do you have a write up how to do this? would you know how to make a continuos still? im looking to make fuel for my car. got alot of fruit trees and cant eat all they produce and was thinking why not make use outta the waste
What a Marvelous Idea...Good on ya..The video is good as well..(A bit low on Dpi) But Im goin to try and build one...As suggested... for Fuel. These units to buy are quite expensive...even here in Dublin,Ireland. It's $11.00 A gallon of petrol here.....Great work...I'm Inspired.
Why $10? I thought a case of Pabst was $3. I sure would like to see an overall diagram of the completed setup. I give you an A++ on ingenuity on this project.
@boogerhead0 I just wanted to say it was cheap. when i was thinking about building a still 2" copper tubing was in the hundreds of dollars for 6'. If i get around to it ill work up a better version with additional information.
is it illegal to make this stuff at home? and how long after starting the process do you have fuel for the car? how much gallons to time ratio do you think? thanks for reading ;)
Due to fuel shortages during the 70's the government lifted bans on home micro-producers. With the proper simple license you are now able to produce as a micro-producer up to 10,000 gallons per year. This was mainly put in place to help small farmers maintain equipment to continue agriculture especially during uncertain economic times brought on by fluctuating energy costs.
The benefit, everyone is entitled to use the law in their favor.
@ElShadaiLives thats Aluminum Oxide. if your really worried about that, stop using anti-perspirant. it's what stops you from sweating. the thing that worries me here, is i'm pretty sure most can's in the states are aluminum with a thin coating on the inside to protect the contents. cans in canada tend to have a mix of tin or steel and or aluminum (makes it funny when frat boys/navy come up and try to crush them on their heads.) i'm guessin he doesn't drink this anyway.
Just to throw it out there, if you're using this set up to make drinkable alcohol you're not supposed to be using aluminum. Its dangerous...just a heads up, nice idea though!
Belive it or not Free energy is real,But a few ppl make too many billions from our energy needs to let this technology be known,Find this technology at LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM ,Start the revolution!
Caution.. do not use gasoline, kerosine, or non HEET fuels.. There are variable flash points and charecteristics. Dollar store water out (Methy alcohol) caused my cans to explode.. Use HEET and get great results... 6 oz, burned 45 mins in real world tests.... Move over coleman ;)
If the government had any vision at all we could have had a secret store of this alcohol, that could have gotten us threw lean times when oil was difficult to get. But no the government choose to put people in jail, rather then using them, and hiring them to make this backup source of fuel! And now they are talking about bio-fuels, these guys were making it since the 1800's, if it had been stored away since it never goes bad, we would have trillion of gallons by now!
@proverb311031 agreed and well said, the government only see's one thing at a time, first it was the fact they could lose potential money so lock those guys away and now its gonna be we need all free people to assist in the making of fuel for our next war, i got my stash but its for consumption
YES! I agree, this is a great device, but can you please explain how it's made, and show some kind of blueprint or diagram? I really want to make one of these, but I'm not exactly sure how you did it.. Thanks!
alchohol boils at 171 degrees water at 212 degrees am i correct? what kind of glue is that? i like the alchohol contin better than oxy contin hey did you see the guy in the paper that was buried in a pabst blue ribbon coffin years ago you are a genius to figure this out i will drink to that
hey tops vid but i would love if you could do one in the future and explain what and exacty how its all done cheers mate though i am still amazed at your skill , i make my own spirits but the regular way bye mate.
I love good music, but would rather have narrative of what's going on here and save the music for after the work is done and relaxing w/ cold martini. too hard to guess what he's doing & why.
so, my question is about the steam. When I tried this (on a much bigger scale, I used a large boiler and copper pipe. In retrospect I wish I had thought of using pbr cans) the steam just condensed in the column, and I only got a few drops of ethanol before the column filled with water... did you have any similar issues?
The government does not tax the production of denatured ethyl alcohol, but closely controls how it is done.
Unfortunately, that only makes denatured alcohol cheap. It does not prevent some from drinking it, or using it to fortify other beverages, or worse, trying to purify it by distillation.
To insure this, laws were passed in the U.S. mandating that all ethyl alcohol not produced for beverages be deliberately poisoned to render it unfit for drinking. The process is called denaturing. A common denaturing practice is to add methyl alcohol, a poison, or other noxious ingredients to the alcohol and render it undrinkable.
Most instances of methanol poisoning was falsely attributed to improper distillation. It actually resulted from people drinking denatured alcohol.Denatured alcohol arises as an attempt on the governments part, to preserve tax revenues applied to alcoholic beverages.
This is awesome! I also saw your page at instructables com / id / Cheap-continuous-flow-electric-fuel-still I was wondering what glue did you use? I see below you said it's in a post already but it is not. Here's the other people that asked - squarebob62 (1 year ago) - toxickavenger (1 year ago) S - labantolaban (6 months ago) There's no reply except to say read the other posts. Thx!
Distillation is simply a separation and purification process. Neither the fermentation of sugars contained in the mash nor the distillation of the alcohol resulting from that process can produce any toxic amounts of poisons. That includes the often-cited methanol, and it doesn't matter how well the still is built, or how poorly the distillation itself is conducted.
@rockman1969 If the still is made from questionable materials that could result in poison in your product. For example using an old rusty radiator as a condenser. Or using lead solder. But if the still is properly constructed, I wouldn't worry about being poisoned.
@xbox80011 i would be concerned that some of the elements of the superglue would end up in the final product...depending on what you plan to do with the product determines if that is important to you.
I was replying to some guy that said it would help with gas prices, and for some reason it went as a new comment.....technically all he's doign her is making ethanol(moonshine)with beer as the mash. People around here have been using moonshine as fuel for years.
its actually 70x more efficient than refining oil into gasoline, then you have to add 20% toxic aromatics to allow Gasoline to even burn in an engine.
ahahahahah omg as soon as i saw the cans i knew exactly what you were going to do. Me and my friend did this back in the day in his basement with a candle, pvc tubing and beer! LOL
Don't think about drinking any of this, no matter how tempting. Being continuous, any incidental methanol or other light boiling impurities made will contantly be added and constantly be with the ethanol.
plus if ur brave make a corn mash and ull have good ole fashioned corn whiskey like pappy made although this is very dagerous and therefore not recomended
Thanks for the video. I am trying to replicate your still as we speak.
Would it be possible to post another diagram of how you actually built your still? You mentioned making some changes while you built and it sounds like it would benefit everyone.
Also, how do you process your mash? Do you have an example of a recipe? Or a link to another site that will work?
mipoleon, thanks for piking that one up fore me, also sevral times I have stated (Like in the in the title of the video) thid is a way to make fule alcohol and not for human consumtion
Google it. Aluminum corrodes in the presence of alcohol unless it is anodized. Thats why distillers make their stills out of copper or stainless steel and not aluminum which is cheapter. I don't know if this has a negative effect on using the ethanol as a fuel source but from what I have read you definately do not want to drink it.
The tax you pay is to build and maintain the roads and bridges we drive on, just because you produce your own fuel does not mean you don't need to pay your fare share of the cost. Anyway think how little you pay compared to a professional truck driver (as a trucker I drove 120 K miles last year).
It is not however illegal to build a still for this purpose.
I am a little curious about the continuous flow thing. I like your miniature distillation tower. My question is how do you control the flow of mash in and out? Also, have you managed to use your still successfully?
Thanks shawandrew, that's is a good question. The mash in is currently controlled with a small needle valve, the mash must not contain any large partials or it will clog. The waist mash out just flows out along with the water condensed from the steam. I have had this still running but not for long periods, still tinkering with it so I cannot tell you what proof I am capable of. At this time I am constructing a completely new version.
more please, wouldn't it be cool to make a covert really small still just big enough to fuel a small car. You could go through the neighborhood trash or lawn clippings and never
pay for gas again. To hell w/ David Blumes coop ideas. Ultra efficient covert solo practicioner is the way to go. Think like ultra light backpacking.
I'm wondering if a column full of Raschig Rings would accomplish the same thing as all thoses seperate chambers. I'm thinking about a length of copper pipe with a small condenser section at the top and section for steam in / waste out and, a pipe coming in for the mash just under the top condenser section, like what you have. But instead of having compartments, fill the entire pipe (except for the top and bottom sections) with Raschig Rings? Cost = More than $10 though. What do you think?
What you're describing is a pot still. This is a continuous flow still similar to commercial fuel stills. Packed column reflux stills are good but in my opinion waste a lot of heat energy. I am trying to use very little energy efficiently to create high proof fuel alcohol.
Thanks to everyone for all the interest , after a long break from this project I have begun working on an updated still for instructables to be posted soon.
Is this a joke? or can you really make alcohol by stacking cut up beer cans together ??? If the video wasn't so blury and there were words instead of music I might figure it out. I there a website or drawing or schematic for this : what is mash?
you will end up with your cap in hand and your buble burst when you get totally cut with all that there metal-this is definately more dangerous than drinking booze-your're a fuslileer no doubt and I challenge thee to a duel-piss tolls at dawn,then a hohohoho and a nony nony no if you keep this up your music will suffer!~~
The coffee pot element has a built in circuit with a thermal switch and thermal fuse, I don't adjust the temp I just use it to create steam, and it is dissipated evenly throughout the system.
Irish McGyver... what the word McGyer is Irish? man fuck off this is shweet
touchsmart0 2 weeks ago
@touchsmart0 "Mc" is scottish :)
jdefabs2112 1 week ago
@jdefabs2112 yeah ik... incase u didnt catch the second part of my comment i was being sarcastic
touchsmart0 1 week ago
@touchsmart0 oh lol, my bad :p
jdefabs2112 1 week ago
Very inventive, well done!
1ghostronin 2 weeks ago
do you have a write up how to do this? would you know how to make a continuos still? im looking to make fuel for my car. got alot of fruit trees and cant eat all they produce and was thinking why not make use outta the waste
dohczc420 2 weeks ago in playlist Uploaded videos
After drinking all that blue ribbon, I'm surprised you were able to make a video! Lol!!! Cool idea, I wanna try it now!
jeepintr 2 months ago
What a Marvelous Idea...Good on ya..The video is good as well..(A bit low on Dpi) But Im goin to try and build one...As suggested... for Fuel. These units to buy are quite expensive...even here in Dublin,Ireland. It's $11.00 A gallon of petrol here.....Great work...I'm Inspired.
Starcastle3 4 months ago in playlist distilling
aluminum?
lukemich12 6 months ago
это что, самогонный аппарат???
гыгыгы
leobrynn 6 months ago
whered you get all those beer cans in utah??
metallicatilldeathhh 6 months ago
GRAT IDEA FOR FUEL-BUT I DON'T THINK I WOULD USE THIS FOR CONSUMTION PURPOSES
MrFLECK1 6 months ago
send me written instuctions please
americanboy130 6 months ago
i love shit like this....really
pappawheely 7 months ago 4
HEAT + CONTACT GLOW = ??? check that before any of you guys dry to drink the alchol...
nostradamusfuck 7 months ago
Nice video. I have been trying to do something like this for a while, since i'm cheap like that.
Cskizzle8 7 months ago
Why $10? I thought a case of Pabst was $3. I sure would like to see an overall diagram of the completed setup. I give you an A++ on ingenuity on this project.
boogerhead0 7 months ago
@boogerhead0 I just wanted to say it was cheap. when i was thinking about building a still 2" copper tubing was in the hundreds of dollars for 6'. If i get around to it ill work up a better version with additional information.
bassman76jazz 7 months ago
Why $10? I thought a case of Pabst was $3.
boogerhead0 7 months ago
this is shit why waste your time really??
TheMitchtuber 8 months ago
monopoly music
chook2148 9 months ago
is it illegal to make this stuff at home? and how long after starting the process do you have fuel for the car? how much gallons to time ratio do you think? thanks for reading ;)
bikr1975 9 months ago
@bikr1975
Due to fuel shortages during the 70's the government lifted bans on home micro-producers. With the proper simple license you are now able to produce as a micro-producer up to 10,000 gallons per year. This was mainly put in place to help small farmers maintain equipment to continue agriculture especially during uncertain economic times brought on by fluctuating energy costs.
The benefit, everyone is entitled to use the law in their favor.
audiobyaaron 9 months ago
A few yrs ago wasn't it revealed that copper also causes Alzheimers? Perhaps a stainless tube wrapped around would be better?
ElShadaiLives 9 months ago
@ElShadaiLives
then don't drink tap water...
bassman76jazz 7 months ago 17
@ElShadaiLives do you have stainless pipes in your house?
TRADampsFan 7 months ago
@ElShadaiLives thats Aluminum Oxide. if your really worried about that, stop using anti-perspirant. it's what stops you from sweating. the thing that worries me here, is i'm pretty sure most can's in the states are aluminum with a thin coating on the inside to protect the contents. cans in canada tend to have a mix of tin or steel and or aluminum (makes it funny when frat boys/navy come up and try to crush them on their heads.) i'm guessin he doesn't drink this anyway.
GreaseStain 6 months ago in playlist distilling spirits
@ElShadaiLives i believe thats aluminum
johnis4jesus 4 months ago
@ElShadaiLives ever try to bend 316 stainless?Hard believe me. JL.
jeleigh75 3 months ago
Just to throw it out there, if you're using this set up to make drinkable alcohol you're not supposed to be using aluminum. Its dangerous...just a heads up, nice idea though!
TheVTBROSEPH 10 months ago
This video was posted in 2007. What happened to version 2?
renderrob 10 months ago
Interesting idea, but most cans are made of aluminum which has been linked to Alzheimer's. I wouldn't be drinking a lot from this if I were you.
Gefm1 10 months ago
@Gefm1 you have bigger problems than Alzheimer if your drinking fuel! read the title...
TwoCherriesIns 10 months ago
PBR for the win!
ishmaelll 11 months ago
can i use zipo instead of alcohol?
aqilkeck1 11 months ago
PBR!
revelation223 1 year ago
I haven't watched all the vid yet (will do) but I am really enjoying this music. lol
Acester47 1 year ago
Hey, I have $10 starting tomorrow. So, do you accept cash? I just need it for a chemistry experiment.
ConorC96 1 year ago
cheap beer should of been budwesiers
DaOn3ndOnly 1 year ago
Love the music!
hotstuff7655 1 year ago
if you want to see how to burn schnapps in an italian coffee can, watch on this page OBSTVERWERTER.DE.VU
kze77 1 year ago
This has been flagged as spam show
Belive it or not Free energy is real,But a few ppl make too many billions from our energy needs to let this technology be known,Find this technology at LT-MAGNET-MOTORdotCOM ,Start the revolution!
ivylsp 1 year ago
yummm methanol.
vevenaneathna 1 year ago
What did you use for glue? How did it hold up with the temperatures? Is soldering working for you on the new one?
Bkwilless 1 year ago
like the video.. but the music is annoying as hell.. would be better listening to you describe what your doing.
martialartist34 1 year ago 2
Caution.. do not use gasoline, kerosine, or non HEET fuels.. There are variable flash points and charecteristics. Dollar store water out (Methy alcohol) caused my cans to explode.. Use HEET and get great results... 6 oz, burned 45 mins in real world tests.... Move over coleman ;)
madcyborg 1 year ago
im not a jazz kinda man but i have to say i like the choice of music you picked for this video oh and great work!
iSMITH4life 1 year ago
how many cans are needed?
dinggo12334321 1 year ago
If the government had any vision at all we could have had a secret store of this alcohol, that could have gotten us threw lean times when oil was difficult to get. But no the government choose to put people in jail, rather then using them, and hiring them to make this backup source of fuel! And now they are talking about bio-fuels, these guys were making it since the 1800's, if it had been stored away since it never goes bad, we would have trillion of gallons by now!
Our government is dumb!
proverb311031 1 year ago 2
@proverb311031 agreed and well said, the government only see's one thing at a time, first it was the fact they could lose potential money so lock those guys away and now its gonna be we need all free people to assist in the making of fuel for our next war, i got my stash but its for consumption
captaingibs 1 year ago
Is it better to drill the holes, or to punch them?
mbunds 1 year ago 2
@mbunds
its hard to do either, I'm working on the second version now. i actually solder the cans together.
bassman76jazz 1 year ago
@bassman76jazz Absolutely fantastic idea, using cans for this. Could you elaborate how you do the soldering?
Kotesu 1 year ago
@bassman76jazz fill the can with watter and freeze it before you punch/drill holes 10,000 times easier
facebag666 1 year ago
@facebag666 i did that once with a knife rather than a punch or drill just turn the tip till it drills through
pcblah 1 year ago
@bassman76jazz - Ya, I find it best to use the cheaper leaded solder for that application. ;)
BackyardAmusement 1 year ago
@bassman76jazz
uhhm ... trying to solder the AL cans ....
have fun by doing that after 3-4 tries you are gonna be desperate
coverboy92 11 months ago
@coverboy92 you need just the right fluxus to tin/leed solder alu. Or a litle more exotic soldering alloy at 540 deg./Celsius.
yutjub123 9 months ago
@bassman76jazz i hope you use lead free solder then otherwise that could be some harmful shit you make
666TECHNO666 1 month ago
how much will this make an hour ? i would love to see it working
MrPusseater 1 year ago
nice video but it get's boring at some points
copacelu93 1 year ago
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samljer 1 year ago
YES! I agree, this is a great device, but can you please explain how it's made, and show some kind of blueprint or diagram? I really want to make one of these, but I'm not exactly sure how you did it.. Thanks!
LiquidChem 1 year ago 2
alchohol boils at 171 degrees water at 212 degrees am i correct? what kind of glue is that? i like the alchohol contin better than oxy contin hey did you see the guy in the paper that was buried in a pabst blue ribbon coffin years ago you are a genius to figure this out i will drink to that
jdsimmons54 1 year ago
PABST BLUE RIBBON!
JosephHarlan19 1 year ago
what sort of glue are you using? Does it melt with the head in the column?
FILC83 1 year ago
hey tops vid but i would love if you could do one in the future and explain what and exacty how its all done cheers mate though i am still amazed at your skill , i make my own spirits but the regular way bye mate.
juderoberts1of 1 year ago
I love good music, but would rather have narrative of what's going on here and save the music for after the work is done and relaxing w/ cold martini. too hard to guess what he's doing & why.
Marleyites 1 year ago
realy love this :)
hasjtommy81 1 year ago
the column needs to be tall enough that the only thing that will be condensed is alcohol, im working on a new design will put it up soon...
bassman76jazz 1 year ago
so, my question is about the steam. When I tried this (on a much bigger scale, I used a large boiler and copper pipe. In retrospect I wish I had thought of using pbr cans) the steam just condensed in the column, and I only got a few drops of ethanol before the column filled with water... did you have any similar issues?
Wildopushups4change 1 year ago
IS THE GLUE SAFE TO HAVE IN THE COLUMN?
almostastronautfilms 1 year ago
NO!
loliver231 1 year ago
Amazing how nobody can spell fuel.
Smokethatchron 2 years ago
Or correctly spell the by-products of the process as "waste" not "waist" (which is a part of your anatomy.
DebStep7 1 year ago
@DebStep7 Lol.
Smokethatchron 1 year ago
LoL im going to go out and buy a 24 of pepsi so i have the cans to try and make one of these :D
Think it will be fun
samljer 2 years ago
Nice pbr. Haha
gutterpunktarzan 2 years ago
The government does not tax the production of denatured ethyl alcohol, but closely controls how it is done.
Unfortunately, that only makes denatured alcohol cheap. It does not prevent some from drinking it, or using it to fortify other beverages, or worse, trying to purify it by distillation.
rockman1969 2 years ago
knock knock whats worse than purifying denatured alcohol?
NOTHING! har har har har
ihavestage4coolness 2 years ago
lol
aCagedApe 2 years ago
To insure this, laws were passed in the U.S. mandating that all ethyl alcohol not produced for beverages be deliberately poisoned to render it unfit for drinking. The process is called denaturing. A common denaturing practice is to add methyl alcohol, a poison, or other noxious ingredients to the alcohol and render it undrinkable.
rockman1969 2 years ago 2
Most instances of methanol poisoning was falsely attributed to improper distillation. It actually resulted from people drinking denatured alcohol.Denatured alcohol arises as an attempt on the governments part, to preserve tax revenues applied to alcoholic beverages.
rockman1969 2 years ago 13
I wanna know who you had to pay to drink all that blue ribbon so you could use the empty cans lol.
joesmo505 2 years ago
the only beer i dont drink is wheat beer (not beer at all). pabst is not as bad a keystone or natty
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
@bassman76jazz I like PBR... but don't you put down my Natty Bo! Nice vid, though a little cryptic without a narrative.
FreakNasty52 1 year ago
femasazo 2 years ago
in the video i used jb welder(not good with heat) i have also used heat resistant epoxy and high temp silicone gasket maker (the red stuff).
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
hell yea that looks good, drink that shit
WTFuRdum 2 years ago
Great job reusing materials and saving money. ;)
theranger800 2 years ago
Have fun going blind with that cheap setup
Wortcraft 2 years ago
do you drink what you put in your fule tank?
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
Distillation is simply a separation and purification process. Neither the fermentation of sugars contained in the mash nor the distillation of the alcohol resulting from that process can produce any toxic amounts of poisons. That includes the often-cited methanol, and it doesn't matter how well the still is built, or how poorly the distillation itself is conducted.
rockman1969 2 years ago 2
@rockman1969 If the still is made from questionable materials that could result in poison in your product. For example using an old rusty radiator as a condenser. Or using lead solder. But if the still is properly constructed, I wouldn't worry about being poisoned.
purplemutantas 1 year ago
Let's see, it's heated with seam, it uses fule and waist mash runs out, got it.
ratheads 2 years ago
it makes fuel
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
do you have directions on how to make the still?
cameronleeb 2 years ago
isn´t it toxic if the hot glue begins tue burn inside the can?
gugligup 2 years ago
Does it even matter?
If you're going to drink it you need better equipment and better knowledge, or it's going to taste like shit anyway, hot glue or no hot glue.
gschjetne 2 years ago
can you read, do you understand the word fule?
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
The word 'fule'?
gschjetne 2 years ago
do you drink fule?
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
No, I don't drink "fule". At least I don't think so. You tell me.
gschjetne 2 years ago
Yes you drink fuel
lumpybruisychickeny1 2 years ago
No, you are mistaken, we're actually talking about fule.
gschjetne 2 years ago
I don't think its much of an issue if you are using the still for creating fuel. Ofc I wouldn't use this design for drinking with :).
LeJimster 2 years ago
I think the glue would help alcoholics just have one drink.
For example: "I think I'll stick to one drink tonight thanks."
lumpybruisychickeny1 2 years ago
do you love super glue by any chance?
xbox80011 2 years ago 3
no i dont use super glue, my fingers get stuck together
bassman76jazz 2 years ago 7
@xbox80011 i would be concerned that some of the elements of the superglue would end up in the final product...depending on what you plan to do with the product determines if that is important to you.
jpthecreaton 1 year ago
Good video but still confusing : /.
anonymous4672 2 years ago
read previous posts
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
what kind of glue are you using? plz reply
labantolaban 2 years ago
PBR, great american beer.
m1k3nc 2 years ago
pbr is from canada....
notsolucky29 2 years ago 2
yea! lol
animebsd 2 years ago
canada is in america...
tgz1000 2 years ago 2
omg....
P07H34D 2 years ago
i love you in a totaly headerosexual way
airsoftguy7171 2 years ago
Google:
Alcohol Can Ba A Gas
That guy has this entire "Make your own fuel to run you car, generator, truck, tractor, heat your home and cook with" thing down to a science!
It is the BEST Idea to end big oil!
MIBstudios 2 years ago
except alcohol is more expensive to make...yeah...so whats the point.
LedZeppelin13k7 2 years ago
it burns cleaner and is higher octane duh
rob2180cdt 2 years ago
I was replying to some guy that said it would help with gas prices, and for some reason it went as a new comment.....technically all he's doign her is making ethanol(moonshine)with beer as the mash. People around here have been using moonshine as fuel for years.
LedZeppelin13k7 2 years ago
if you make alcohol with waist products (garabge) and mix e85 i will be less expensive.
bassman76jazz 2 years ago
its actually 70x more efficient than refining oil into gasoline, then you have to add 20% toxic aromatics to allow Gasoline to even burn in an engine.
PaganEgyptian 2 years ago
So, it vaporizes the alcohol out of the beer, and collects it?
ProudSouthernBoy 2 years ago
ahahahahah omg as soon as i saw the cans i knew exactly what you were going to do. Me and my friend did this back in the day in his basement with a candle, pvc tubing and beer! LOL
BurningTirez 2 years ago
I hope you used the Pabst for the mash,It would save you the trouble of pouring it directly into the toilet... ?
dmith7777 3 years ago
what proof ''fuel'' are you getting with this? I'd like to build one.
imnotahillbilly123 3 years ago
What do you use the fuel for?
beandips 3 years ago
what kind of proof are you geting?
butkatrello 3 years ago
You Sir = Hero. PBR = WIN
motorbreath302 3 years ago
THATS SOME CRACK PIPE
Geebanga718 3 years ago
haha yea thats what i was thinking
fingerkalis 3 years ago
Don't think about drinking any of this, no matter how tempting. Being continuous, any incidental methanol or other light boiling impurities made will contantly be added and constantly be with the ethanol.
lijebaley01 3 years ago
that is why the title is "$10 fuel alcohol still" (notice the word fuel)
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
yea, fuel for your body, mind and soul!
altoids18ROX 2 years ago 2
What kind of glue are you using to connect those cans ?
toxickavenger 3 years ago
There is a small write-up on instructables with a schematic but I have not completely worked out the design.
i hate 500 character count
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
Hey
I was wondering what is this for and for what reason?
Plz reply
Looks kind of cool but idk wut it is or what for
466267 3 years ago
fuel alcohol
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
plus if ur brave make a corn mash and ull have good ole fashioned corn whiskey like pappy made although this is very dagerous and therefore not recomended
thisshouldBcool 3 years ago
Thanks for the video. I am trying to replicate your still as we speak.
Would it be possible to post another diagram of how you actually built your still? You mentioned making some changes while you built and it sounds like it would benefit everyone.
Also, how do you process your mash? Do you have an example of a recipe? Or a link to another site that will work?
Thanks,
sk858585 3 years ago
mipoleon, thanks for piking that one up fore me, also sevral times I have stated (Like in the in the title of the video) thid is a way to make fule alcohol and not for human consumtion
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
Google it. Aluminum corrodes in the presence of alcohol unless it is anodized. Thats why distillers make their stills out of copper or stainless steel and not aluminum which is cheapter. I don't know if this has a negative effect on using the ethanol as a fuel source but from what I have read you definately do not want to drink it.
mipoleon 3 years ago
He is using beer and soda cans. Beverage cans have a coating on the inside to keep the aluminum from coroding and making the drink taste like metal.
HeadTater 3 years ago
I don't think this is intended to be a long lasting high output still. The guy was just playing around with some good ideas and simple materials.
Peter7Paul 3 years ago
Nice idea, I hope you haven't drank any. Im pretty sure that aluminum reacts with ethanol at higher temps and creates a toxin.
mipoleon 3 years ago
the saddest part of all this is it is totally against the federal goverment laws...
We can think ourselves out of the box but we have to pay the tax or get involved in the regulation to deregulate the use of stills.
It is feasable to create a still that uses solar energy to produce ethenol. I am gonna try it and wonder how long before the feds show up.
You would think if you are allowed to grow the hay to feed your horse. You should be able to distill the ethenol to run your car.
ciercee 3 years ago
The tax you pay is to build and maintain the roads and bridges we drive on, just because you produce your own fuel does not mean you don't need to pay your fare share of the cost. Anyway think how little you pay compared to a professional truck driver (as a trucker I drove 120 K miles last year).
It is not however illegal to build a still for this purpose.
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
but it is a very good idea!
neurotoxin666 3 years ago
dude can you read? fuel alcohol still, like fuel for you car.
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
hey dude... you can't take glue!
but if you like the taste of glue and the headache next morning...
neurotoxin666 3 years ago
I am a little curious about the continuous flow thing. I like your miniature distillation tower. My question is how do you control the flow of mash in and out? Also, have you managed to use your still successfully?
shawandrew 3 years ago
Thanks shawandrew, that's is a good question. The mash in is currently controlled with a small needle valve, the mash must not contain any large partials or it will clog. The waist mash out just flows out along with the water condensed from the steam. I have had this still running but not for long periods, still tinkering with it so I cannot tell you what proof I am capable of. At this time I am constructing a completely new version.
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
more please, wouldn't it be cool to make a covert really small still just big enough to fuel a small car. You could go through the neighborhood trash or lawn clippings and never
pay for gas again. To hell w/ David Blumes coop ideas. Ultra efficient covert solo practicioner is the way to go. Think like ultra light backpacking.
luvhafiz 3 years ago
I'm wondering if a column full of Raschig Rings would accomplish the same thing as all thoses seperate chambers. I'm thinking about a length of copper pipe with a small condenser section at the top and section for steam in / waste out and, a pipe coming in for the mash just under the top condenser section, like what you have. But instead of having compartments, fill the entire pipe (except for the top and bottom sections) with Raschig Rings? Cost = More than $10 though. What do you think?
lastnamewhite 3 years ago
What you're describing is a pot still. This is a continuous flow still similar to commercial fuel stills. Packed column reflux stills are good but in my opinion waste a lot of heat energy. I am trying to use very little energy efficiently to create high proof fuel alcohol.
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
use a solar oven to heat your mash.
ciercee 3 years ago
I like the price and the recycling of cans. But this video needs commontary.
daddeo01905 3 years ago
Thanks Charlie Brown! Pretty neat. Give some to Snoopy!
WoodyF16 3 years ago
oh good grief, if that's a comparison of my music and Vince Guaraldi ill take the complement, although I don't think I carry the syncopation he does.
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
Hahaha!
WoodyF16 3 years ago
Thanks to everyone for all the interest , after a long break from this project I have begun working on an updated still for instructables to be posted soon.
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
what glue are you using?
squarebob62 3 years ago
I hope you didn't drink the horrible piss-water inside those cans !
whiskeymedic 3 years ago
Mr. Beer snob, No I don't drink it, I just use it to test my stills efficiency. (hello it Blue ribbon)
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
Is this a joke? or can you really make alcohol by stacking cut up beer cans together ??? If the video wasn't so blury and there were words instead of music I might figure it out. I there a website or drawing or schematic for this : what is mash?
67Cowboy 3 years ago
mash is your mixture before it goes into the still. i use sugar water and yeast.
danielhattie2000 3 years ago
what kind of sugar regular? and where do you buy the mash? and do you just pour the mash into water or do you have to grind the mash or what?
businessbmw 3 years ago
u use regular sugar and turbo yeast that you can find at any brewing store or online just follow the instructions on the back of the packet
danielhattie2000 3 years ago
Read the rest of the posts there is a link to a drawing
bassman76jazz 3 years ago
I keep trying to build this thing in the basement before work, but the jazz music wakes my wife!
metalpsalm 3 years ago
you will end up with your cap in hand and your buble burst when you get totally cut with all that there metal-this is definately more dangerous than drinking booze-your're a fuslileer no doubt and I challenge thee to a duel-piss tolls at dawn,then a hohohoho and a nony nony no if you keep this up your music will suffer!~~
samoged 4 years ago
what the hell is a fuslileer? and il have you know i didi not get cut once doing this, for a change.
bassman76jazz 4 years ago
How are you powering this thing?
metalpsalm 4 years ago
Are you just hooking it straight up to 110?
metalpsalm 4 years ago
yes its a 110V 15amp coffee pot element
bassman76jazz 4 years ago
Thank you sir!
metalpsalm 4 years ago
How exactly is the coffee pot heating element wired so you can regulate the temperature? The video isn't clear about this.
saltydeath 4 years ago
The coffee pot element has a built in circuit with a thermal switch and thermal fuse, I don't adjust the temp I just use it to create steam, and it is dissipated evenly throughout the system.
bassman76jazz 4 years ago