[TheForge] waste vegetable oil burners

Tue May 13 23:31:01 2003

Hey Dave,

How are ya?

You mentioned a while ago that wood was cheaper than corn to burn.  I did
some calculations and found wood =propane and corn was a bit cheaper.
Interested if you have some numbers & supplier for the wood.

Ed

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 9:39 PM
Subject: [TheForge] waste vegetable oil burners

> 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
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