That's the same elbow adapter I use, and I got mine from Qglass.com because they have the best prices and highest quality glass (Q stands for Quality lol)
I forgot to mention them in my book. In your search for lab glass equipment, you will find they are basically the only choice for lowest price plus having every kind of glassware you can possibly imagine, and a lot you never knew existed. I could spend hours looking through their catalog because its so big, and I want everything in it. I'm like a kid in a candy shop when I see all that beautiful glassware, or a girl at the mall; I never want to put it down. I have to force myself to put it away where I can't see it, or I'll spend all day looking through it and dreaming about the nice big lab I'll have one day.
You can request a free catalog and it comes with a price book since their prices fluctuate. The only other place to get a better deal is eBay of course. If your lucky sometimes people on eBay sell an entire 100 piece lab glass set for $100 or less, but the bidding wars tend to get insane when it comes to lab equipment. There really aren't many websites where you can buy flasks and distillation equipment. That's why I haven't found any website that comes anywhere close to Qglass.
And take a look at the deals they have now on the website. Just click on the big sign that says "New Unbeatable Prices". You'll be amazed how cheap those items are. And everything is high quality boro-silcate glass (same thing as Pyrex, Bomex, Kimax).
And the best part is, they will make you any kind of lab glass you can think up. If you can draw it well enough on paper and send it to 'em in an email, they will make it for you. And if you got broken glassware, they'll repair it, but it almost costs just as much as buying a brand new piece.
Also one last thing --- I don't suggest you buy the one piece connector elbow for hooking up the distillation flask to the condenser column, because its hard to clean out. Instead you should get a straight adapter, then a 45 degree angle elbow, and a 130 degree angle. I'm not sure if I got the angles exactly right, but you know what I mean. It's the same exact thing as the one piece connect, but split into 3 parts, so you can easily clean out that long straight piece, plus buy it as long as you want it. Its a little more expensive, but trust me, you'll be thankful you bought it when it comes time to clean some really grimy resinous crap out of your distillation system. I still can't the zinc coating off my glassware after doing the zinc acetate process. I really wish I would haven never messed with those chemical paths, and I would have just learn about the work with nice clean dew from the beginning.
I'm thinking of getting an attachment with 2 outlets that will go to 2 different condenser columns, and then connect back to a single receiver flask, so the distillations go twice as fast, and the setup itself looks twice as awesome! lol
Already whenever I show someone my distillation system, they immediately take out their phone to snap a picture. My friends always crack jokes about me making drugs.
Subject: Help With Lab Glass 
Sat Dec 19, 2009 3:57 pm
