Laboratory Equipment Inventory

I'm going to use this topic to supply an inventory of the basic equipment needed for an alchemy lab, focusing on the work in the plant kingdom. This is based on what I have in my own lab, and includes glassware which is not necessarily mandatory, but which is very helpful. I've always hated working with substandard tools.

Basic Equipment

• Work table with metal surface
• Mortar & pestle
• Gram-weight electric scale (battery & AC powered)
• 500 ml Ehrlenmeyer Flask
• 400 ml Graduated Beaker
• Corningware sauce pan
• Corningware frying pan
• Electric hot plate (the stove-top kind with spiral element)
• Long Stem Funnel
• 25 Low Ash Filter Papers
• 15 ml Porcelain Crucible
• 50 ml Stainless Steel Crucible (2)
• 75 ml Essential Oil Collection Vials (2)
• 250 ml Poly Beaker
• Heavy Duty Tongs
• Bottle Brushes (various sizes)
• Lab Tweezers
• Several sizes of plastic spoons
• Wooden mixing spoons
• Glass Stirring Rod
• ph test paper
• Samples of the Seven Metals (Lead, Tin, Iron, Copper, Mercury, Silver, Gold)

The above list represents some basic tools that I've found useful.

Distillation/Cohobation/Separation Apparatus

• Gary Stadler's distillation train + accessories
  • 2-liter boiling flask
  • still head
  • West condenser
  • Receiver/separatory funnel
  • Hot plate with support rod
  • laboratory clamps
  • condenser hoses
  • wire screen w/ceramic dissipator
  • joint grease
  • keck clamps
  • 5-liter bioflask
  • submersible water pump
  • adapter kit
  • addition/separatory funnel
• Other distillation equipment
  • Lab thermometer
  • Support ring for addition funnel
  • Thermometer clamp
  • Soxhlet tube
  • Allihn condenser
  • Cellulose thimbles for soxhlet
  • Vigreux column
  • Berl saddles
  • 5 gallon bucket (for cooling water)
  • brass fittings to allow disconnection of coolant tubes
• Styrofoam incubator (homemade) with heating pad & thermometer
• Enameling kiln with infinite control
• Herb press

I'll add to the above as needed...