Forum: Equipment

Several of the alchemical manuscripts indicate that in the dry way, the crucible should be "covered". I was wondering what types of crucible covers...

Where would you say you can get it and how many liters or ml is sufficient for most work in general? Say if you live in Australia.

So I wanted to get my feet wet and because it was in my budget I purchased this to do some essential oil extraction with steam distillation. ...

I have done alot of labwork and my research has shown that electric heating hurts philosophical processes. with gas flames i can get putrification...

I will soon be moving into the metallic realm of alchemy and would like to ask a question. Does anybody know if the DESCHEM glassware you get on ebay...

I’ve seen depictions of the old copper retorts used in the renaissance or Middle Ages. The design seems to be really simple and possibly one ended....

I am making this thread so we can share self made equipment, hacks ideas, etc. No lab glass allowed!

I’m curious if any of you have ordered from this website: AlchemistsDream.com? Looks like they have some good stuff, but I’m unsure of the quality...

Hi All, I would like to start a topic here to ask others to share their links (if it's permissible to do so) to their online resources they use in...

What are some distilling methods you can use with a 500mL glass retort? If you don’t have those big metal stands say or a ‘bunsen burner’. The...

Someone had posted the 3 globe Bacstrom device from Andro's website not too long ago. I can't seem to find it anymore. If someone is willing to...

I bought this at a garage sale but no idea as to what to do with it or how it's used... It's about 6" tall and about 2" across interesting thing...

Help wanted: Anyone got access to a mass spectrometer?

Has anyone ever heard of combining the seven classic metals into one Alloy? Franz Bardon talks about it in relation to creating magic mirrors ect....

I have looked everywhere... Duran catalgoe, MIT youtube demonstrations ect however i cannot find for the life of me acceptable vacuum pressure...

Here T'is: https://m.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLr515SCGhOrpKeUUCwBVJEZG2VHNhxywl

This incubator may come in handy on several occasions in your work. For example you can use it for imbibitions or other works when a constant...

I have two 500ml glass retorts. Unfortunately on one of them a part is broken at the end of the snout. I tried to fix it with the "flaming thread...