T_FLeX
Harmless
Posts: 36
Registered: 31-10-2003
Location: Dirty South
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stressed
|
|
My Website with lots of Pics!
http://tflex101.home.mchsi.com/index.html
Just started working on my website, and I have to say so far its looking good. Questions comments?
[Edited on 5-2-2004 by T_FLeX]
|
|
|
Polverone
Now celebrating 21 years of madness
Posts: 3186
Registered: 19-5-2002
Location: The Sunny Pacific Northwest
Member Is Offline
Mood: Waiting for spring
|
|
beautiful
Labs in bedrooms aren't the best, but yours looks very nice. I enjoyed the pictures of fermentation and your still as well. There are many
substances beyond ethanol that can be made with fermentation; do you plan on trying any?
PGP Key and corresponding e-mail address
|
|
|
Haggis
Hazard to Others
Posts: 238
Registered: 1-12-2002
Location: Mid-America.
Member Is Offline
Mood: Lacrymating
|
|
Nice setup you have, and you seem to be a big fan of moonshinin'. Make any profits on the stuff? Whenever people post pictures of their labs, I
like playing I Spy and try and identify the chemical bottles people have. It's fun, try it sometime.
Looks like you have some good stuff and an impressive setup. College student? If so, what does your roomate and such say? Any worries about that?
Great ideas often receive violent opposition from mediocre minds.
<b> <a href=\"http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=get&search=0xEE41A2B1\">PGP Key</a> </b> 0C0A 7486 B97F
92EE AE50 A98C A4F3 087E 8CE9 A782 |
|
|
T_FLeX
Harmless
Posts: 36
Registered: 31-10-2003
Location: Dirty South
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stressed
|
|
Yea I plan on trying all kinds of stuff, but just haven’t' gotten around to too much experimentation with fermentation due to my budget
problem. I'm hoping on getting some vinegar bacteria in the next couple of weeks.
I prefer not to think of it as moonshinin' but rather, alcohol solvent production, but yea I enjoy it a lot. I do sometimes sell it to my
friends, but not on a regular basis.
I am a college student, just finished my first semester at Columbus State University in Georgia. I don't have roommates because I still live
with my parents for the time being, but next semester I hope to transfer to the University of Georgia. I’m a little worried on whether or not
I’m going to be able to bring all my stuff with me though.
|
|
|
Magpie
lab constructor
Posts: 5939
Registered: 1-11-2003
Location: USA
Member Is Offline
Mood: Chemistry: the subtle science.
|
|
good work
I like your use of Erector Set members for support of the condenser - good recycling! I still have most of my Gilbert Erector Set but alas my Gilbert
chemistry set is long gone.
That keg still will be huge. You have competed your bench scale "proof of princple" for making solvent and are apparently now advancing
into the "pilot plant" or even "production" scale equipment. It should be interesting to compare conditions, yields, purity, etc
between the two scales.
|
|
|
Hermes_Trismegistus
National Hazard
Posts: 602
Registered: 27-11-2003
Location: Greece, Ancient
Member Is Offline
Mood: conformation:ga
|
|
Well......you've finally gone and done it....
You are now OFFICIALLY a danger to yourself and others.....
Congrats.
Arguing on the internet is like running in the special olympics; even if you win: you\'re still retarded.
|
|
|
Blind Angel
National Hazard
Posts: 845
Registered: 24-11-2002
Location: Québec
Member Is Offline
Mood: Meh!
|
|
We are all danger to everyone, it's only a matter of time before the society ban us and we become ghost 
/}/_//|//) /-\\/|//¬/=/_
My PGP Key Fingerprint: D4EA A609 55E4 7ADD 8529 359D D6E2 33F6 4C76 78ED |
|
|
Organikum
resurrected
Posts: 2337
Registered: 12-10-2002
Location: Europe
Member Is Offline
Mood: frustrated
|
|
fermentation
Add some drops of corn-oil and forget the foaming problems. Aeration by an aquarium air-pump + bubblestone might be a good idea and together with the
corn-oil it wont cause any problems.
Nice setup.
[Edited on 5-2-2004 by Organikum]
|
|
|
chloric1
International Hazard
Posts: 1142
Registered: 8-10-2003
Location: GroupVII of the periodic table
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stoichiometrically Balanced
|
|
Hello T_Flex
Hey great website! THat mantle is SO GREAT! I see the dimmer switch but what fabric/material did you use for the actual part that hold the flask?
Did you use nichrome wire for heating elements? I have one mantle I purchased but I would like to build a 500 ml version for the smaller operations
and a 2000 ml for the larger.
Thanks in advance
Fellow molecular manipulator
|
|
|
T_FLeX
Harmless
Posts: 36
Registered: 31-10-2003
Location: Dirty South
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stressed
|
|
I bought the heating mantle off eBay. I just basically did the wiring/erector set frame and added the dimmer. The heating element cost me 17 bucks
shipped, if you look on ebay there are usually heating mantles for sale that go for real cheap, just look for the stained ugly ones.
[Edited on 5-2-2004 by T_FLeX]
|
|
|
chemoleo
Biochemicus Energeticus
Posts: 3005
Registered: 23-7-2003
Location: England Germany
Member Is Offline
Mood: crystalline
|
|
I did notice the Sigma catalogue  - Are you saying you are buying chemicals from
them?????
You might just as well say good-bye to any spare money you might have....
Never Stop to Begin, and Never Begin to Stop...
Tolerance is good. But not with the intolerant! (Wilhelm Busch)
|
|
|
T_FLeX
Harmless
Posts: 36
Registered: 31-10-2003
Location: Dirty South
Member Is Offline
Mood: Stressed
|
|
lol, good god no. That place is expensive, but they do have an impressive amount of chemicals to choose from. A while back I requested a catalog,
and they sent a freaken stuck load of books, I'll try to put some pics of the books they sent me, but It’s well over 30 pounds of catalogs and
stuff.
|
|
|
Blind Angel
National Hazard
Posts: 845
Registered: 24-11-2002
Location: Québec
Member Is Offline
Mood: Meh!
|
|
Was it a free catalog?
/}/_//|//) /-\\/|//¬/=/_
My PGP Key Fingerprint: D4EA A609 55E4 7ADD 8529 359D D6E2 33F6 4C76 78ED |
|
|
![[*]](images/xpblue/default_icon.gif){kind=icon}
