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User Projects & Pictures / Re: The Big One
« on: October 17, 2014, 08:57:52 pm »
Progress! Got the door put on, alittle more hack job than i wanted, but eh, well see how it works. I'll get pics later. Ran out of rivets. Had to use some screws. I'll replace them later when I snag more rivets

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User Projects & Pictures / The Big One
« on: October 16, 2014, 08:53:56 pm »
While I'm building The Little One, I started on My Big One. MENS style out of a 40gallon gas water heater.

Here is where I am at. Tank skinned( saving the outer shell for a heat shield), 8x8in door opening, middle intake tube cut.


door cut. Used a Cutting disc to start the cut, then used a Saws All to continue the cut. The Harbor Freight metal bit lasted longer than expected but I still had to go out and get a Lenox? blade to finish it up.


pipe cut for iron pan. I wanna make the height between the air inlet and iron pan adjustable, I think I will make a platform out of a piece of steel with a threaded rod and have a nut welded so i can just spin the platform and it will adjust the height of the pan.

I got the hinges and latch for the door, gotta get time to put them on. Picked up hardware for the drip feed. Then get the stack figured out.

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User Projects & Pictures / The little one
« on: October 11, 2014, 04:27:57 pm »
I got a old R12 tank from friend, had a few rotors laying around, gonna see if i can put something together. Going for a Ozzirt? style

Here is what I got so far. Two rotors on the bottom, 3in exhaust pipe as a second burn chamber(still needs holes drilled), R12 tank with 3in inlet and 5in outlet cut into it, 5in Ducting(couldnt find 5in stove ducting. If it melts, I'll get 6in stove and fit on) but for now, this is trying it out.

Only down side is i think the heat will just go out the top. Maybe if i put a baffle in it,..


I also I thought so putting the tank on its side. And putting the oulet off the side.


^I think this is what I'm going to do then run a coil of copper tubing inside and use it as a portable pool heater. Friend has a small pool that needs some heat. I think this will do the trick,...

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Plans / napkin drawings
« on: October 05, 2014, 09:27:47 pm »
I have 1 gas water heater, and should acquire another one in the next few days. My goal is to heat the house. Not a shop, or garage. So putting the heater itself in the middle of the living room isnt a option. Wife shot down that pretty quick. So I figured i'd put it outside, and pipe the heat in some how.

At first I came up with this;
http://But then I realized it would freeze when not use since the water heater would be outside and full of water, but coolant/antifreeze. Also I dont know if the fire would be obtainable inside the original water heat burn chamber.

So i copied/borrowed/came up with this after kinda combining these two builds and suiting it to my needs (http://wasteoilheaterforum.com/index.php?topic=23.0)(http://wasteoilheaterforum.com/index.php?topic=296.0)


The heater tank will be outside, the hot water storage tank will be in the crawl space to keep the water from freezing.
The green thing on the water storage tank is a 2 Gallon Water Heater Safety Tank. with a 40psi pop off safety valve. The gray valve is a heater bypass valve from a 95 explorer. I'll be using a vehicle radiator and a box fan for a "water to air heat exchanger". Keeping it low budget before i know it works as good as i would like it before investing more $$$ into a finished product.

Most of my parts are still on order. Pump, power supply, temp controller, etc.

Let me know if the pics dont show up,... they should be showing up but dont look like it on my side,...

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Welcome Center / Here I Am!!!
« on: October 05, 2014, 10:26:05 am »
With winter on its way in, I've been looking at alt. fuels to heat the house and came across waste oil heaters. Peaked my interest as i work as a mechanic and have access to lots of used oil at my shop.  I drew up a few plans on some napkins and might give it a go.

I'm sure I can get a wealth of info from this forum as well and contribute some of my own through my successes and well, most likely my failures but mostly have fun piecing this project together. And trying not to burn down the house while I'm at it.

When I get more of the pieces to my puzzle i'll start a thread.

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