[TheForge] Quenching Oil

[DragonsWatch]

Ut-Oh, the competition begins.  A while back I heard that someone was mixing
used cooking oils with alcohol and coming up with a diesel substitute.
Wonder which will win....

Larry

Stephen McGehee wrote:

> A new resource y'all:  Turkey Fryers use about 4-5 gallons of oil,
> sometimes Peanut .  If they just cook one bird and let the oil cool off,
> it cannot be reused, and is just thrown away.  Two jugs of that stuff
> and you will be set up to heat treat almost anything that is oil
> tempering.  I have used it a little so far with excellent results and
> when you do, it makes your shop smell like cooked turkey, not the toxic
> stink of used motor oil.  Kinda like using beeswax for a burnt oil
> finish versus paraffin, the next morning your shop smells so nice...
> So call up your brother-in-law and ask him for his discard oil.
> Stephen McGehee
> Publisher of
> Irony, the sketchbook of an apprentice blacksmith
> P. O. Box 9822  Pine Bluff, AR 71611
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