Absinthe Pete Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 I'm selling an 8" x 29" Copper Column Project that I've been working on for some time. Due to various reasons I'm selling it for cheap. It is an 8" copper tube type L, the wall thickness is about .20", it's heavy. I'm selling it for what I have in it as far as materials go, which is $350 not including shipping. Due to the high prices of copper scrap right now there is $175 worth of scrap just for the column. I will provide the CAD drawing I have for this column and for the flange bolt hole patterns. The flanges are Tig welded on and are strong but not water tight, they will have to be silver soldered to seal them. The flange that bolts on has a standard sanke keg neck which is compatible with a 2" Tri Clover fitting. I will include some of the stainless parts I made to make the sight glasses as well as the tube notched copper rings that could be soldered onto the column for the sight glasses. It also comes with the O-rings for the flanges. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. I will not leave this on for long, maybe a weeks or so, after that I'm going to scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe Pete Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 I totally forgot about the all copper bubble plates I made for this column, they are for sale and fit inside of the column. They are $200 for all three. They use an O-ring compression system. They are complete except for the actual bubble cap. It uses a 1 1/2" standard copper plumbing Cap. You'll need to drill holes or machine slots in the caps and drill a hole in the center for a screw. The system works with a threaded stainless ring, which are included. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eggfarmdistillery Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 So a few questions for you. What sort of still size was this engineered for, i.e boiler size and heating input BTU/watts? Did you work out any of the cooling info to size the condensor for your project? Sorry to hear things aren't working out so well. thanks, AD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe Pete Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 LOL, I've got a ton of emails "sorry it's not working out" I REALLY APPRECIATE ALL THE CONCERN, that's why I like out little community, people watch out for each other. Just to clarify I haven't stopped my project I just decided to go with a bigger column, it's actually almost finished and I should be able to get into my distillery in a couple of weeks. Then with a little luck I should have a product for sale by June or July. This was originally sized for a 220 gallon boiler, but this would work for anything from 100 to 200 gallons. I did have some help with a thermal engineer on checking my specs on the condenser I built. It should cool anything from 300,000 BTUs and down. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 I'm selling an 8" x 29" Copper Column Project that I've been working on for some time. Due to various reasons I'm selling it for cheap. It is an 8" copper tube type L, the wall thickness is about .20", it's heavy. I'm selling it for what I have in it as far as materials go, which is $350 not including shipping. Due to the high prices of copper scrap right now there is $175 worth of scrap just for the column. I will provide the CAD drawing I have for this column and for the flange bolt hole patterns. The flanges are Tig welded on and are strong but not water tight, they will have to be silver soldered to seal them. The flange that bolts on has a standard sanke keg neck which is compatible with a 2" Tri Clover fitting. I will include some of the stainless parts I made to make the sight glasses as well as the tube notched copper rings that could be soldered onto the column for the sight glasses. It also comes with the O-rings for the flanges. If you have any questions don't hesitate to ask. I will not leave this on for long, maybe a weeks or so, after that I'm going to scrap it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fred Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 How much do you want for this? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe Pete Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 It's $550 for everything not including shipping. Shipping weight would be about 85 pounds. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe Pete Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 Sorry Sold, I'll remove or have the Admin remove this when the deal is actually done. Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brad579 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Where did you pickup the 8" copper tube from? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Absinthe Pete Posted February 17, 2011 Author Share Posted February 17, 2011 I keep on the lookout for them all the time. If you need some let me know how long and I'll give you a price, be prepared it will not be cheap. It's heavy and copper is at an all time high. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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