The tabs form a ledge for the boiler bottom. Then, bend the tabs toward the main section of the boiler at a right angle to the main section of the boiler, using a pair of pliers. Use a wire brush or sandpaper to rough up one side of the tabs. If you’re fabricating your own parts, use tin snips to cut small “triangles” into one of the long edges of the copper. Clawhammer Supply kits are pre-cut and the boiler already includes tabs. The boiler is a rectangular piece of copper with “tabs” cut into one of the long ends. Wear the safety glasses the entire time you’re working, make sure to wear the gloves when handling material or using the torch, and wear the mask when soldering. A vice would be handy but is not necessary. You’ll need a few basic tools and materials in order to build a copper still: hammer, plumbing torch, pliers, small clamps, sandpaper, lead free solder, water soluble flux, work gloves, safety glasses, and a VOC mask. This design allows for greater efficiency and versatility than a dedicated pot or column still. The design described in this article is referred to as “hybrid column still.” It’s a basic pot still that also includes a column, which may be filled with packing material to induce natural reflux. This significantly reduces the time and cost associated with R&D of new potential products. However, our stills can be used as small scale pilot systems to run scaled down versions of recipes intended for larger equipment. Licensed commercial distillers probably wouldn't use our equipment to make production runs, as the equipment is much too small. Our stills can be used to distill everything from rose hips and lavender to citrius oil. Farmers who have leftover grain can turn it into fuel for small equipment using distillation equipment.Įssential oils distillation is another popular use for our equipment. However, it is important to keep in mind that alcohol can only be legally distilled with the proper permits.įuel alcohol is useful outside of just survival situations. In addition to potentially saving your life in an SHTF event, these items could also be used to trade for other goods and services. Simple, small-scale distillation equipment can be used to manufacture valuable survival commodities such as purified water, fuel alcohol, and antiseptic, and more. First, distillation equipment is an important piece of survival gear. You could be right I guess.There are many reasons one might want to own a still. The google map to me looks like a pretty big industrial area.īut whatever. In fact, if you call them and they are not in, it says "we may be in the shop". It's possible they are made at a different building than the offices. Well, watch the video on making the still. I especially liked his instructions for potstilling: throw out the fist shot glass, keep the rest, and serve to friends. which doesn't jive with the look of their "manufacturing" areas in the photos.įinally, I watched his video on making moonshine. Checked Google maps to look at their building. Looked at their photos and noticed how no faces of the workers are shown. Um.did you even look at the website? If they are not hand made in Texas, they sure went to a lot of trouble faking all their videos and such. I'd put my faith in a lead test kit rather than a website. The thing is beautiful and hand made in Texas.ĭistributed from Texas but it's unlikely that they are built in Texas.
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