Lead solder & flux - Ebay Still Woes

by **bundy** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:01 am

i cut up my ebay still so that i can use the 50mm copper pipe, i knew it had been soldered with lead solder and builder claims that it will not harm any one.this is what i found.
you be the judge about not harming any on. a lot of these were sold so if any one has one like me get macstill to build you a new one or get it re soldered with silver solder.
there is a lot of people on this site that can give you more info than me.
i hope this is of help to any one that was like me silly enough to buy one.

by **MacStill** » Fri Apr 22, 2011 10:43 am

Bloody hell :shock:

That's a lot of baked on flux and shit in there, flux contains acid, that's why it is recomended anyone buying or building a new still should do a good cleaning run or two with vinegar before you start making consumable product.

Most if not all stills I build have been tested before they go out so they are ready to go, and I clean up all my soldering as I go so things are as clean as possible, which makes building them a lot easier anyway, let alone removing the majority of the crap caused by soldering.

I wonder how many people are slowly getting crook from this dodgy old wankers work, it's bloody wrong!

I hope he signs up here so I can educate him, but I doubt it :roll:

Here's the one I fixed for Darky on homebrewer forum.

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by **bassb** » Sat Apr 23, 2011 10:47 am

I was also a victim of this ebay still,Best thing i can use it for now is an extension for my out side long drop :lol: :D :lol: But now i got the ASSASIN (My nick name for my still ) thanks to Macstill :lol:

EASTER RIDDLE
Two eggs are boiling in a pot,One says check out my crack.The other says stop teasing im not hard yet..... :lol: :lol:

HAPPY EASTER GUYS & GIRLS.

by **TheLightRoom** » Sun Jun 12, 2011 4:51 pm

Yikes! Avoiding like the plague... Sorry to see, but thanks for the visual warning...

by **rumby** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 10:54 am

I havent cut mine up yet, after reading your other posts, just cut the top & bottom off and the inner colum will just slid out and can use the outer colum for my pot still.

by **bundy** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:04 am

that exactly what i did,450mm of 50mm copper pipe.

by **rumby** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 11:51 am

Thanks mate, yours looks awesome. Are you running it on gas.

by **bundy** » Tue Jun 14, 2011 3:44 pm

no electric 1350w internal coil

by **Aussiedownunder01** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 2:00 pm

Just been given 10 sticks of the rods plumbers use to join copper pipe he said its 4% [ what he dident know ] it looke like bronze rods you need oxy to use it
is it ok

by **Dominator** » Tue Jun 04, 2013 4:14 pm

Should be fine. It is 4% silver.