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[jeb5]

Do you have a resources forum where Reflux Still fabricators are located in UK.
I'm based in Oz but have family & friends who live in UK and would like to purchase home made Reflux LM/VM stills at a reasonable price and preferably tig welded rather than soldered.
Thanks
Jeb5

[Anavrin]

Hi jeb5

I'm not sure if there are any companies in the UK, so far as I can tell we have to build our own, T500's are easy to pick up, there are lots of home brew shops selling them online.

I made my own but before I did I had a good search around and didn't find any UK manufacturers.

[Anavrin]

I have a few bits left over from my build, a double wound 6mm condenser coil in a 54mm end cap that will fit in a 54mm copper pipe, also have about 1.5m length of 54mm copper pipe, a Liebig condenser that is 15mm outer around an 8mm inner, can be any length as I have all the fittings but it's not soldered together yet.

It's a few bits to get your friend going if he wants to self build or add to some bits he already has

[jeb5]

Thanks Anavrin
Will be in UK next April for Easter at which time I will contact you regards any parts, material etc. you have available. Pity there's no home hobbyist who builds good quality, tig welded LM/VM combo's for sale in UK,
Cheers for now
jeb5

[Voddy]

I looked into it and the cost of licensing, registration, taxes as well as product testing for safety standards for products to be used by the public as well as insurance far outweigh any profits or benefits of production.

There are people who do make their own products and sell them on as-is but this does not absolve them from any litigious action, rather, their situation is made worse in such an event.

Plus the changing face of UK means many more people who do not drink alcohol either for social or religious reasons means the specialist market will only sell tens of product rather than hundreds or thousands.

Even for selling specialist jams for the country-farm markets is an exercise in bureaucracy; one guy I know quite well needs a minimum run of 5,000 0.5lb jars which means a minimum of 2500lbs of fruit which is a feat in itself. He has to be sure that all jars will sell otherwise he is making a loss as unsold stock costs him in retrieval, storage, disposal, etc.

It's a tough break to have a successful venture of any kind these days....