Little Cannon`s...

Little cannons,.. yeah, i do love them.. 

this is a blueprint (created in Photoshop) about the small cannon i want to build..
its just a indication how it should be, when done.

 and some pictures of the barrel

lenght: 70mm
diameter: 25mm
bore: 13mm

Soldered...

today i soldered the helm for my "Purifier"
go see more about it at  The PurifierStill: The Helm

Good Ol`GasStove

again.. taken from my dad`s barn..  i took this old, dirty gasburner and decided to rescue it..

well, u can see the result after i took some time for it.

well, this was how i found the burner...
dirty, stuck with... residue from baking...
my father loves baking fish... hmm

a detailed view of the gasvalve,..  i didnt know what the round plate was under the handle..  
but again, dirty, greasy,..yuck

here u see the ehm.. how do you call this thing in English..  flamedivider?   well, the round thing..  with the screw in the middle..

here is the main part of the burner sanded..
after a lot of degreasing!!
it appeared that the original, green paint was so well of quality, i decided to only sand down the little rust.

the gasinlet, after sanding it down to bare cast iron...

en then how it looks when done!
i finished the burner with some heat-resistant paint
it should take about 600 degrees celsius!
more then enough for the purpose i have in mind ;)

the gasvalve, also cleaned and refit, connected to the gasinlet...
nice and shiny..  and now i now what the purpose is of the brass round plate beneath the handle ...
see the details beneath...

the plate tell you, in what position the gashandle is ...
KLEIN   or Small Flame
OPEN    plain Normal Flame
DICHT  ... yup, Closed..   no flame

a front detailed view of the nozzle.. with the tiny hole...

Good Old Soldering Burner

I recently got the soldering burner, which my father had in his barn for many years.
After taking the burner apart, cleaning it, re-soldering and renewing some pieces, you will see the result on the pictures.

The Burner as it was in my fathers barn.
Beneath the ducktape is a leakage in the connecting tube and a crack in the handle.

The Burner after finishing the work.

The gas valve, with a extra soldered nut with internal thread to connect the new connecting tube with the burner head.

I added a brass collar around the handle to prefer more damage to the handle.

The burner head

The PurifierStill: The Helm

this drawing will be the referencedrawing to use with 3DSMAX

it shows the top of the COLUMN

this will be made of a old, brass drain

here it shows the build of the column top in 3DSMAX

and the final rendering of the column top.

This old cannon shell, im gonna use for some parts of the purifier.
You can see a ruler aside the shell..   the ruler is about 30 cm.
To give an idea of the proportions.

A part of the cannon shell, has been used to make the column.
This column consists of the bottom and a part of the shell, as well the former brass drain.
It still needs to be soldered together,.
total height is about 21cm.

today, 22-02-2012, i soldered the helm..
it went very well, i preheated the thing with a small camping gasburner..
i started with the flange at the bottom, then went up to solder the head of the helm (or column)... and last thing i did, was solder the nut with the innerthread on top of the helm..

this is a sort of blueprint i created within Photoshop (if u want to know how i did it, just ask.. ) of the helmhead

The PurifierStill: The Pot

these 2 kettle`s are gonna be the base for my PurifierStill..
2 old copper boilers  the smaller one is about 10 liters
the larger one about 25 i thought 
this picture was taken some moment after i removed the insulation..

this week i made this mock-up with the kettles
as you can see, i cut the boilers into several pieces.
on the left the bigger kettle with the top of the smaller on top of it..
on top of the smaller, u see the helm (or column)...
the short tube, stickin frontwards, will be a covered with a glass, so i can check whats going on in the kettle..


again, this is just a mockup to see, what is possible..

the smaller boiler at the right.. on the flowerpot..   will be the cooler

Regarding my "waterpurifier"

since some years im getting interested in whisky stills and all about making whisky and other spirits.. 
and i love those nice, shiny copper stills...
so i decided to build my own,..   but..   here it comes


since i live in the netherlands, im not allowed to distill my own whiskey, so i im gonna use my still to make pure water, water without any contaminants.


Go to The PurifierStill