Check out this video where I take you through the new features of The Jeffrey 2.69, show you an flat soldering technique, and balance this iSpindel to 25 degrees using a new method.
If you are interested in the making of the 5″ Liebig click here. If you are interested in the stripping run video in which the 5″ Liebig condenser was used, click here. If you want to make life easier for yourself purchase a pipe cutter like in the link below. Read more…
I built a 5 inch Liebig condenser to try and cool off the 60 C distillate I’m getting during my stripping run. The ideal solution would be to incorporate a small Liebig like this one into the design of my next liquid management still head build. In my previous stripping Read more…
The first batch is controlled with a pH buffer we made from citric acid and sodium hydroxide. The second batch we did a ‘control batch’ where we didn’t add any pH controllers until halfway through. For the third batch, we prepared live oyster shells and put them in the fermenter. Read more…
Sure, bare copper is sexy but reflux stills work better when wearing a jacket. We all like seeing copper porn but I prefer not to go bare. Insulating the boiler helps stop the still from heating up the room (which is sort of a big deal in a small apartment) Read more…