Building a Reflux Column Still, and first use.

[@drofotwenties]

To get those beautiful bends you’re looking for. Cap your pipe, fill your pipe with sand , put some elbow grease into it. Keeps your pipe from collapsing and binding . Enjoy. Thanks for the video!

[@BEAVERDIY]

Fantastic, will give it a go, thank you so much..

[@billg9363]

For someone who says their not a professional, great job! Nice work shop!

[@BEAVERDIY]

Thank you for the compliment

[@samuelruff3775]

Ye only need to use flux on copper to brass welds the copper fittings are capillary fittings so they should draw the solder in themselves

[@smartypants5036]

If that is plastic pipe collapsing due to tight bends put a stainless steel spring inside first. If it is a copper pipe fill it water and freeze it or fill it with salt and crimp the ends over. Anneal the copper before bending it, ie. heat it and water plunge it.

[@riekertvisser897]

Hey man, great video, would it be possible for a drawing and parts list. Want to see how everything comes together.

[@danssv8]

A couple of 90 degree bends solder to the reflux and do away with the hoses.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Dan, Thank you, I have done that and it worked a treat. Thanks

[@stevechimex2901]

Can it also serve as waste oil pyrolisis distillation reflux/reformer tower.

[@HyacintheQc]

What's the size of the copper tubbing that you used to create the column? I'm planning to do the same and use 1 1/2 inch will it work?

[@destarruction]

Fill your copper tube with salt and kink the ends so the salt don't come out then you can bend it around something round and it won't collapse then you just cut the King soft and clean the salt out

[@petercefalk]

What is that glass part and where can i buy it? in the reflux column

[@atubeviewer4942]

How does this thermos lock the lid on to prevent vapors leaking?

[@greco345]

Hi there. Thanks for all the videos. Wanted to ask where you can find that thermos in RSA? Never seen that before.

[@danssv8]

You should make a bokka kop reflux condenser .

[@BEAVERDIY]

Been looking at the boka head, will have to somehow get it on my setup

[@barrychapman8850]

How did you make your sight glass

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi, Check on the channel did make a video on it.

[@lxonthemix834]

How much would you charge for such a build?

[@kevinjordan2449]

If you are in SA, where did you get the 42mm copper piping and fitting. Also how did you make your glass chamber on the reflux column. Great detail.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Kevin, I traded for the pipe, but you can get it from Plumplink, the fitting I got from Rock Building supplies in Rustenburg they have branches all over.

[@teslatechnologygroup3811]

@@BEAVERDIY Hi bro, I send you an email this morning, could you take the picture of the glass chamber and how you joined it on the column. Great design BTW, Danny

[@danssv8]

You should have used a small needle valve to regulate the reflux condenser water flow, some compressor regulator could also work.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Dan, Looking to upgrade the water and condenser on my still thank you for the suggestion

[@PNCII]

Great Video! Thank you for the great explanation. Ek is in die proses om self 'n stil aanmekaar te slaan, het vandag die kondenser gesoldeer. Ek gaan begin met 'n Pot stil wat en daarna reflux. Ek sukkel om groter diameter as 22mm koper in die hande te kry, enige advies waar ek kan begin soek?

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Peetri, Ek kan vir jou iemand se nommer gee wat dalk kan help met dik pyp.

[@PNCII]

@@BEAVERDIY Baie dankie, Het reggekom by Plumblink. Kan nie wag om te sien hoe daardie sorghum bier distilasie gaan uitdraai nie !

[@BEAVERDIY]

@@PNCII Ek ook nie, hy het gedrop van 1.086 tot 1.025 in 24 uur. so gaan hom verseker die naweek kan stook.

[@karlnash7105]

Question: when you fun in reflux mode, what amount of water flow do you run to retain some flavor from apple wash? As I understand it the condenser is run full blast. Please correct me if I am just dence and don't know anything ;-) Thank you for the info.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi, A very very small amount, like a thin stream at the outlet, the thickness of a pencil lead.

[@MrKelley33781]

Best to just run it slow in a pot still...leave the reflux for vodka, gin, hand sanitizer and fuel.

[@danssv8]

Never use paste, it's better to use liquid solder fluid as a flux as it is easier to clean, especially inside.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Awesome thanks on the next project will see if I can get the liquid one, SA bit behind the times.

[@danssv8]

You should look at my proofing parrot I made , quite simple but effective. Happy distilling bro

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Dan, Did watch your videos they are awesome, love how shiny you get the copper.

[@skottowelourens2912]

Dag se maat, ek is n Rustenburg, doen nog n gewone pot still. Hou baie van jou werk. Well done.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Baie Dankie, ek moet nou weer n potstil bou.

[@rainiersmit5199]

Great video. May i ask where you sourced the voltage regulator from?

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi. I use speed controllers for powertools. Got it at local powertool repair shop

[@JohanDelport]

You can also use a SCR controller. They are cheap and you can control very accurately. I can send you a link to some ZA sources?

[@aceventura6423]

Hi ek wil graag vodka en brandy begin distill en wil begin n reflux still bou..... Helppp

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Ace, How can I contact you so we can have a chat, if you will like to can do a phone call or ZOOM,

[@DraGon-cg6ge]

95%?

[@jacor1187]

Hey man! Youve got yourself a new subscriber. With regards to your question about bending the tubes without getting kinks, as far as I can remember the guys that make trumpets and those kinds of instruments by hand actually fill the pipe with water and then freeze it inside. Then it can apparently bend a lot more before collapsing. Pretty sure sand or anything similar will also do the trick. Basically just comes down to having support from inside the tube. Side note, I just went on plumblink and found the tubing, but do they only sell in 5.5m sections??

[@BEAVERDIY]

HI Thank will give it a go, Jip the only sell full lengtes.

[@MrKelley33781]

smash the end of tubing closed...fill with sand....smash other end closed....bend around any solid object.

[@francois853]

If anyone else is till looking, check at some other plumbing suppliers. I bought mine in Cape Town from One Stop Plumbing Shop and they sell by the half-meter.

[@flowerblom8]

Goeie dag, waar kan ek soek vir so ñ "site glass" ?

[@BEAVERDIY]

HI, I made my own, but there are guys that sell them pre made, you can hit them up on the Facebook groeps.

[@alexanderjulius8564]

Hi there just wanted to find out sizes and height .

[@BEAVERDIY]

42mm column, total height to reflux 900mm

[@johnyjansenvanvuuren1980]

Hi mnr. Hoeveel watt element het jy gebruik?

[@BEAVERDIY]

3kw. Double ring so 2 x 1.5kw

[@vossierebel]

Cool project!! I bet your kids could give their mates lessons soon! Lekker gekletter raak op daai mampoer!! 😁😁🥃🥃😉😉 Soos Pink Floyd so gesê het... wens ek was daar!!

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Vossie, You know it, my kids are very into this whole hobby, and I am just very glad I can transfer the experience over to them, from Grandfather to Grandson to my kids now. It is part of the SA history and we need to be very proud of that.

[@vossierebel]

@@BEAVERDIY Laat my dink aan Herman Charles Bosman... ek wonder hoekom? 😁😁

[@dirtbikerentals]

Vraag; waar in RSA gaan ek 'n koper collar kry wat op 'n biervat pas? Ek is van plan om 'n 54mm column op te sit.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi daar is n paar ouens wat verkoop moet ek vir jou nommer stuur

[@dirtbikerentals]

@@BEAVERDIY Sal dit baie waardeer. Enige idee of die oorsese imperial fittings op ons metrieke maat pyp pas? Ek dink veral aan 'n reducer 2" x 1/2". My sel nr is [phone]. Jy kan die antwoord ook hier plaas, ek hou die post dop. Dankie vir al die handige inligting.

[@joepennRR1]

Okay but I know you're not a plumbing solder help you out so you scuff with plumbing sandpaper. Then you flux it. You got to turn the heat on the torch way down in it way too hot you're burning the fuck out of the flux. It's okay everybody does it the first time they solder. Most important is whatever the size of the piper using the inside diameter that's how much solder you use on that opening of the fitting. So if you're using half inch copper use half an inch of solder. So let's say you have a 2 in 90 which it appears that you do you would use to inches of solder on each opening of that 90. If you use too much sorry it'll go to the inside of the fitting and will actually decrease the inside diameter and restrict flow. Everything Sauders drawing the Heat so follow your torch with the solder

[@BEAVERDIY]

Thank you so much for this dude, I will definitely be using this is it ok if I mentioned you in one of the build video's. Thank man.

[@danssv8]

Lekka broer

[@louwclaassens4988]

Ek hoop daai soldeersel is Loodvry. Dis wat ek gebruik op my stills. En as jy ooit die ding wil registreer sal hulle dit nooit lisensieer as jy gewone soldeersel gebruik nie.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Als is loodvry. Bly Plumlink gekoop

[@danssv8]

Ja as of those kids understand the working of a alcohol still lol.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Dan, They actually help me alot, this is how I learnt from my Grandfather when I grew up, but yes they probably don't understand but soon they will.

[@danssv8]

Na , Jack of all trades lol

[@joepennRR1]

Wrong sandpaper.

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi bud. Was middle lockdown and all hardware was closed had to barter for all the components. Haha

[@JohanDelport]

Jy moes vir die kinders in Afrikaans verduidelik het. 😀

[@michaelsullivan1848]

omg! way too little mash

[@BEAVERDIY]

Hi Micheal, Was just a cleaning run after the vinegar, the boiler Cap is only 35l with elements fully submerged at 5l.

[@demsrchildabusers7959]

LOL! Isn't it always?