"Well I know you fellers are prolly getting tired of all these parrot posts but I had to modify one of mine ---just because dammit---this is the one that stood on its own but it now hangs from the condenser spout. I'm still trying the coil copper thing and I've almost got it...but first some explination of the process.
I took a 1""x1.5"" reducer and cut some of the overburden off to lighten it up abit.
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"I had to clamp it with vise grips to get the drip tube to stay in that just right spot and as you can see it is right on the money. And then the front view just to finish it off. Its still not as pretty as some but I think it will work and I have a wash thats almost done to try it on.
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Looking good there Heeler.
I have used the spring bender a few times but usually just fill the pipe up, crimp the ends, and bend it around a piece of pipe about the size I want the coil to be. I've used ABS, PVC, and steel pipes for sizeing the coils. Works pretty well if you take your time and don't try to hurry it.

It is kind of amazing how similar our first parrots turn out. Here is my first, finished last night.

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While working on it in my head, I was having trouble with the base, so I figured to hang it on the collection jar.
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I hate lead free solder. 50/50 is so much easier to control and I seriously doubt that very much lead leaches into the ethanol anyway....but I decided to give it a try anyway just to keep you guys from yelling at me. I was pleasantly surprised. With a small piece and the ability to turn it into position...and some cool new water soluble flux... I can not only get the lead free to wick into a joint but also build it up on those fragile butt connections. I got a couple of kinks in the soft tube so I beat up the rest of the feed pipe to make it look like I meant to do that. Test pipe is 3/4 which is too tight for my float, so I got a skinnier one. Tested (and washed) with some heads I have saved up and it works under laboratory conditions. Clean up and polish was pretty quick with a green pad.

Next one I will use one of those spring thingies or maybe a lever bender and put some art on it.

Hi Heeler,
I was going to ask you if you put a valve on the the bottom of the last one, you can't tell in the pic's because your holding it in your hand. It's got some nice looks hanging there and looks to function well also, nice job...
Captinjack

"heeler,
I thought about that before I built my parrot and then it dawned on me....just don't put the parrot under the condenser until after you have collected the fore-shots."

I believe you were out thinking me, I may have to re-think mine.

If you measure your hydrometer up to the high proof mark or just below that would be the best measurement for your specific tool. I know some make em rather tall and thats not wrong. Remember not many of us can make 195 proof and virtually none of us can make 200 proof so why waste the copper tube cause you hydrometer will never sink that low.

Ohh man, that is sooo much better of a moniker than "Home Creepo"

Thanks, boys... I am starting to realize most of the joy in this is the gearing up to do it

I think that's just for looks. It does add a nice touch.