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  1. correction--- my email is jesse@tridentwelding.com sorry
  2. John, If you are planning to use this tank constantly for chill filtering you should insulate it with some good insulation covered by a sheathing to protect it from abbrasion and moisture. I would recommend ceramic wool maybe an inch thick and a sheathing wrapped tight. Attached with rivets so you could easily remove it later by simply drilling the rivets and this leaves you with the option of re-applying the sheathing again with rivets. It would look great with about $400 in copper embossed sheets wrapped around, but simple and cheap aluminum or stainless steel would do nicely too. IMHO, Jester
  3. Jonathon, I am pleased to hear that you are finally getting thing rolling. Thats great! I welcome your visit and would love to show off the progress and some of our regular products. The next few weeks are going to be exciting for us as well. We are finally getting to the DSP paperwork and are building some used tanks over to fine stills. I cant wait to get some pictures of the finished products on here. I hope we find some buyers, although I need to keep a couple for us to use. Production of the direct fired 40's is going to start in about a month, we are just finishing up with the process engineers. I have another condenser ready for sale, we just havent uploaded pics yet. Give a call and come up. Jes
  4. Hey all, In the interest of science...I have some different sized flow meters for gases. If anyone would be interested in a little experiement I'd loan out a couple and the way to fairly accurately capture the quantity of a "standard" run of whatever you make. I realize that the flow changes dramatically and that one flow meter would not likely capture it, that said I think we could quantify the approximate liters of CO2 production and everyone could sleep a little better having a good answer. I remember Paul of M.B. Roland Distilleries asking a similar question. If someone already has a simple flow meter and could do a simple check of the quantities over a run, That would be great. I am curious too. My thought is to have a small greenhouse adjacent to our distillery that we pipe the gases too. The plants would love it!
  5. Charles, Nice work on that condenser. It looks great! I was wondering how much you have invested in parts on that? Reason I ask is that I just built another FS-600 just yesterday. It is sized for up to a 1000 liter still, but can easily be down sized and the price goes with that. Its fairly pricey, but has roughly three times the cooling capacity and by the looks is the same diameter and roung length. MIne measures about 5 Feet long and is 3" TC connections. regaurdless, Beautiful work on that!
  6. Hey all, IMHO...the word Master should be used very sparingly and not be a self given name. It should come from experience, wisdom, and respect. I like the thoughts shared. I am a craftsman in that I work with my hands to create hardware of many different types and styles, usisng many different materials. I also consider myself a bit of an artist. My creations are as much art as functional. its pride that comes through in an artists/craftsmans work. the same as every Craft/Artisans distilled spirits. its personal. There is a great deal of respect from one Artisan/craftsman to another. No one should self proclaim Mastery, I dont and wont. I cant, I have learned that if I think myself a master...I get reminded by my own actions how very wrong I can be. No disrespect to all who feel that they are masters. Ivan the Terrible probably didnt think he was.
  7. Hey all, I agree with Bob...great info and I'd be waiting in the weeds. Thanks for posting! very interesting read.
  8. Hello All, We have decided to have a Spring into Summer sale. Stand alone parrots are one sale for a two week window. Any orders received during this time will be honored at the sale price. Please view our site for details and photos. (note that the newer base design is not round, it is now a triangle.)Shipping and Handling of $24.99 is added at the checkout. This is for shippment to anywhere in the continental U.S.A. Sale ends 5/27/10 at midnight EST. Checkout is through PayPal. You can simply pay with credit card or with your PayPal account. Trident Welding Thanks, Jes
  9. Hello, one thing to consider is that a still capable of making Vodka will be quite expensive. it also wont be best suited for your Rum, Whisky, Gin and the like. it is designed to run at very high proof and this strips the flavors out that you'd want for your other stuff. it is possible, just not gonna be perfect. Some columns are by-passable and you can always open plates. Some folks may run a vodka still for many things without any problem or regrets. with any different spirits, you'd have to thoroughly clean the still so as to not mix flavors. This can be taxing. I have built a tube-in-shell condenser that accompanies a Vodka still to by-pass the column at the pot. This creates an easier to clean Pot Still and allows full flavor to pass through. If you are looking at the "big guys", just know that you wont be confined to only making the hot stuff. Good luck!
  10. Thanks! I will put the handles on one day this week and have them ready to ship. If youand Scott would kindly go on tridentwelding.com and fill in the concact info including an e-mail address I can simply send you a request for payment through PayPal. its quite simple and you can pay with credit card. Thanks again. if anyone else is interested in one please let me know!
  11. Scott, just so happens I have two left, one is now yours. the other is up for grabs. $40 plus shipping and handling. Totals $55. Let me know if you'd like to proceed. thanks,
  12. Great points...the smaller pads are just the 6"X9" pads cut in half, this give you the extra to wrap up around and get into the clamps.
  13. how about a hand sander or a pole sander like the ones for sanding drywall. you can mount the scotchbrite pads on it and slide it through the top hole...a little awkward but might help.
  14. Hello all, I took a quick look at the colonel's 20 gallon designs and the bases all look quite similar. I take it you can fit your arm in and your hand to the bottom giving you direct contact. I just wanted to add that for polishing anything-I prefer different grades of scotchbrite, by 3M. the brown is very aggressive and can change the "grain" of stainless steel. the maroon is slightly less agressive and the gray is fairly soft. these three are commericial grades and available through places such as McMaster.com they have damn near everything. like any convenience store, they are a little bit expensive. the stuff is great though. I buy it in the 6"X9" pads. you can slice them down with a utility knife into either smaller focus pads or long strips to "shoe-shine" polish smaller OD surfaces. Id be more of a fan of elbow grease rather than chemicals. IMHO... Jesse
  15. This one is out the door...watch for the next. thanks to all who have sent messages and wanted these. They will keep coming for now. Cheers!
  16. This one has sold. see the new one up... Thanks!!
  17. Here is a very similar Thief to the first. some subtle changes. The first is sold. The second is also $40 or best offer and buyer pays shipping from 04987. Have fun.
  18. Many working as one...I love it. remember that air cooling will be heavily dictated by ambient temperatures. you will not reach ambient temp without massive heat exchanger( so that one from the boneyard might be a good one). co-flow vs. counterflow for what we are trying to do is a no brainer--counter flow hands down. with perfect counter flow there would be a complete exchange. input cooling would equal output product and output cooling would equal input product. this is very difficult-near impossible. doing our best is all we can do. there are programs that will help calculate this. Hysis and Aspen are two I know of. I cant use them as they are Engineer toys and exceed my abilities, however Ive had some friends run calcs for me. it works great. other wise its either trial and error or copy someone else. the radiant floor is exceptional if you are building or have a place that you can run it in the floor stringers. this is fairly expensive unless you can do these things yourself. I believe there are many who can or have friends(indentured servants) who could and would. air cooling means you need coils/yubing that have "fins" on them. water is effective enough tube in shell or tube in tube run counterflow. consider the paricidic draw or what you are useing to move your cooling media. pumps, fans and the like will needs replacing and cost pennies to run...they add up. I know this will open a new debate...but thats why we are here. also consider that alcohol "boils/condenses" around 157 degrees..any thing south of that is liquid...very warm liquid yes.
  19. WOW, This thread has taken off in a lot of different directions. I love the conversation...one thing I would like to mention. The output water of your condenser closer to the input temperature is a great thing. This means that your heat exchange is nearing higher percentages. Its the product outlet temperature that should be very close to your water input temperature. If your output product is warmer than your input cooling media, than your heat exchanger is overworked/undersized. But thats a small part of this thread. The easiest, greenest and cheapest way to chill your cooling media would likely be an air cooled (low voltage fan) closed loop system with a holding tank or two. Elaborate systems are great if you have the capital to do it upon setup. It would be great to do a hot water baseboard system that runs off your waste heat. Or at least is exchanged to the heating system. I think using as much water for CIP, cleaning and future mashing is the absolute best idea, since you may not need heat for certain months, if at all. I love to talk about stuff just like this...but I will just put in a little where I think it may help. I am all about efficiency. "Exchangers" its the new "plastics" from the Graduate movie...I think One thing to always remember-each time you do a heat exchange-you lose efficiency.
  20. Porter, I have looked into this and asked some of my engineering buddies. Their answer was that I'd need about an acre of land and a mile( not literally but maybe) of pipe. Bob is right, 500 gallons of 200 degree water in an underground tank will stay warm for several days. I like your thinking but think some outside the box answers may better serve you. What is your climate like, northern communities run heat 6-8 months out of the year. I set up Bobs recycle water to his hot liquor tank(HLT). its quite simple, it fills his CIP tanks then is diverted to his hot liquor tank. it saves a lot of water and energy. I also like the air cooled suggestion. this will directly heat your distillery, or other area. your still size and efficiency will adversely affect the amount of cooling needed. general rule of thumb is twice the capacity of your still. I like the running cyclic with a tank or two. incorperate the air cooling with this and you will save a good deal of money.this will work well to a certain extent. depending on how often and how efficient you run. Water is cheap in most areas, but that's not green, responsible thinking. IMHO, it is worth the time and money up front. Kudos!
  21. Bob, Yes, time and materials only. Like I said, until I get bored. I hope all take full advantage of my artistic expressionism. It looks like this one is going soon to the only direct offer. I accept PayPal but would prefer a check due to the cost of taking CC payments. Thanks to all for the kind words. I chuckle when I think about that this is not normal business protocol. "you may be right!! I may be crazy! but it just might be a lunatic you're looking for..."
  22. quick after thought---these are NOT for wine---I can make them for wine,but thats a different animal.
  23. Just for fun...I will sell this one for $40(buyer pays shipping from 04987). I will continue to create ones very similar to it and sell them for $40. I will make these until I get bored and then they will be by order. I will continue to post them as they are ready and will try to make them unique. $40 plus shipping will be the asking and anyone that likes the one more can offer more. I will leave them on and take offers for just a couple days, then update with sold. I will also make some stainless ones. I will set the bottom price and the same terms will apply. Anyone wanting something specific can ask and I will accomodate. These are not money makers for me, I just ant to spread a little good Karma. Should be fun!
  24. We built this thief for a customer who has not contacted us for the purchase. It is welded copper and overall about 24" long. it has a braided stainless steel handle. not much more to say about it. if you like the concept and want something similar, contact us. it is built for spirits, not wine. the sale price is $65.00
  25. Sorry for not inputting an answer for the pump. M.B. Roland uses a stainless steel diaphragm pump that is air operated and very robust. it sells for around $1000. a little pricey but it has many uses. look up Paul and Mary-Beth and ask them about it. Great people-great product!
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