Week 2 SummaryI didn’t get a lot done this week, due to having a life :violin: So I am really keen to get into the shed over the following week.
I had managed to get 4 modular sections together last week, but some of them weren’t completely square, and the column looked like a crooked piece of shit when I clamped it all together. :o
So the time that I got this week, I cut and made up sections 5 and 6, as well as the blank piece to connect to the boiler. I finally got them pretty square and am pretty happy with the result now.
Took a lot of messing around until my arm was numb from hours of hammering though! :violence-stickwhack:
I went for another trip down to the scrapyard this weekend, in particular looking for 2” and 1”...and guess what I found!!?? :dance: (That big piece of 2" is about 2.4m long)
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It almost looks like someone’s building a still :p
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6 plate modular column taking shape... (and a friggen straight one finally!)
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Have drawn up plans on paper for the reflux condenser...looking at 3” with 4x 1” tubes on Mac’s recommendation. Just a mockup with 2 little pieces sitting in there...
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A lot should happen this week...I’ve got the 3” setup on a mate's milling machine, ready to drop my big 4” holesaw through it and hopefully make some neat scallop cuts to mount sight glass ports. :-B
Depending on time, i’ll be doing what I can of the reflux and product condensers and hopefully have them finished.
Current thoughts are the 2” product condenser with 5 x ½” tubes in it...I have a fair bit of these so can make it fairly long...any thoughts?
Cheers
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