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Nice find @Tachead! Did a follow up search to your find... same dish a tiny bit cheaper here: http://www.capitolscientific.com/Dynalon-355314-0400-Low-Form-Evaporating-Dish-with-Pouring-Spout-PTFE-400mL-O-D-x-Height-130 And found this...

Or get a candle warmer and a small slick pad...place slick pad on candle warmer and shatter on slick pad...it will make it a bit more manageable.

Not sure if I agree with the pressing...gently yes, firmly no. I just got the screens from 316...I swear they sent extra since I know I didn't order that many...so far I'm really liking them...I have the 50 micron and the 10 micron. @herbivore21 no secrets bro! I thought we were all in this...

Your "associates" are definitely interested :D:brow::science:

I like where you guys are going with this...I know I like the slick pad (as you've seen in my errrl pics) to evap/purge on; since its thick, I can mold it to the pyrex dish for better surface area then later as the liquid is leaving, I can manipulate the slick pad to form more of a bowl to...

Oh it's just a kit to calibrate the probe...actually they have two, one for just the probe for $50 and the other is a probe and plate calibration kit for like $350! I read that these things are designed out of the box with accuracy as the most important thing that they stress...so even thought...

Gonna be a fun ride :D:science: So then I will buy the cheapest probe at $98..hopefully I can find it cheaper/used, and the calibration kit too.

or iso too I would assume...iso is all I have right now. I would really like to make something out of this...a completely indoor system for iso or EtOH...c'mon brain get it done, lol. Now which probe to get, the glass would be sweet but of course it's the most expensive (it is borosilicate)...

hehe @farscaper what I listed is for my hotplate so that means I need to get one of those probes and I'll have hands free temperature control of my solution...that's freakin awesome...I wouldn't have to keep checking and adjusting. Still need to find operating manual.

Trying bro, trying, lol...I'm so new at this stuff, but I learn quick.

Found this about the unit..still searching for owners manual as I type...Does this sound like the probe can work with unit to maintain solution temperature? "The unit has a platinum RTD temperature sensor in the heater top and a PID heater top control loop designed specifically for setting and...

Yes, lol! Damn you definitely got your science hat on today. I'm trying to visualize what you just described and I'm having a hard time (not surprising). On a side note, my particular hot plate has 5 different external probes to choose from...6" Stainless Steel, 10" Stianless Steel, 6" PTFE, 6"...

What if the exhaust was exiting through progressively smaller piping...would that condense it enough to be able to pipe the exhaust straight to a still? This kills me...I'm smart as can be with computers and tech shit but this stuff is perplexing...I'm sure I'm over complicating as I normally...

Ah, ok, so you can't just take the vented fumes into a distiller then...

Heh, that's the thing, I don't know what would be best. Yes, I am in a high humidity area, but if all the windows stay shut the A/C is on and the humidity goes down because of that. This is why in my diagram notes, I mention maybe an alcohol reclaim on the output. Bottom line, I would love to do...

Ok here's what I came up with drawing wise...I can easily modify it if you guys want me to add/change things on it. Please let me know what you think of the fan I asked about earlier...here is the link again...

Hmmm high humidity you say? That's the way it is where I'm from all year round, lol...I might have to invest in cheap vac setup...after I finish designing the Evaporation Chamber...@Puffers, @farscaper, and @2clicker ...just fyi, almost done with a crude diagram which I know will be...

@NickDlow so are you saying with alcohol, whether iso, EC, KX, you will always do no heat and vac purge...or are you saying heat optional, but vac purge all?

I'm betting you won't see much difference @2clicker. Lucky you can cruise to the local liquor store to get EC...not available to me.

@farscaper hit it on the nose...employers are too chincy now...I get two weeks off...that's it. No sick time, no comp time, no overtime and I'm always working outside my normal 8 hour schedule...IT sometimes sucks...so peeps get sick and come in since they don't have the time off or don't want...