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Old Feb 27, 2014 | 10:37 PM
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....my latest invention - a full 16 oz (minus a little bit)



It would take me 15 years to fill this, but hey, if I ever take Maggie to the track.......

(That's a quarter, leaning against the bottom.)
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At least you will know when to empty it.
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You know you have to post a DIY now!
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You know you have to post a DIY now!
The bottom part - very easy

The top, not so easy.......
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At least you will know when to empty it.
There would never be any doubt.
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now, if you put a little cornmeal and sugar in there.. and some heat... bleed off the vapors...

MOONSHINE!!
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I did use a smaller version (4 oz) of this in a student technology demonstrator of sorts. It had a glass tube coming out of one of the upper piece's ports. A fiber optic liquid level sensor was near the top of the tube.
You can see it here when I first started on it:

A container with water pump sits to the right.

And then here after adding lots of digital sensors of all types:


It was like a pinball machine, but with compressor, latching relays and pneumatic cylinders. The high school kids were interested.
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