Building A Still From Sheet Copper

It s relatively soft and is very easy to cut with a sturdy pair of tin snips.

Building a still from sheet copper.

Stick to a copper coil see step 4 and you re fine. If you have some fabrication experience you can make your own parts use the following instructions as a guide for assembly. Use your own moonshine still plans. This article describes the process of building an all purpose copper still.

If you are using your still properly the liquid booze will only touch your condenser. Don gloves and use the aviation snips to cut the pieces. Build your own copper still. Below is a picture of the pot still we re going to build.

Learn how to make a moonshine or whiskey still. This still was designed by sherman owen so a special thanks to him for posting his design and making the video s i ve shared. Not everyone who sees a still wants to build their own. Furthermore the still will be a pita to stuff with packing due to those pipes running through the column.

Sand all the edges smooth. If you aren t an experienced fabricator or don t have the mathematical skills needed to design and make still parts fr. The sheet of copper wasn t cheap but i really enjoyed building my own pot still. Using the wrong metals in your still will poison you.

It could easily be constructed with some thin copper pipe breaking pipes for a car would do 5 6 mm in diameter. The plans have been clearly laid out with a materials list and the still should be easy to build with only a few basic requirements. We can help you choose the right parts for the type of distillation unit you want to make. Stories of lead poisoning originate with people using car radiators as their condensers.

Copper is malleable meaning that it bends and forms easily. Use the ruler metal scribe and flat dividers to lay out cutting lines on the copper sheet for all the rectangular pieces as shown in the cutting diagram. A better option for a reflux still would be one with a reflux condenser on top of the column.