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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

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..

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.

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.

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

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.

Anavrin wrote: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.

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

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.

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

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

Anavrin wrote: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.