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Hello all, been distilling for two years now. Started with a stainless reflux tower from some place in the Rockies and have been slowly gathering parts from SD for a flute build. Going with a modular build using a 4" sight flow at the bottom and top with three 4" copper sections with 2" SD sight glass kits on them. Going with 5 bubble caps per plate and 3/4" for the downcomers. Everything is going to be tri clamp so I can easily take it apart and store it neatly. Also going to build a new boiler out of a 26.5 gallon stainless steel drum intended for maple syrup.
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Welcome. Did you get the brass kits or the new alloy ones? Which colour?
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I went with the 2" ones and I am assuming they are alloy. They are gold, lightweight, and gorgeous! I wanted to go 3" but I already had a bunch of 2" ferrules. There is plenty of room in the 2" to see all the action though.
Yeah not that long ago 2" was big because 1.5" was the standard.
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Here are some of the before pictures.
Very cool. Love seeing new parts just waiting to be assembled. Welcome and keep us updated.
Looks to me that a couple more glass sections and a few crystal dragon gaskets and you have a column ... but that's just me stinkin thinkin
I'm only building 3 copper tees with the sight glasses. Going to have the borotube sections on top and bottom, 5 plates in all. The extra 4" cooper after making the dephlagamator will make an additional tee or two in the future once I upgrade my keg boiler to a 26 gallon barrel. Then I will use the existing sights on the keg boiler for that. I have plenty of gaskets/clamps lying in a box just out of the picture. Hell, I've got tri clover fittings all over in the garage from 1" up to 4".
I think we need to meet for a pint and talk shop!
Well he certainly speaks SillDragonese!
Welcome to the camp SCB.
I'm more like I am now than I was before.
I like the harris staybrite solder. use it with a lpg torch no issues. you can solder copper to staino using it and the right flux