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Show your still

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:08 pm
by MacStill
Thought we need a thread with people's stills - I love picks of stills :)

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:27 pm
by MacStill
here's mine :mrgreen:

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Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Sun Mar 20, 2011 4:52 pm
by reknaw
There you go :) computers :(

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 6:38 am
by QLD.Andy
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Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 8:44 am
by bundy
Built by Macstiill

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:02 am
by MacStill
Hey bundy your block looks exactly like mine and you better send that still back, it looks like I forgot to finish it off :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:10 am
by bundy
what didn't you finish of or are you pulling my tit? works OK for me so far. wish it was my block.









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Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:13 am
by MacStill
bundy wrote:what didn't you finish of or are you pulling my tit?


It's got a big fucking hole in it :shock:

:lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 10:55 am
by bundy
some one plunged hole is got a cap on now with my name engraved on it.

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:08 pm
by reknaw
Andy,

Just a quick sugestion, with the plastic offtake maybe change it for copper????? Plastic in contact with highly concentrated alcohol is'nt the best way to go, not 100% sure but it may be a 3\8 bit of copper that'ld fit over it.

Thought I'ld throw it out there ;)

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:14 pm
by MacStill
Yeah Spud I thought the same but then realised it's not really a plastic, it's called ledathene or something like that and is supposed to be non toxic and comes standard with the T500.

I have no idea what the MSDS is on it because I didnt look for it, so I'd say proceed with caution if using it.

Good pick up all the same :mrgreen:

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Mon Mar 21, 2011 9:54 pm
by reknaw
ledathene? ok never heard of it, I'll have to see what I can find on it, I'll look at the MSDS on it tomorrow at work if I get a bit of time.

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 6:23 am
by QLD.Andy
I did shoot SS an email about the health implications of 90+ alc running down a plastic tube but never heard back, LHBS guy just said its a food grade plastic that wont harm me.
I was thinking about asking Mr McStill if we could do something.
I am not the "handiest" person and couldnt see a way of attaching a solid pipe.
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Edit to add: Looks safe http://www.leda.co.nz/Product.php?ProductID=1

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Tue Mar 22, 2011 12:08 pm
by MacStill
QLD.Andy wrote:I was thinking about asking Mr McStill if we could do something.


I used a bit of 3/8 copper tube on the one I had, you'll just need to drill the tube out a little to get it to fit and put a couple of wraps of PTFE tape around the join.

Cheers.

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 8:57 am
by rumby
I will send through a picture of mine, just need to work how to download it.

Msctill, yours is impressive.

Mine is the same as spuds, but I have an old 45l boiler with a domed lid. I can be a pain in the arse having to flour paste the lid it all the time, but it does allow for easy cleaning.

(Spud your grass needs a mow.)

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 2:41 pm
by reknaw
It does, I think the photo I posted is actually your still whenI did the test run on it :oops:

I can tell because I didn't clean up the welds to make it a shiney before I gave it to you :)

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 6:37 pm
by Kimbo
Hi every one,... here it is...."The Pig" :lol:Image

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:09 pm
by MacStill
I love it! :mrgreen:

Now post it on HD and see how ya go....... :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 7:12 pm
by Kimbo
McStill wrote:I love it! :mrgreen:

Now post it on HD and see how ya go....... :lol: :lol: :mrgreen: :lol: :lol:

Naaahhhhh!!!!!!! :oops:

Re: Show your still

PostPosted: Thu Mar 24, 2011 10:35 pm
by maheel
it's an ugly stripper.... :mrgreen:
has a sealed temp well in the top
runs on pool water :)
i throw a blanket around the keg to speed up heating

any one pick the critical error i made in the condenser... :x