My apologies, I should’ve wrote in that I wasn’t referring to a specific product. Just a rule of thumb in general when optimizing a Rotovap for a wide range of applications…
Awesome to see you have success with ranges in the higher temps, though!
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Same trick works with the smaller rotovaps.
Only now you use a 1.5” tri-clamp cap/adapter, and there is no one sided gasket you can purchase (@Soxhlet ?).
I found stacking a silicone gasket on top of the OEM gasket works.
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Whatevers clever brotha! 
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I’m just recovering ethanol, and even then there shouldn’t be much interaction between the solvent stream & the silicone gasket with the OEM gasket in there as well.
For folks that are recovering more aggressive solvents, a ptfe version of the 2” “sanke adapter” gasket stacked on the OeM gasket might be appropriate.
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Alas, tis just a threaded 1/2" sight glass with adapters. That one you’re showing looks like it was made from the ends of some FNW 3 piece ball valves
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So I load that with cannabis? Which end does the butane go in?
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Yeah, that’s what I saw too…”hmm, maybe I could do that…” 
I’m guessing @Soxhlet doesn’t have a lot of faith in that design?
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Probably fine for vacuum (which is what ours is serving in that photo) but I wouldn’t pressurize it
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nah, we actually used that part in an experiment lol. For h20 of course lol.
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Those are rated to 6K PSI burst rating… Allegedly…
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wow!
might have to investigate a little further…
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I’m pretty sure they have an account here. What say Ye, @DABS-llc? (I think that’s them)
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To quote The Departed: “allegedly or go fuck yourself?”
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Different breed down here, sarge…
I would be hella interested in someone taking one to half that pressure… When he said 6K, I was thinking: Ehhh
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I suppose I don’t doubt it could make it to 6k and beyond but my confidence in that is much less than the 99.9999% sure it won’t break that I generally require for things involving that pressure.
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I’m not betting the farm on it, that’s for sure! Makes my asshole pucker just thinking about it…
Hopefully that tag was them, and we can see some data
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you want to see one pop? If you send me one I will bust it with a high pressure tank, should make for a cool YouTube vid lol! I have a few scatter shields, and it would be cooler than a hydro test lol!
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Don’t think I haven’t thought of that! I knew if anyone had the capacity it would be you! I’ve seen a couple people have them set up on their systems in the FB groups. If I had the extra money I’d definitely buy 1 just for you to test!