How to make your own pressure cooker, or still.

Trying to make moonshine, so i need a still. buy one...to expensive. use a pressure cooker.....not big enough. stock pot, and common hardware store/household stuff...bingo.

****update: I sealed around both robber stoppers too! figured im making a still, not a pressure cooker, i'll buy a PC if i need one. so now the rubbers stoppers or not interchangeable. (to double as a PC or still)*****

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[michaellfbvr]

A little knowledge is a dangerous thing.

Thumbs up for putting it on the line though.

I suggest food products instead of sealant.

[wrightz3it]

Been studying on this video, plus others for weeks.... finally went and got the pot for $40 flippin dollars and now when I get back home to watch video again, YOU have edited it saying I need a dang pressure cooker!!!!!!!!! GRRR..... Man money is tight these days, Im trying to have patients, but if YOU make a vid, YOU should have test run your method first?

[Ncharlestun]

@wrightz3it Hello wrightz3it. The rubber stoppers are at any hardware store and at Lowes and Home Depot. They are not hanging up in bags in open display but in drawer cabinets in the hardware departments. I cut a metal screw cap with extra metal surrounding the cap for JB Welding to the cooker. This allows for adding fresh mash to hot used mash to get back up to heat quickly. You must drain some used mash first to allow room using a faucet spigot. Much easier than rubber stoppers.

[wrightz3it]

@Ncharlestun

I can find the plumbers putty, but where the heck is the rubber stoppers, or grommets?

[Ncharlestun]

@wrightz3it Hello there wrightz3it.You don't need a dang pressure cooker. I have gone into tremendous detail explaining still techniques and hardware needed on past pages here for 8 months which will give you a good background for your still project. Rubber stoppers are available at any hardware store and at your Lowe's or Home Depot in the hardware department in the big drawers you pull out to find what you need. With stoppers you need plumbers putty to seal escaping steam.

[wrightz3it]

@wrightz3it

SORRY, just venting a bit, It's my own fault, And I did enjoy your vid. Where do I get the rubber stoppers at?

[Ncharlestun]

@7rebelsoldier7 I recommend at least a 5 gallon bucket which will easily cool the 20 foot worm/coil without ice. The water at the top will get warm for sure. Cooler water remains in the bottom. Cooking pots can be used for scooping out warm and replacing cold water if you don't have a hose line. Beware of the copper coil line out of water when things are rolling. Bump your head against it and you will have a burn mark for a week or so.

[7rebelsoldier7]

@Ncharlestun That's just how my pappy taught me.

[WaagooshTheRedFox]

@michaellfbvr unless he is making fuel alcohol i suggest the same thing. i make fuel alcohol for my genny, its pretty cool.

[Ncharlestun]

A good tip is if you use a non digital meat thermometer turn the thermometer so that the 200 degree mark is 180 degrees from you as you cook. Point your hand squarely out from your eyes as if you had a gun and point.That is 180 degrees. You will easily line up the 200 mark to monitor your cooking.

[Ncharlestun]

@wergrethe Rubber stoppers are fine as long as you cover them with Oateys Plumbers putty or they will leak no doubt. I want to move on to a screw on cap mechanism to eliminate the use for stoppers. JB Weld, allowed to dry and cure a couple days, will do a good job of sealing screw on cap mechanisms for adding additional mash after you drain used mash from a drain spigot.