Jester

correction--- my email is jesse@tridentwelding.com sorry

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

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

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!

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!

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.

Hey all, I agree with Bob...great info and I'd be waiting in the weeds. Thanks for posting! very interesting read.

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

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!

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!

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,

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.