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<blockquote data-quote="Seedy" data-source="post: 1678535" data-attributes="member: 10694"><p>I made a still in Jr high for a science fair project. I had to write the ATF with a description of my plans/project to get permission to make it. They wrote me back giving me the OK to build it as long as i destroyed it or donated it to a school when my experiment was done. My experiment was to see how much ethanol (for fuel purposes) could be made from a household's veggie and fruit scraps. </p><p></p><p>I saved all the scraps and then threw the (now rotting) scraps into a blender. Next I boiled them (Iirc) and then fermented the sludge in 2liter pop bottles with balloons on top to allow for co2 expansion. It was an extremely stinky process. I can't believe my mother let me do it!</p><p></p><p>The still was made from a pressure cooker with a candy thermometer in it and a copper tube coming off the steam vent. The copper tube ran into a "thumper" made out of a coffee can that i put ice into. I double distilled the "mash".</p><p></p><p>My end product was about 20% (40 proof) and smelled like vodka. Considering what it was made from (rotten table scraps) I couldn't ever bring myself to taste it.</p><p></p><p>I wish I'd kept the letter from the ATF but I think the letter went with the still when I donated it to my school.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Seedy, post: 1678535, member: 10694"] I made a still in Jr high for a science fair project. I had to write the ATF with a description of my plans/project to get permission to make it. They wrote me back giving me the OK to build it as long as i destroyed it or donated it to a school when my experiment was done. My experiment was to see how much ethanol (for fuel purposes) could be made from a household's veggie and fruit scraps. I saved all the scraps and then threw the (now rotting) scraps into a blender. Next I boiled them (Iirc) and then fermented the sludge in 2liter pop bottles with balloons on top to allow for co2 expansion. It was an extremely stinky process. I can't believe my mother let me do it! The still was made from a pressure cooker with a candy thermometer in it and a copper tube coming off the steam vent. The copper tube ran into a "thumper" made out of a coffee can that i put ice into. I double distilled the "mash". My end product was about 20% (40 proof) and smelled like vodka. Considering what it was made from (rotten table scraps) I couldn't ever bring myself to taste it. I wish I'd kept the letter from the ATF but I think the letter went with the still when I donated it to my school. [/QUOTE]
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