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[*] posted on 22-12-2017 at 23:01
An Interesting Find on Ebay


Thoughts on this little still? It might be useful for elements other than mercury.

https://www.ebay.com/itm/Mercury-Retort-Large-Capacity-Conti...




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[*] posted on 22-12-2017 at 23:51


Would not want to be down wind.



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[*] posted on 23-12-2017 at 05:54


not the best I've ever seen, cooling section seems a bit short, pot design is poor.

I'd not touch that with a 20 foot pike pole even if free as it'd be a hassle, So I wouldn't recommend bothering with the thought of it.

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[*] posted on 24-12-2017 at 00:56


For 130$ you could build a 10times better still from steel and Cu parts within one day
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[*] posted on 24-12-2017 at 03:00


Quote: Originally posted by EilOr  
For 130$ you could build a 10times better still from steel and Cu parts within one day

And, within a day the copper parts would be attacked by the mercury.
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[*] posted on 24-12-2017 at 12:23


Quote: Originally posted by unionised  
Quote: Originally posted by EilOr  
For 130$ you could build a 10times better still from steel and Cu parts within one day

And, within a day the copper parts would be attacked by the mercury.


So just a standard death trap then. I imagine the designers saying to testers, "but did it explode, no? Full production!".




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[*] posted on 24-12-2017 at 16:19


Gold miners have generally been pretty cavalier about mercury.
I've seen worse mercury retorts on Ebay, including a few made with copper pipe (and air condenser only about 2 feet long).

I sure wouldn't use that thing, and I doubt getting that pipe-threaded bottom off the pot would be much fun after you'd heated it a few times.

I would guess these things get fired up in the middle of nowhere on some mining claim where any escaping mercury doesn't harm anybody much except the operator.

A lot of the gold country out here is already pretty contaminated with mercury from years of mining so they probably figure a little more won't make much difference.

It's not uncommon to find gold nuggets in some parts of Northern California that have metallic mercury stuck on them.




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[*] posted on 26-12-2017 at 03:35


Seems a tad ramshackle. Perhaps adding some vapour traps, or an extra condenser might make it a little safer.
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