I am looking at building my own- Here is a link to the plans I think I am going to be using- Anyone have one they built here? (diff or the same?) http://www.journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/ethanol_motherearth/me4.html
had a bud that owned a speedy lube and used one to dispose of old oil. heated the shop in the winter for free it worked great.
I run a Babington Burner on oil and ****** fluid (And fryer oil and anything else that flows and burns). The one at the shop in NY will take the shop from below zero to about 70* in 15 minutes. Had it glowing cherry red five inches down the 4" pipe that supports it. 12' up the stack was still 500*. I love that burner. Br*** doorknob, some 1/4" wall pipe and 10psi of air. Cheap and efficient. Clean stack.
My Boss in Waynesville, Mo has about 10 55 gallon barrels of used oil. Free to a good home. All American Materials. 573-774-4007 ask for Brad and tell him DollarBill told you to call. Its a local thing VonDad
My uncle has one in his shop, it heats it up easily. He has a propane heater that keeps the garage at 50f in the winter time he goes and fires up the oil burner 15 minutes before he goes out there and it gets toasty nice and quick.
Well---looks like these are the plans I'll be using then. Hopefully the heat will be a good motivator!
I built the "journey to forever" heater from the plans on their website and have used the heater through one New York winter so I can give you some honest feedback on this as an option to heat your shop. First the positives: It is easy to build from readily available parts. My first prototype cost me close to nothing to build. The stove made tons of heat. it is quiet. it burned clean when hot enough This is about all I can think of to say positive about it. Second some advice: If you do decide to try this thoroughly read and understand the modifications to the original stove design by a dude named Roger Sanders. He has addressed alot of the trouble areas with the first design. I think his changes could make a more useable heater. I have not tried them. I honestly spent more time fiddling with the stove than I did working on cars to try to keep from roasting myself out of the shop. The hotter the stove got the thinner the oil became which let the oil drip onto the burner faster which made it hotter... P.I.T.A. personally I wouldn't/couldn't leave my stove unattended for even a few minutes With a magnetic stove thermometer mounted on the stove 6 inches above the door I had temps of 900 degrees. The sides of the stove turned red next to the burner and I was afraid someone was going to get seriously burned. insurance co.s would never approve this thing in a workshop. burns up to a gallon of oil per hour. You would need LOTS of oil which can be stored as in the Sander's mods but really not practical in my opinion. Liability too great and I just dont generate enough even with buddies contributions. I took my stove apart and am going back to the old kerosene torpedo for now anyway. Can this thing be made to work? I think so but I think it has waaaay more negatives than it's worth.
Unless you run a fleet of trucks producing the waste oil, I wouldn'teven think of it. Like INXS said, It'll easily burn 1 GPH., You would need an incredible storage tank, just to feed the beast. And at 900 degrees I do mean a beast!
I notice no one from California has commented on this We would have 15 Tree hugger ****ers and a swat team of EPA *** Holes runnin everyone involved straight to JAIL ! Would also have a Law Suite from the local Energy companys for "Stealing" there money
Thanks for all of the replies!! as far as the oil goes-pop's gets plenty from work(forklift company) they have plenty of free "fuel"! lol I am thinking twice about it now though! thanks,JST
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