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$ THE STILL $
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$ AN ARTICLE FROM THE BOOK: $
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$ THE POOR MAN'S JAMES BOND $
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In a phew philes on this system some
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of the recipes need a still, well here
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is how to make a still:
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Once you get the chemicals, ingred
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ients, or what ever, you set up your
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still. It is small, efficient, and
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safe. In it you can make things like
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tear gas, prussic acide and occasionaly
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distill some alcohol.
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First, a flask is fitted with a
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one-holw rubber stopper. A short length
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of thin glass tubing is inserted into
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the hole. A five foot length of thin
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rubber tubing is fitted over the glass
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tube and coiled into the ice bucket and
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out through a hole near the bottom. The
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end of the tube is fitted over another
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glass tube which is in a two-hole stopp
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er stuck into a bottle. The other hole
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contains another glass tube to which is
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attached another length of tubing long
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enougb to reach outside to get rid of
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any noxious or poisonous fumes.
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The equipment for a still is cheap
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and simple to get. Most of it can be
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bought from your local drug store.
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They carry tubing, stoppers, glassware
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and many chemicals which they freely
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sell to doctors, students etc. If you
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get on good terms with your druggist
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and he doesn't know you are crazy you
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can buy most of your stuph from him.
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A ring stand or tripod for the flask
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is more handy than the can in the
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illustration (see below). But a tin can
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with strips cut out of it for ventilat
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ion and for the removal of the lamp is
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usually adequate.
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CHECKLIST OF EQUIPMENT:
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<1> alcohol lamp.
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<2> ring stand, tripod or tin can.
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<3> 500 ml or larger flask
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<4> assortment of one and two-hole
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holeless rubber stoppers of various
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sizes.
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<5> about six yards of 3/16 of an inch
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(inside diameter) rubber tubing.
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<6> about a foot of six millimeter
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(outside diameter) laboratory glass
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tubin.
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<7> child's plastic bucket
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<8> receiving bottle.
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The hole in the bucket for the tube
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is made somewhat smaller than the tube
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so it will fit snugly and prevent
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leakage. Full strength wood alcohol for
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the lamp can be bought at the drug stor
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e. Rubbing alcohol, although 30% water
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will burn in the lamp but not so well.
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You can distill the purt alcohol off
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the water from rubbing alcohol.
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This is best done over a gas or
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electric stove. First a large pan with
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a couple of inches of water in it is
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put on the burner to be used and the
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others are turned off.
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The still is set up as the illustra
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tion except the receiving bottle is
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larger and doesn't need a stopper or
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tube going outside. The flask is filled
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with rubbing alcohol to just under the
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neck and set in teh pan of boiling
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water.
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In this setup a coathanger wire
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with a loop in its middle is put over
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the neck of the flask and fixed on the
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sides of the pan. This is necessary
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because as the alcohol distills off,
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the flask gets lighter andb would rise
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in the water and fall over without
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support.
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Another consideration is to make
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sure the tube does not flop over and
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collapse. This can be prevented by
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hanging a string from the ceiling by
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which the tubing is held above the
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flask.
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The tubing should be further support
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ed so it does not touch the hot edge
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of the pan. If it is allowed to lie
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over the edge it will melt.
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When the action starts the alcohol
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will fairly flow into the collecting
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bottle. When it stops all that is left
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in the flask will be water. If left
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alone water would start dripping, much
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slower than the alcohol, but this is
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not wanted.
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This is the only case where you
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should distill over a stove. A stove
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is harder to control than an alcohol
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lamp. It is also harder to clean up
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than a table in case of an accident.
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ILLUSTRATION ---->--
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!
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!=================
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! !
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% <-flask ------- to
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% !->! ! *! outside
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%%% plastic!* !------ !
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%%%%% bucket ------- ! !======
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----- w/water & ice~ ! !
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! . ! -----
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!.~.! reciever->!. !
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!~~~! !. !
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!###!<-tin can !$$$!
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stand -----
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~
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alcohol
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lamp
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THE STILL
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