Cory Dunkle

Anyone ever make a waste oil heater? My buddy and I are gonan be wrenching
year round in 'the shop' (my 2 1/2 car garage) now that I've got four
vehicles here and he's got two. We've got out work set out for us, but last
weekend it was so darned cold and the electric space heater couldn't keep
up.

I've looked at this site:
http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
and it doesn't seen too difficult to build. We're hoping to build it this
weekend and have a heated garage. 8)

I like the sound of free heat, and my garage could sure as hell use it. I'm
sick of freezing my butt off in the winter trying to get work done on cars.
So, have any of you used one of these devices? Any feedback or advice? Tips
or tricks when building it?

Cory

 

STUK

I was thinking of making one and heating my barn with it. The problem I see
is if you have to get used oil from outside sources ( if you don't make
enough in oil changes) you don't know what's mixed in there.
I live rurally so my neighbours arent as big a concern as it might be in
more dense urban areas too. I'm sure they are smokey untill they get up to
heat. I do know that commercial units are avalaible for outbuilding heating
but that defeats the "low budget" idea.

If I could get an old water tank easy I would make one.

StuK

ThunderSnake #11



"Cory Dunkle" <FOADspammers@hell.biz> wrote in message
news:1130457914.1821ab2dd95423cce1800718117601f6@teranews...
> Anyone ever make a waste oil heater? My buddy and I are gonan be wrenching
> year round in 'the shop' (my 2 1/2 car garage) now that I've got four
> vehicles here and he's got two. We've got out work set out for us, but
> last
> weekend it was so darned cold and the electric space heater couldn't keep
> up.
>
> I've looked at this site:
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
> and it doesn't seen too difficult to build. We're hoping to build it this
> weekend and have a heated garage. 8)
>
> I like the sound of free heat, and my garage could sure as hell use it.
> I'm
> sick of freezing my butt off in the winter trying to get work done on
> cars.
> So, have any of you used one of these devices? Any feedback or advice?
> Tips
> or tricks when building it?
>
> Cory
>
>

Big Al

"STUK" <BLOODYBRIGAND@TREBEK.COM> wrote in message
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>
> If I could get an old water tank easy I would make one.
>
> StuK
>
> ThunderSnake #11
>
>

I have one, and soon will have another. I'm sure you can find one close to
you if you look. I put one in front of my shop with a large "FREE" sign on
it. Took three days before some guys stopped and put it in their pickup.
Then the idiots drove off and the heater fell out. They stopped and put it
back in but I think they killed it.

Al in Tucson
# 35

Spike

On Thu, 27 Oct 2005 20:04:21 -0400, "Cory Dunkle"
<FOADspammers@hell.biz> wrote:

>Anyone ever make a waste oil heater? My buddy and I are gonan be wrenching
>year round in 'the shop' (my 2 1/2 car garage) now that I've got four
>vehicles here and he's got two. We've got out work set out for us, but last
>weekend it was so darned cold and the electric space heater couldn't keep
>up.
>
>I've looked at this site:
>http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
>and it doesn't seen too difficult to build. We're hoping to build it this
>weekend and have a heated garage. 8)
>
>I like the sound of free heat, and my garage could sure as hell use it. I'm
>sick of freezing my butt off in the winter trying to get work done on cars.
>So, have any of you used one of these devices? Any feedback or advice? Tips
>or tricks when building it?
>
> Cory
>
My former father-in-law use one in northern Kentucky (right across the
river from Cincinnati to heat his 3 car garage.

His was essentially a wood stove made of a drum (smaller than a 55
gal) on an angle iron frame. Up in the rafter area in one corner he
had a separate drum for oil. A copper tube carried the oil down to the
wood stove, with a valve to control the flow rate (rather than being
either on or off).

He'd start a wood fire in the stove, and then he'd add the oil. It
dripped into the fire, and as I recall, the drip rate determined how
warm the garage got. So, he really wasn't using as much oil as people
might think. Of course, he had a work truck, two sedans, and three
daughters who each had their own cars (and changed their own oil,
etc), so he had a pretty good source.

I'm not positive, but I seem to recall that he had another drum over
the stove drum (looked like a figure eight) which contained water.

--
Spike
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John&Michelle

You might look into one of these "barrel stoves" as well...
http://cgi.ebay.com/Cast-Iron-Kit-fo...QQcmdZViewItem

used/broken pallets make excellent fuel - nails are extracted from the ashes
with a magnet. A supplementary "oil drip" can be added, using the principles
of Mother's heater.
Also, if you like to weld - I used to work in a tire shop heated by a stove
made of 4 old 20" truck rims! with a welded-on steel plate burger grill, no
less...burned damm near anything- after lunch, when a good bed of coals was
established, we would throw in an old diesel bypass (solid media) oil
filter, and a couple of chunks of hardwood - burned like a big wick all
afternoon..
"Cory Dunkle" <FOADspammers@hell.biz> wrote in message
news:1130457914.1821ab2dd95423cce1800718117601f6@teranews...
> Anyone ever make a waste oil heater? My buddy and I are gonan be wrenching
> year round in 'the shop' (my 2 1/2 car garage) now that I've got four
> vehicles here and he's got two. We've got out work set out for us, but
last
> weekend it was so darned cold and the electric space heater couldn't keep
> up.
>
> I've looked at this site:
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
> and it doesn't seen too difficult to build. We're hoping to build it this
> weekend and have a heated garage. 8)
>
> I like the sound of free heat, and my garage could sure as hell use it.
I'm
> sick of freezing my butt off in the winter trying to get work done on
cars.
> So, have any of you used one of these devices? Any feedback or advice?
Tips
> or tricks when building it?
>
> Cory
>
>

Cory Dunkle

My buddy who spends every weekend here working on vehicles in teh garage
(he's keeping two of his trucks here) works for a GM dealership. He gets
free new oil all the time, so they would be thrilled if instead he started
taking some old dirty oil. lol So yeah, we have an unlimited supply of used
oil to burn, all at no cost to us.

The biggest thing is gonna be finding a water heater. I've been keeping ym
eyes open but haven't seen any at the curb. We'll probably check a dump on
Saturday when we go junkyarding, and hopefully get the thing together by
Sunday evening. Of course that's all contingent on finding a decent water
heater that fits the bill.

I was reading about the operation of the heaters and one guy was saying it
was smokey and needed a lot of adjusting of the flow of oil until it got
fully up to temp and steady at the desired heat range. Something to do with
pre-heating the oil too much.

Cory

"STUK" <BLOODYBRIGAND@TREBEK.COM> wrote in message
news:eIGdnfhnFZlE6fzeRVn-rw@golden.net...
> I was thinking of making one and heating my barn with it. The problem I
see
> is if you have to get used oil from outside sources ( if you don't make
> enough in oil changes) you don't know what's mixed in there.
> I live rurally so my neighbours arent as big a concern as it might be in
> more dense urban areas too. I'm sure they are smokey untill they get up to
> heat. I do know that commercial units are avalaible for outbuilding
heating
> but that defeats the "low budget" idea.
>
> If I could get an old water tank easy I would make one.
>
> StuK
>
> ThunderSnake #11
>
>
>
> "Cory Dunkle" <FOADspammers@hell.biz> wrote in message
> news:1130457914.1821ab2dd95423cce1800718117601f6@teranews...
> > Anyone ever make a waste oil heater? My buddy and I are gonan be
wrenching
> > year round in 'the shop' (my 2 1/2 car garage) now that I've got four
> > vehicles here and he's got two. We've got out work set out for us, but
> > last
> > weekend it was so darned cold and the electric space heater couldn't
keep
> > up.
> >
> > I've looked at this site:
> > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
> > and it doesn't seen too difficult to build. We're hoping to build it
this
> > weekend and have a heated garage. 8)
> >
> > I like the sound of free heat, and my garage could sure as hell use it.
> > I'm
> > sick of freezing my butt off in the winter trying to get work done on
> > cars.
> > So, have any of you used one of these devices? Any feedback or advice?
> > Tips
> > or tricks when building it?
> >
> > Cory
> >
> >
>
>

351CJ

The ready made (as opposed to home made) waste oil heaters are far from free
heat...
They are very expensive, a friend was selling a used one, when he got $3000
for it, I did some price searching, the buyer got a good deal...

"Cory Dunkle" <FOADspammers@hell.biz> wrote in message
news:1130457914.1821ab2dd95423cce1800718117601f6@teranews...
> Anyone ever make a waste oil heater? My buddy and I are gonan be wrenching
> year round in 'the shop' (my 2 1/2 car garage) now that I've got four
> vehicles here and he's got two. We've got out work set out for us, but
> last
> weekend it was so darned cold and the electric space heater couldn't keep
> up.
>
> I've looked at this site:
> http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel_...earth/me4.html
> and it doesn't seen too difficult to build. We're hoping to build it this
> weekend and have a heated garage. 8)
>
> I like the sound of free heat, and my garage could sure as hell use it.
> I'm
> sick of freezing my butt off in the winter trying to get work done on
> cars.
> So, have any of you used one of these devices? Any feedback or advice?
> Tips
> or tricks when building it?
>
> Cory
>
>