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While I see everyone loading up on guns & ammo for a SHTF situation, I see a LOT of overlooked details that make a huge difference when you live what you talk about.
Some options on this link: All American Pressure Canners | All American Canner
One of these is a pressure canner, low acidic foods, meat, etc all have to be pressure canned (cooked in the jars).
What most people wouldn't know is, it also works as an autoclave to sterilize surgical equipment.
We used these for years on the farm sterilizing vet equipment, and purpose built models are still used to this day for sterilizing surgical equipment.
(Find actual purpose built autoclaves on the link above)
These make fine distilling units.
This is anything from SHTF intravenous water (sugar or salt added), to distilling alcohol for antiseptic.
Keep in mind that IV fluids were stored in glass bottles before the plastic bags came along, and this thing will sterilize the bottles AND distill the water necessary to make a field IV.
A few concrete blocks or bricks to make a rocket stove for heat, this pressure vessel, and you can do any of the above.
I recommend a good industral grade thermometer, preferably with a thread that matches the threaded bosses in the lid, sometimes it's about temprature and not about pressure in the vessel... Distilling alcohol for instance...
And I recommend some food grade stainless steel tubing for a condenser coil when distilling.
Also keep in mind this particular unit doesn't use a soft gasket for sealing, not a lot of extra parts that decomposed over time.
It's the most expensive, but I've had mine (new & used) for over 25 years, and with a little cleaning they still look/function like new.
I have one that was built around 1930s and it still functions, although it's just too small to do much with anymore.
DISCLAIMERS:
A distiller (Still) is ILLEGAL to own/operate without government approval.
Making anything 'Medical Grade' is a gray area, and sometimes outright illegal.
Practicing medicine without a licence is illegal.
This won't matter much if there is an all out SHTF situation.
Keep in mind that many diseases kill by dehydration, many trauma victims die of blood loss/shock, and being able to produce IV fluids will save lives...
Some options on this link: All American Pressure Canners | All American Canner
One of these is a pressure canner, low acidic foods, meat, etc all have to be pressure canned (cooked in the jars).
What most people wouldn't know is, it also works as an autoclave to sterilize surgical equipment.
We used these for years on the farm sterilizing vet equipment, and purpose built models are still used to this day for sterilizing surgical equipment.
(Find actual purpose built autoclaves on the link above)
These make fine distilling units.
This is anything from SHTF intravenous water (sugar or salt added), to distilling alcohol for antiseptic.
Keep in mind that IV fluids were stored in glass bottles before the plastic bags came along, and this thing will sterilize the bottles AND distill the water necessary to make a field IV.
A few concrete blocks or bricks to make a rocket stove for heat, this pressure vessel, and you can do any of the above.
I recommend a good industral grade thermometer, preferably with a thread that matches the threaded bosses in the lid, sometimes it's about temprature and not about pressure in the vessel... Distilling alcohol for instance...
And I recommend some food grade stainless steel tubing for a condenser coil when distilling.
Also keep in mind this particular unit doesn't use a soft gasket for sealing, not a lot of extra parts that decomposed over time.
It's the most expensive, but I've had mine (new & used) for over 25 years, and with a little cleaning they still look/function like new.
I have one that was built around 1930s and it still functions, although it's just too small to do much with anymore.
DISCLAIMERS:
A distiller (Still) is ILLEGAL to own/operate without government approval.
Making anything 'Medical Grade' is a gray area, and sometimes outright illegal.
Practicing medicine without a licence is illegal.
This won't matter much if there is an all out SHTF situation.
Keep in mind that many diseases kill by dehydration, many trauma victims die of blood loss/shock, and being able to produce IV fluids will save lives...
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