[TheForge] Fw: Waste Oil heater

[Bob Ehrenberger]

Dave,

This is very interesting but seemed incomplete. There was a link to more
pages and pictures but it didn't work for me.  Do you know what the feeder
spout looks like?  Is there supposed to be a tee in the line to feed the k1
for priming it?

Bob Ehrenberger
Shelbyville, Mo

> Message: 7
> Date: Sun, 27 Apr 2003 21:39:31 -0500
> To: (Recipient list suppressed)
> From: Dave Brown <quahog@tds.net>
> Subject: [TheForge] waste vegetable oil burners
> Reply-To: theforge@mailman.qth.net
>
> 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
>
>
>
> Bob Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo
>