Building my first Single Stage

[aenigma]

Oh ok that's good you pulled a vacuum, I was just concerned there may be air in the system. After I vac my system I always close the manifold valves (low and high side valves) then disconnect the hose from my vac pump then connect it to my refrigerant tank, open my tank then crack open the line to the manifold/gauges to purge any air in the line set and tighten it back up. That makes sure there is no air in my line set.

I was talking about your condenser, the piping direction is wrong for a condensor, it's an evaporator HX. As for subcooling it's good to wrap the capillary tube around the suction line. Even better is to solder it to the suction line somewhat close to the evap outlet.