"And this is after the re-do, again just something that beat me and my ADD just would'nt have that. Again the coils are not a must just another way of getting hooch from the parrot to the collection jug.
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So if anybody wants to give it a go just remember that icemaker copper is like 1/4" ( not exactly sure really) and really easy to manipulate into coils, so easy a caveman can do it......one of these days I'm gonna learn to solder too!

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Well go to the store and find one of these little valves and you will see that it has threads on both ends. Now back to your copper, if you look at the pic above you will see the coupling or cap on the bottom of the up right, you could drill a hole in the side of the cap at the very bottom (you know come out from the side instead of out the bottom) and then go from there on how to make it stand. Just something to ponder, I bet I could figger it out but you see the stuff I make and you prolly have better taste and higher standards than me.
Oh well hope ya get it worked out."

Anyone have an idea of how to hook one to the end of the condenser ?

"Finally got a chance to use my newest parrot, I'm gettin about 170 in this pic and it does work so no worries

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"i did some tweaking to both
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i found if connect the parrot it will build back pressure and cause leaks in the boiler / least it did on mine so i modified it twice now i got it going

I know you fella's have seen my parrots and that little valve I install on the bottom for a drain, well I had to make a store run for my monthly fire ant food and happen to wander through the plumbing section of the store and saw that valve I use and thought I would add a pic to this thread just in case anybody wants a visual for a future purchase. The price was $8.

Anyway what I do is remove both little nipples and screw it right into the fitting. You could leave the nipple on one side and add a hose to it if you wanted too but what ever works for ya......
I also solder the valve into the fitting so you MUST take the T handle portion of the valve off before you solder it to the parrot or of course it will melt the seal inside the valve.

"New discovery with shitty results, in my parrots I added a waded up piece of SS mesh and pushed it down to the bottom in the hopes that if I dropped my hydrometer it would bounce and not break, well good idea no dought. No breakage yet but the discovery was that wet SS left against copper and brass makes for a really shitty distillate, kinda like rusty high proof somethingoranother.....yucky. At first I did'nt know what was causeing the nasty aroma but after I changed out my parrots it hit me as the first dribbles were coming over. Learn form my mistakes and use copper mesh or be damned careful not to drop your hydrometer in the parrot.
Of course you could just wait until its pretty full before adding it too, oh well live and learn."