Can you recommend a still or plans for a still, one that will not blow the operator up and is easy to use and make (or cheap to buy)? thanks.
Mine was built using a pressure cooker I picked up at a yard sale for 5 bucks and a 5 gallon plastic bucket (I used an old compound spackling bucket) I got some flexible copper tubing from the hardware store drilled a hole in the center of the lid (right where I'd removed the steam pressure outlet) then I used some fittings I got at the hardware store.
You coil the tubing in the 5 gallon bucket I used fittings to plumb the end of the tubing to exit the side of the bucket at the bottom and used an old fashion metal faucet on the outside of the bucket.
The other end of the tubing is connected to the pressure cooker. the idea of a distiller is to convert the liquids to gas and force it out the tube which goes through the sump (sump = the 5 gallon bucket filled with ice or very cold water) traveling through the sump via the copper tubing the gas is cooled back into liquid and is thus distilled.
The Distiller in that above video is a bit more elaborate but I made mine for about thirty bucks (flexible copper tubing is expensive and the fitting aren't cheap either)
I made mine because our local water system is virtually on the verge of imploding. They need something like 10 million bucks just to fix the system and our town doesn't have the cash so I figure I better have something setup so we can have drinking water. I've made 4 so far for myself and several for friends and family.