Another hard day's work, and the end is in sight. Today I finished up the trays, cut a larger hole in my keg and welded on a 4" ferrule to mount the column direct to the keg. I did a little more polishing and finished up the plumbing too.
I still need to get the sight glasses, and the 1/2" NPT fitting above the top window is going to get a 3" temp gauge I ordered yesterday (I had the room, and it'll look cool!!) I also need to figure out where I'll mount the temp probes for my controller. The port on the bottom of the dephleg that has a ball valve on it is eventually going to be for my automation valve, to control dephleg water flow with my controller.
Aside from those few things, she's basically ready to go :!:
Here's a look at the column set up, it's about 6'6" tall, and pretty hefty!!
A look down at it, you can see the caps through the window a bit...
And a closer look at the plumbing, I'll get a nicer valve for the air bleed, or maybe even put a "maid-o-mist" automatic air bleed valve there instead. The two red handled gate valves control water out flow only to regulate cooling to the dephleg.
All I can say is, I sure wish my welding would have been as pretty at the start as it was towards the end of the build, it took a while to get the feel of things again.