DFliyerz
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Inexpensive Distillation Equipment
I have a hot plate with a rest for a boiling flask already, but where could I get the rest of the required equipment such as a boiling flask,
condenser, the required tubing, etc. for under $75?
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http://www.ebay.com/bhp/distillation-kit
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I've ordered from these guys a few times and have been very impressed. Even delicate items like the high efficiency reflux condensers are well built
and have never failed me. Once they sent me a 90 degree takeoff adapter when I was supposed to get a vacuum take off adapter. No problem! They sent me
the proper item and let me keep the other one.
http://www.laboyglass.com
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Some of those kits with the clips to hold the parts together look like they'd be ideal and inexpensive. Can they support their own weight, or would I
have to buy some equipment to hold them up?
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Keck clips are not intended to support weight, only to keep joints together. Sometimes you can support a very small flask on the end of a condenser
with one but for anything remotely heavy you would want a couple clamps and stands
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You need supports to use those safely- Stands, rods, clamps.
Go read up on the operation before ordering- This saves on equipment replacement costs, ER visits, legal expenses...
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3. Mention anything you have learned from your target.
4. Only then are you permitted to say so much as a word of rebuttal or criticism.
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Thanks for the laughs everyone. You can get self supporting hillbilly stills too.
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My distillation condenser is a two foot liebig that I jury-rigged out of a broken burette, some plastic hose and some epoxy putty. I haven't put it
through its paces yet but it operated well for reflux. It's a stand-in for until I have the bucks to afford a proper rig. (Or more likely until I
break it and decide I really can't do without it.)
My stand is some concrete reinforcing mesh that I have installed on the bench in my shed. It cost nearly nothing. I did buy some proper boss head
clamps, some retort rings and some three finger clamps. I wouldn't recommend skimping here. Having stuff stay where you want it reliably is a real
bonus.
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