Copper still construction is not difficult if you have some metal fabrication experience. Follow the right guide and you can fabricate and assemble it yourself. You can also buy a kit that includes all machined cut parts ready for assembling. It eliminates the initial metal melting process. The kits are available for making different sizes of distillation equipment. This equipment is an essential survival gear. It can be used to make important survival commodities like purified water, antiseptic, fuel alcohol and distilled spirits.
This equipment has life saving benefits when you are faced with a natural disaster where transportation and other systems come to a halt and you are left to fend for yourself. Study the still design and collect the raw materials needed to make it. You will need a few tools like hammer, pliers, clamps, sandpaper, vice and plumbing torch. For supplies, you will need copper metal parts, lead free solder and water soluble flux. Always use safety gears while working on this type of project. Use safety glasses, a VOC mask and gloves.
