This was a nice trick @drjackhughes shared with us!
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Soxhlet
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you can tape a joint with it in a pinch, just wrap it candycane style around the male cone of the joint.
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On uesing normal plumber teflon (ptfe) tape on glass joints
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Yeah how do You do that paste. The post from one to the other. ?gives a lot more respect to original author 
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See the 2 boxes linked together, beside the heart button, go to the message your trying to link…click it , then press "copy it to ur clipboard"or copy…
Then start the new message in the thread you want, hold down on empty screen, or right click and press paste… It’ll paste the link… Just make sure you type below it an no where in it
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Think I found nice home for this…
@Roguelab 
paving the way!!!
And @Killa12345 looking beautiful!!!
Courtesy @Soxhlet for this next goodie, more SPD tricks!
These guys let it flow!!! Pull up chair and absorb some this overflowing WISDOM!!
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When filtering through celite, scape off the nasty shit it’s collected every 2L or so. This will keep filtration flowing w/o the need for replacing filter and/or celite.
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Here’s my one hour winterization
Mix crude with warm ethanol 1:1
Chill as much as you can ethanol
Mix crude with chilled ethanol 1:8 let stand one hour.
If no good freezer ethanol with dry ice works too
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I’m gonna try this
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Ace hardware heat gun and silicon tape, napa auto store high heat silicone hose. Beats the 3000 for a recirculating heater.
Please do not leave unattended and try at your own risk.
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This trick is great !!
Fir those on a budget but to achieve. The @anon42519203 hot condensor tech
Temperature control is achieve by a heatgun with temperature controls
IT can be used to heat or to Cool 
@fresh.botanicals uses visuals in the Condenser to adjust temperatures
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Rocco SPD matched to a 5 dollar heat gun! Love it
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Trust me and don’t buy china glass. Rocco has great prices. Chasing leaks will ruin your life
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Oh I know Rocco has good stuff for sure but man I’m a cheap bastard
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- Large food grade SS buckets
- Qaulity glassware
- Multiple back-ups of glassware
- Multiple pumps
- min. -50 degree freezer
- Having a PhD organic chemist who has worked in pharmaceutical development
- Having a outside scientific advisor to review and question SOPs
- Silica plates for thin film chromatography
- If you have the money, a HPLC for analytics
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??? Great list but this is tricks of the trade tread
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Easiest way to clean out a column… use a a dog tie out steak. Simply screw it into the material and once you’ve got it in far enough you pull it out. Quick and clean.
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Does this work for live?
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I don’t see why not. As long as the material is packed nice and tight you should have no problem
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We have done that w stretched out coat hangers on a cordless drill
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