4inch copper column

Raiding my local scrap dealer turned up a "brand new" one metre (plus) long, 4 inch diameter copper column!

[@BigEdsGuns]

You took an old pipe and turned it into art. You are a Magnificent Bastard, god bless ya. I am also on the quest for 4 inch copper... (Flute) ...Someday... Cheers!

[@AngryParrotDistillery]

G'day Ed, Thanks very much! It gives you a good feeling re-tasking something that's been discarded or thrown out, … not to mention how much cheaper it works out than buying mint 4inch tube from a plumbing supplier - and then for something odd like 4 inch copper they usually want you to buy a full 5-metre length minimum! Yep, a flute or some site-glasses/bubble plates would be nice. Recently started silicon-bronze brazing copper-to-stainless with my TIG torch which opens up some nice possibilities with building copper sight-glass T's in future. Happy Distilling fella!

[@Drossus]

What are you polishing that up with after the buffing? Looks great!

[@StillIt]

Wow lucky man finding that one!

[@AngryParrotDistillery]

Hell yeah, … I just stand in the middle of the scrap yard nowadays and let my beard drag me in the direction of the best finds. Kind of like water divining, … but for copper and stainless. … unfortunately Jess, you can't have similar results anymore, not since amputating a sizeable chunk of your manhood. ;o) Did you at least have a small funeral service for it?

[@StillIt]

@@AngryParrotDistillery mate so that's what I'm doing wrong! Nah dude it got chopped off in a sleepless haze right after the twins turned up hahaha.

[@Samandcocoa]

Nice piece. Now you'll have a tower like mine😁.

[@AngryParrotDistillery]

Oooooooh, yeah, tiz true Kev'. … 'ceptin' I don't live in "the land of the free" … so I got a few more options where I can pour my ethanol, ... other than my lawnmower! lol ;o) … I know this guy Kev' in the states, … he runs THE thirstiest lawnmower I EVER did see … Happy Distilling brother!

[@Samandcocoa]

@@AngryParrotDistillery to true brother to true.

[@BeardedBored]

My dad's tractor only runs right on corn whiskey;-)>

[@AngryParrotDistillery]

What does Dad run on? ;o)

[@stuartgriffiths9948]

Hi there. What's the size of this pipe? In the uk we only have 108mm copper pipe. Will a standard 4" ss ferrule work with a 108mm pipe?

[@AngryParrotDistillery]

Hey Stuart, Is the 108mm an internal or external dimension on the copper tube you've got? Happy Distilling!

[@stuartgriffiths9948]

Hi again, It's the outside diameter. The only 4" I can seem to find is copper tubes sold on websites for model steam trains. Everything else is 108mm with the wall thickness of 1.5mm so there will probably be a gap of a couple of mm. There are loads of stainless steel tubes at 4" but I want to go with copper for my column then have a copper dephlegmator inside a stainless jacket like the one I've seen in your video. Do you think I could tap the edges of the copper pipe inwards a couple of mm just to get a tighter fit around the ferrule?