Looks possessed 
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But still pretty!
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Like an X-files episode. They are hiding in the plant!
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The truth is in there.
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Brilliant!
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Yes, I expect most of those to produce seeds.
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Congratulations on making some seeds. 
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Its a boy! No, its a girl! No! Its a future doobie! Woo Hoo!
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No photos just yet but the Torr Kitchen vacuum still set is assembled and is “soaking” under 27" hg vacuum. No leaks so far. Will perform a “dry run” with pure ethanol tomorrow. After that, the first run with QWET. 
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Cool! 
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Nice @merlin44 going to be interesting.
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We completed the dry run successfully.
Here is a shot of the setup for the dry run. I will tidy things up as I gain experience and better understand how I will operate the system.
Boiling ethanol in Loading Vessel
The Recovery Vessel about halfway through 1 liter of ethanol
Happy 420 day everyone.
Edit: Happy Easter too. 
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Same to you and your lady Merlin! That looks interesting and scary all at the same time. (Boiling alcohol gives me the willies!)
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Happy Birthday, @Fiz! A 420 day baby, how cool is that!
Because this is under full vacuum (~28" HG at my elevation), the ethanol is boiling at less than 100 F (around body temperature). No detectable alcohol smell during the one hour that it took to boil away and recover about 1 litter of ethanol.
I am using an induction heater to warm the Loading Vessel to 100 F so no exposed heating elements or open flame. That would be dangerous, for sure. 
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How much product can you process at once with that bad boy?
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About 4 liters. I will consider purchasing the smaller Loading Vessel for small batches. I can do 3/4 liter minimum in the large vessel.
The other components will work fine with the smaller vessel. That is why I went with the large set. Easier and cheaper to scale down than up.
Edit: I put the wrong value of 5 liters. I looked it up, 4 liters is correct.
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That’s the alcohol or the dry material?
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That is the liquid capacity, so the alcohol. The dry material never goes into the still. The wash is done separately. Decarb is a separate process as well.
This is not a “put stuff in and push a button”.
The Recovery Vessel can hold about 7 liters and the Loading Vessel (where the wash goes) can be added to while processing. That makes the effective capacity at about 7 liters.
While this system should not be left unattended while in operation, once I achieved “steady state” I didn’t need to do anything to keep it going from start to finish.
Edit: While the system was in operation, at no time was there any component that was hot to the touch. The Loading Vessel and tubing is slightly warm to the touch. The Recovery Vessel and tubing is cold to the touch.
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