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   In a phew philes on this system some

of the recipes need a still, well here

is how to make a still:



   Once you get the chemicals, ingred

ients, or what ever, you set up your

still. It is small, efficient, and

safe. In it you can make things like

tear gas, prussic acide and occasionaly

distill some alcohol.



   First, a flask is fitted with a

one-holw rubber stopper. A short length

of thin glass tubing is inserted into

the hole. A five foot length of thin

rubber tubing is fitted over the glass

tube and coiled into the ice bucket and

out through a hole near the bottom. The

end of the tube is fitted over another

glass tube which is in a two-hole stopp

er stuck into a bottle. The other hole

contains another glass tube to which is

attached another length of tubing long

enough to reach outside to get rid of

any noxious or poisonous fumes.



   The equipment for a still is cheap

and simple to get. Most of it can be

bought from your local drug store.

They carry tubing, stoppers, glassware

and many chemicals which they freely

sell to doctors, students etc. If you

get on good terms with your druggist

and he doesn't know you are crazy you

can buy most of your stuph from him.



   A ring stand or tripod for the flask

is more handy than the can in the

illustration (see below). But a tin can

with strips cut out of it for ventilat

ion and for the removal of the lamp is

usually adequate.



CHECKLIST OF EQUIPMENT:



<1> alcohol lamp.

<2> ring stand, tripod or tin can.

<3> 500 ml or larger flask

<4> assortment of one and two-hole

    holeless rubber stoppers of various

    sizes.

<5> about six yards of 3/16 of an inch

    (inside diameter) rubber tubing.

<6> about a foot of six millimeter

    (outside diameter) laboratory glass

    tubin.

<7> child's plastic bucket

<8> receiving bottle.





  The hole in the bucket for the tube

is made somewhat smaller than the tube

so it will fit snugly and prevent

leakage. Full strength wood alcohol for

the lamp can be bought at the drug stor

e. Rubbing alcohol, although 30% water

will burn in the lamp but not so well.

You can distill the purt alcohol off

the water from rubbing alcohol.



   This is best done over a gas or

electric stove. First a large pan with

a couple of inches of water in it is

put on the burner to be used and the

others are turned off.



   The still is set up as the illustra

tion except the receiving bottle is

larger and doesn't need a stopper or

tube going outside. The flask is filled

with rubbing alcohol to just under the

neck and set in teh pan of boiling

water.



   In this setup a coathanger wire

with a loop in its middle is put over

the neck of the flask and fixed on the

sides of the pan. This is necessary

because as the alcohol distills off,

the flask gets lighter andb would rise

in the water and fall over without

support.



   Another consideration is to make

sure the tube does not flop over and

collapse. This can be prevented by

hanging a string from the ceiling by

which the tubing is held above the

flask.



   The tubing should be further support

ed so it does not touch the hot edge

of the pan. If it is allowed to lie

over the edge it will melt.



   When the action starts the alcohol

will fairly flow into the collecting

bottle. When it stops all that is left

in the flask will be water. If left

alone water would start dripping, much

slower than the alcohol, but this is

not wanted.



   This is the only case where you

should distill over a stove. A stove

is harder to control than an alcohol

lamp. It is also harder to clean up

than a table in case of an accident.





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