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Does anybody have the shop heater that is converted from wood fireplace or insert to burn waste motor oil?
I have fireplace insert someone gave to me that I want to convert. The shop has big old oil heat that I haven't used for maybe 10 years. Heating oil is not cheap these days. We get quite much of waste oil from cars, truck and bikes.
I have seen simple method that oil drips onto the old iron skillet. Looking for the detail of it.

Not sure i should put this here or Chit Chat.Please move to where it supposes to belong if necessary.

there's an old gas station down the road that uses one. The guy is a friend of my brother from school days. he runs one. if nothing else pops up for u let me know (send me a PM) and I'll take my camera down there and get a photo of how she works. I'd say he's runnin it today for sure its 15 out, and down to 9 the next 2 nites actually

EDIT now that i think about it, its a wood stove he converted, not sure but I think that's what is required, I remember him telling me thats what he does with most of his leftover oil from changes.

journeytoforever.org/biofuel_library/eth...motherearth/me4.html

found this, looks interesting, find a old water heaters and make one, total cost 36 bucks I'll be looking into this one myself

we have 3 monster ones at work and those babies will suck the oil down man, they are big heaters but they really use a lot of oil.

This gives me an idea . I have a gas house furnace that some one was discarding from a house because it was to small after they add on . I am thinking that I should be able to mod. it using some of these plans . That way I could use forced air to distribute the heat throw ducts .

Ty ...wasnt able to get a decent pic of the stove at the station but i found this thread on another site that is exactly how his works, go down about 10 posts
fieldlines.com/board/index.php?topic=130450.

stonemaster wrote:

Ty ...wasnt able to get a decent pic of the stove at the station but i found this thread on another site that is exactly how his works, go down about 10 posts
fieldlines.com/board/index.php?topic=130450.

Thank you. I will have to work on it to get some heat in the shop soon. Looks like we are having cold winter!!

tybolt99 wrote:

stonemaster wrote:

Ty ...wasnt able to get a decent pic of the stove at the station but i found this thread on another site that is exactly how his works, go down about 10 posts
fieldlines.com/board/index.php?topic=130450.

Thank you. I will have to work on it to get some heat in the shop soon. Looks like we are having cold winter!!

it was 7 at my place last nite, DAMN

I thought I have escaped from cold at here in FL for few days. Wrong. It was 50's today and will be 30's in the morning.

Anyway I looked at some on Youtube too. Some of those are scarely. I don't want to burn the shop down.
Drip feed with 1/4 copper pipe, 4'air intake on top of stove, old cast iron frying pan,,,,.

thats if u r using a wood STOVE, a insert would be/could be dangerous unless u close off the opening, used oil is not that combustible/dangerous unless left unattended

Looks like a coil mod to me...

interesting stuff