[TheForge] Quenching Oil

Wed Jan 8 02:56:00 2003

My guess is the guy who fixes the diesel
engines..

Mike Graf

DragonsWatch wrote:
> 
> 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
> > [email protected]
> > (870) 540-0142
> > (479) 643-3299 (farm)
> 
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