to stop copper mesh from touching the slant plates

[Magnu420]

guys before I start making the slots for the slant plates been
pondering about summat. is it worth drilling a couple of holes
just beneath the bottom slant plates or slots then either use
copper wire or a strip of copper to stop the copper mesh touching
the bottom slant plate or leave it

[Anavrin]

When I made my first boka, I didnt use anything, I was using ceramic Raschig rings as packing so I filled it upside down leaving a gap of a few inches, then turned it the right way up and give it a good shake to ensure there was a good gap, another time I pushed an SS scrubber up to the plates then filled with Raschig rings, today I have cut te column in half and fitted a 54mm joint, I don't use the raschig rings anymore, just fill the column with SS scrubbers then fit the boka top and seal it.

[vino-tinto]

I had some copper wire from a twin & earth cable and just soldered it across in a mesh patern where I wanted the scrubber to come to, if you don't have something like that, cut some thin rings from a spare bit of pipe, open them up and solder them in.