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| Thread ID: 121651 | 2011-11-04 08:31:00 | Copper pipe in wellington? | The Error Guy (14052) | PC World Chat |
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| 1241860 | 2011-11-04 08:31:00 | Anyone know where I can get some 1/4" dia copper pipe from in welly? Also need fittings (1 90 deg elbow from memory) but plumbing shops should sell those. Don't need much, less than 5m and preferably cheap but I guess copper and cheap don't usually go together. I need to to make the condenser coils in a still | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1241861 | 2011-11-04 10:02:00 | you could just try great expectations in lower hutt? or is there no fun in that | plod (107) | ||
| 1241862 | 2011-11-04 18:08:00 | Yeah, plumbing supplies, or maybe a model/hobby shop for very small calibre tube. You need to be careful about which fluids go through copper. I seem to remember a tale about orange juice being fed through copper resulting in undesirable effects for those that consumed the resultant brew. Dunno the chemisrty involved, but the pH seems the first thing to consider if you're going to get an unwanted redox reaction going on. |
Paul.Cov (425) | ||
| 1241863 | 2011-11-04 18:13:00 | Try a plumber as they could very will have some off cuts. :) |
Trev (427) | ||
| 1241864 | 2011-11-04 19:41:00 | Probably the acid caused some corrosion in the copper giving it a funny taste of Cu2+, storing it would probably give it a green tinge and also result in a funny taste :p We'll be running water through ours as well as a few alcohols (mostly meth, eth and maybe some propanol) Once the chemistry part is out of the way it gets used for more "useful" purposes :devil you could just try great expectations in lower hutt? or is there no fun in that Ha, not so much the fun lost in building, more in the price! |
The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1241865 | 2011-11-04 20:49:00 | Remember to use silver-based solder to manufacture your still (Silfos) (www.lucasmilhaupt.com), NOT LEAD-BASED! Dont use Easiflo (www.lucasmilhaupt.com) either (has cadmium in it, highly toxic!). |
feersumendjinn (64) | ||
| 1241866 | 2011-11-04 21:44:00 | You could try these folks - Mico Metals (in my day, used to be Metal Imports, off Cambridge Terrace, in the city) www.micometals.co.nz Copper catalogue on this page. | John H (8) | ||
| 1241867 | 2011-11-04 22:52:00 | Mico looks good, and cheers for the heads up on Cadmium!! | The Error Guy (14052) | ||
| 1241868 | 2011-11-04 23:02:00 | Mico was set up as Metal Imports by Siggy Hirschfeld - his son Michael and I were friends until his early death. They used to be the only firm of their kind in Wgtn importing non-ferrous metals, and they had a great reputation in Siggy's days running the firm, and later when his son took over. Not sure what they are like now they have been taken over by the corporate world. They were in Lorne or Tennyson Streets (near the Wgtn East Post Office) for many years. | John H (8) | ||
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