Neat article about stills- For those with a taste for something a little more traditional, we would point you to this site, which offers handcrafted copper stills of the sort traditionally favored by Ozark mountain moonshiners. For hard-core hobbiests, you could even build your own stills: instructions can be found online, some sophisticated, some wildly inventive, and some probably suicidal. There is a long tradition of making stills out of anything at hand — during the Second World War soldiers used to make stills out of salvaged parts and automobile radiators — but caution must be exercised.[via] Link.

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a couple photos of a super cheap still all made from home depot parts in about twenty minutes.
Super Cheap Still
What does everyone think about making a still out of a stainless steel fire extinguisher. I will be sure to clean thoroughly and research the previous chemical contents, but from what I have read so far, some of extinguishing compounds are fairly harmless (various bicarbonates). I am new to this and very cautious about the chemical safety in general (methyl alcohol, early fraction contents, etc). Any advice would be greatly appreciated!
if you use a fire extinguisher try to get 1 that only uses water and c 0 2 that would be pretty safeif you can make one would you tell me how u made it if u dont mind
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