[TheForge] OT biodiesel

[Gladish Family]

It seems like it would be just like a fuel oil forge, since "biodiesel" 
is a straight up substitute..
This sounds interesting.

I helped a neighbor make a batch last week. Once he got it set up 
properly (the whole rig is on a small trailer), it's just a matter of 
babysitting the converter while working in the shop.
Total of maybe two hours' attention per forty gallon batch. Is it worth 
it? Depends on what else a guy has to do...but with propane at a buck 
seventy and diesel at two and a half, it's getting more interesting all 
the time...
Fuel oil would be way less of a fire hazard in the shop than propane, too.
Cost of chemicals for the method we used was about $.55/gal.
I don't have a shop big enough, or I'd be doing it right now.
Just my two cents, (currently trading at .00005 of a Euro)
Andy G.

Chris Kilpatrick wrote:

>Justin,
>     I followed the links and seems pretty doable.  The ingredients are not to exotic and should be readily available.  I am considering a biodiesel forge, so if anyone makes one, I would love to know about it.  I have neverused a liquid to fire my forge, so delivery, exhaust and combustion are all topics I would like to know more about.
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>-Chris K.
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