[TheForge] waste vegetable oil burners

[Dave Brown]

I know that winter is over and that summer is on it's way, but ....

I've been thinking about alternative heat sources for the shop.  Yes, I got 
a pellet stove last winter and I like it.  However, the thought of free 
fuel (waste vegetable oil from restaurant fryers) is intriguing.

I've looked around the web a bit and found some basic information and 
Mother Earth News has instructions on building a waste oil heater (uses 
waste motor oil, but I think it should use waste vegetable oil too) that 
can be seen at:  http://www.bagelhole.org/article.php/Energy/275/

I like Gene Olson's solar collector setup and plan on putting up something 
similar before next winter.  But in the meantime I'm interested in learning 
something about these waste oil burners.  Maybe there's even the potential 
for a waste vegetable oil fired forge somewhere in there?

Dave Brown
Heritage Smithing
Green Bay, WI
ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG