I did mine el-cheapo. I took a five gallon plastic water carboy, put five pounds of cracked corn in it along with five pounds of sugar and a couple packs of yeast and topped it off with luke warm water. Stuck the cap back on, drilled a quarter inch sized hole in the top, bent a chunk of quarter inch copper tubing in a U shape, drilled two holes in a plastic medicine bottle, filled the bottle 3/4 full of water, stuffed the copper tubing in one hole and a plastic aquarium hose in the other. She'll bubble for a week or two. When it slows down, chuck in a couple more pounds of sugar.
When she's done, I pour off the liquid and stick it in my pressure cooker still. Fill the carboy back up with water and five pounds of sugar and let her run again. Don't need to add more yeast 'cause there's enough left in the corn mash.
I'll have to look up the temps to be sure, but if you bring up the temperature of the cooker slowly, you don't need a thermometer. I use one anyways. The nasty alcohol starts perking at 178 (?). After it stops, the next stuff out is the keeper goodies. After that, it's water vapor that comes out next.
I figure if I make RSO again, I'll distill the alcohol back off of it instead of just letting it evaporate. You don't run the temps past 220, so I can't see what it would hurt.
I run the alcohol through the rig three times. I use a hygrometer and a graduated cylinder to test the proof of the shine. Stuffs got a bourbon taste to it.