Grainfather as a T500 pot still

[Anavrin]

Just run the Grainfather with the standard T500 lid, plus the StillDragon adapter to go from the hole in the T500 top to a 2" tri-clamp fitting.

Enabling me to connect some of my SD tri-clamp stuff, I made a pot still setup using a 500mm straight pipe, then a 180° bend, followed by the big baby dephlagmator.

The big baby dephlagmator isn't designed to be a product condenser however it has 3x10mm pipes in parallel so it's equivalent to a 450mm Liebig and it worked fine for the Grainfathers 2kw of power.

The best feature I found was the display of the boiler temperature during the run, I got 5 litres of strip from my Lazy Rum wash, consisting of 4 jars of Holland and Barret molasses and 3kg of sugar in a 26lt wash.

It worked perfectly fine during the run, I even used the built in pump to add 5 litres of dunder to each of my next two rum washes

[Icefever]

Looking good A... I didn't know that SD did an adapter to go to 2", I made one for the T5...but I may take a look at one on their web site...you never know..

[gaza the instructor]

Nice, I like very much. Giving me thoughts
to when I buy my Grainfather. The only weak
link I can see is the T500 top being so
thin.

[Icefever]

I don't think you have any worries on that Gaz, I've got a 2" column, with a big pc and I've never had any problems.

[Anavrin]

Here's a link to the tri-clamp adapter, it comes with seals and just has a large nut to hold it in place.

https://www.stilldragon.eu/en/adapters/ ... tting.html

[vino-tinto]

Here's one I made earlier:



Full cost £92 including T500 lid & seal, the shape gives it balance.

I run a distilling program on my ALVA controller for a stripping run, and then swap over to my 1.5 metre Boka for a spirit run.

[Icefever]

Here's a link to the tri-clamp adapter, it comes with seals and just has a large nut to hold it in place.
https://www.stilldragon.eu/en/adapters/ ... tting.html

That's not a bad price...maybe a better fit than mine....seal wise....I made one out of silicone sheet.

[gaza the instructor]

I want one of them fancy thingies.
Not sure how to build or use but
love the SD Crystal Dragons.
In the same way I want an Aston Martin
not that I need one. Just look at 'em.
Sorry calmed down now

[Anavrin]

They are showing as low stock on the website, so if you want one, I would get one before they run out, They may never be made again if they're not a big seller.

[Anavrin]

Just had a quick play on the SD website with the shopping basket, it lets me put 21 in the basket before saying there's not enough, so 21 left

[Anavrin]

Does anyone know if the clips on the Grainfather that clamp the lid on are the same as the clips on the T500?

[Easydrinker]

Just had a quick play on the SD website with the shopping basket, it lets me put 21 in the basket before saying there's not enough, so 21 left

Why I have I never thought of that trick?
Hats off to you dude, nice one!

Robert.