I’m hoping that somebody else here would be interested in this, as a potential project…maybe. So, I’m just gonna dump some initial “info” or resources that I’ve come across so far.
I recently read through @ReikoX’s thread on tinctures (Not Just Another Tincture Thread) and heard of the Source Turbo home vacuum distiller. After doing more research on that product, their higher end model, the “medxtractor” vacuum distiller, and a whole bunch of regular distillation videos, I decided to search for and look into “diy vacuum distiller”. These came from some of those results:
- DIY Vacuum Still (Part 1): Components and Process - Home Extraction by IchiBanCrafter
- DIY VACUUM STILL (PART 2): PUTTING TOGETHER AND OPERATION - Home Extraction by IchiBanCrafter
- DIY Vacuum Still Part 2 Blog Post Video Supplement - Invidious (Associated video for part-2. If you don’t mind signing in to youtube, do that.)
I looked up some info on “Ichiban Crafter” (aka IBC); apparently he is/was an investor and “co-founder” of “Extract Craft” (the company that makes the Source Turbo), and he is now a “cannabis-coach”. Just incase anyone was wondering.
Please, let me know what your thoughts, and ideas are on this project.
And if any of you use facebook, he has a fb group: IchiBan’s Extraction Lounge | Facebook (Ichiban’s Extraction Lounge). He notes at the end of the diy part-2 blog post that there’s a parts/components list in the “files” section of the fb group. And supposedly a lot of information about the proces and build.
That’s all for now. Maybe this goes nowhere. The Source Turbo is around $900 cad. If one (a canadian, specifically) could put together something like the diy for even $1000 or less it would be considerable. But, just checking for the vacuum lids with holes and hardware from BVV for example, were $192 cad for a lid. For - A - Lid!
Anyways, thanks for stopping by.
(I hope you guys don’t mind me tagging you; @Shadey @Mr.Sparkle @Gpaw @WMoon518 @MrWizard @JoeCrowe, if so, sorry to bug ya).
[Quick Edit: The reason I mention canada/canadian specifically is because of how absurdly difficult it is for those in canada to get things that americans can get with ease, and also because when canadians can get the same items, the cost is way more than just the currency conversion. That’s all.]