I guess I should clarify my position with ACW. I'm not a sales man, I design most of their stuff, larger stills I design in parallel with the factory that will produce them. I receive no money for doing this, its something I do because I'm passionate about it. The designs I penciled up were for myself originally, working towards the equipment for my own distillery. I'm in process of setting up a Micro distillery in Alberta Canada, the biggest hurdle ahead is getting licencing laws changed so I can. My background is in Mechanical design, so understanding how stills work comes easily to me, and this is a fun distraction until I'm able to get licensed.
In the mean time, I can help other people out getting equipment for less money, but just as pretty as the big boys and that helps me out towards getting my own equipment built eventually.
ACW is more of a co-operative effort of a number of people at the moment, working for no money to get it up and going because we are passionate about micro distilleries and hand crafted spirits. Thus my co-operative approach to design, I''d help anyone design their equipment who asked, even if they wanted to build it themself, or source their own manufacturer.