just shoot.

by **stardust178** » Sat Nov 03, 2012 7:07 am

wow nice build,cant wait till mine is done

by **skelty** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 9:27 am

Well done mate,appreciate the time and effort for the fantastic vid ^:)^

by **ErnieV** » Fri Dec 07, 2012 7:58 pm

That's brilliant. Could I ask two newbie questions.

Firstly, is it sealed at the top?

Secondly, the copper fittings, are they all simply soldered?

I love jobs like this, and have all the tools in my garage, including a tig welder to make it happen. Can't wait to have a go over the Christmas holidays.

I've got a great scrap yard close to me for parts and stuff too. :D

by **ErnieV** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 6:30 am

Sorry, another newbie question, what's the holes in the top for?

Is this not "sealed"?

by **SBB** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 7:20 am

All stills must remain "open to the atmosphere" in other words they cant be completely sealed or pressure would build up from the boiling wash. If this does happen you have created a VERY BIG BOMB! which is the last thing you want. Distilling is not a hobby to be taken lightly, it can and will hurt you if you don't stick to the known rules.

by **mullamulla** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 9:26 am

Hey Ernie & Skelty, thanks for the kind words :greetings-waveyellow:

Yeah as SBB said, the top has to be open otherwise you are creating a steam bomb that can KILL, MAIM or burn your shed down very easily, it's great that you taken up an interest in this but make sure read and understand everything before undertaking building anything.

There's some great resources in the forum library viewforum.php?f=47

and this is a good starter guide to building boka's http://wiki.homedistiller.org/Boka_Refl ... w_To_Build

ErnieV wrote:the copper fittings, are they all simply soldered?

Yep they are soldered with silver solder (make sure its silver solder and not lead based), the stainless ferrule was brazed to the copper.

If you've got any questions feel free to ask mate, we all start somewhere :handgestures-thumbupleft:

by **SBB** » Sat Dec 08, 2012 10:36 am

mullamulla wrote:you are creating a steam bomb

Not just normal steam ether, Highly explosive and flammable alcohol vapor/ steam. Not trying to scare monger or put anyone off.......just stating the facts.

by **ErnieV** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 5:32 am

Thanks guys, what size of pipe is your condenser coil made from?

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by **mullamulla** » Sun Dec 09, 2012 9:31 am

Its a 1/4" (6mm), make sure you wind very slow when winding the coil, i just wrapped a bit of cardboard box around the first helix to wind the second, you can then soak it and pick the cardboard out with a toothpick