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== Featured Tutorial ==
 
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=== [[Make a charcoal chimney|How To Make A Charcoal Chimney]] ===
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=== [[Make a cheap still|How To Make a Cheap Still]] ===
Lighting charcoal briquettes without lighter fluid is easy with this '''homemade Charcoal Chimney'''
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== A Brief Intro of Distillation ==
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[[image:Still-finished-ready-to-distill.jpg|thumb|Cheap Pot Still]]
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The wictionary.org definition of distillation is as follows:
  
[[image:chimney05.jpg|thumb|right|Fig 6. Finished product]]
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'''Distillation'''
==== Materials Needed ====
 
  
* 1 #10 tin can (coffee can)
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:The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.
* 1 can opener
 
* 1 church key
 
* 2 Wire coat hangers
 
* 1 drill with a 1/8" drill bit
 
* 1 pair of diagonal cutters
 
* 1 pair of needle nose pliers
 
  
==== Making the Charcoal Chimney ====
 
  
===== Placing the holes =====
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The separation of alcohol from liquids such as wine is made possible because the boiling point of alcohol is lower than that of water. Alcohol's boiling point is Boiling point. 78 °C or 172 °F where as water's is 100 °C or 212 °F. We can take advantage of this differential by carefully raising the temperature of the liquid (commonly called wash) to the point where the alcohol in the wash evaporates but not the water.
  
* Begin with a clean #10 tin can remove any labeling that may be on the can.
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We then capture this alcohol vapor and direct it through a cold, arduous passage. This has the effect of condensing the vapor back into liquid form, which we capture as concentrated alcohol (hard alcohol).
* With the can opener remove both ends to form a basic chimney (Fig 1)
 
  
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How To Make a Cheap Still

A Brief Intro of Distillation

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The wictionary.org definition of distillation is as follows:

Distillation

The separation of the volatile parts of a substance from the more fixed; specifically, the operation of driving off gas or vapor from volatile liquids or solids, by heat in a retort or still, and the condensation of the products as far as possible by a cool receiver, alembic, or condenser; rectification; vaporization; condensation; as, the distillation of illuminating gas and coal, of alcohol from sour mash, or of boric acid in steam.


The separation of alcohol from liquids such as wine is made possible because the boiling point of alcohol is lower than that of water. Alcohol's boiling point is Boiling point. 78 °C or 172 °F where as water's is 100 °C or 212 °F. We can take advantage of this differential by carefully raising the temperature of the liquid (commonly called wash) to the point where the alcohol in the wash evaporates but not the water.

We then capture this alcohol vapor and direct it through a cold, arduous passage. This has the effect of condensing the vapor back into liquid form, which we capture as concentrated alcohol (hard alcohol).

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