[TheForge] OT biodiesel

[David E. Smucker]

I don't think Dave Brown will mind me posting this message.  My comment 
about him got forward to Dave and he reply to me as follows.


>>While he was still on here, I think Dave Brown was working on a biodiesel 
>>fired forge.  Hope Dave is doing OK.
>>
>>Dave Smucker

I was experimenting with using waste oils (vegetable and petroleum ... ATF
burns great) and a Babington burner (like I use to heat the shop
now).  Reason was there there's no need to filter any finer than a door
screen.  I see no point in using biodiesel for anything other than running
a diesel engine, certainly not for firing a furnace/forge.

As for Reis' comments on biodiesel ... well he's pretty much right.

Dave Brown
Green Bay, WI

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer" <artgawk at thegrid.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, May 28, 2005 11:51 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] OT biodiesel


> Just to pull this full circle....why isn't anybody firing a forge on used 
> deep fry oil? It's hot, it's cheap and it's no worse for the environment 
> thazn McDees...PF
>

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