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[*] posted on 16-9-2005 at 22:18


Unfortunately, I use a film camera. My only digital camera is the crappy one on my phone, so the attached image is the best I can do.

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[*] posted on 22-9-2005 at 20:26


Anyone try making their own extraction thimbles? The only ones I found are cellulose and quite expensive.

I tried to fold coffee filters in the right shape, but it doesn't work very good.

I was thinking just using mineral wool as used in insulation, and first washing it in the solvent I plan to use in extraction. Any comments, ideas?

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[*] posted on 23-9-2005 at 07:15


An idea which I never tried but should work is to use the same principle as the
" sand filter " used on swimming pools
and spas for water filtration . You could make a little sandbag from fiberglass cloth or other cloth , and twist tie it closed , just large enough to be a snug fit against the walls of the extractor . This would allow dissolved material to pass through . Even a loose layer of mixed grit sizes of sand and gravel might work okay as a filter . You should have very little contamination from any solubles using quartz sands , especially if the sands were prewashed with muriatic acid and rinsed with water followed by a rinse with whatever solvent will be used for the extraction .
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[*] posted on 23-9-2005 at 12:48


And/or diatomaceous earth. ;)

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[*] posted on 24-9-2005 at 17:16


Here's a slighlty better picture showing extraction of ASA with acetone. I just packed a bit of cleaned fiberglass wool at the bottom and it seems to work fine. The only problem is I got it a bit too big, as the minimum amount of solvent is about a cup.

Yep, the stands are DIY...that's copper pipe you see there :D

I did something stupid -- greased up the joints with glycerine, so now most of it is in the extract...

The hardest part will be getting the ASA out of the flask.

[Edited on 25-9-2005 by Quince]

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[*] posted on 26-9-2005 at 05:02


Quince. Its beutifull! and here i was working with a crude pvc concept :)
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[*] posted on 26-9-2005 at 05:07


Took about one hour to do the extraction, with about 3:2 by volume aspirin and acetone. Worked better once I thought to also insulate the lower half of the extractor body. LOL, I initially had set the valves wrong...



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mad.gif posted on 6-10-2005 at 20:02


OK, broke the thimble already...knocked over a cognac bottle and it fell on the thimble...



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