Waste oil burners

[Dixieblade57]

I have been trying to find info on building a waste oil forge. I know there used to be several who were using such a forge. I understand about the forge body and the blower, however I can find little on the actual burner.

I have found some info indicating that some are using a drip delivery system, and I understand that means no actual burner. But I need to see something on the combustion area, to understand exactly how such a system works. I have yet to find pics of this! Also this raises the question of how do you ensure the fire does not follow the drip to the source, is that achieved by the fact that the delivery system is higher than the combustion area itself?

I also have seen information that some are using a pressurizing system for their waste oil. I would assume this has to be something similar to the old coleman stove tanks the used white gas with a hand pump. But I haven't been able to find a schematic for how they built one or exactly how they are pressurizing it.

Does anyone out there have any insight as to how the drip method or a pressurized method of using a waste oil forge is achieved. Actual pictures or drawings on this part of the forge IE (combustion area or burner in a pressurized system) would be greatly appreciated.

 

[tattooedfreak]

checkout backyarmetalcasting.com they have a bunch of designs you can look through. They take a lot of work from what i can see and may not be worth it for forging but it never hurts to check it out.

 

[Dixieblade57]

I have looked at their site and I am not seeing the actual burner or delivery system for the waste oil or maybe I am not just getting it.

If I am going to make on I have got to fully understand how that part of the system works.

 

[little mac]

back yard metal casting is now alloyavenue dot com. go to their burner engineering topic. there are lots of threads there on how to build a variety of burners from pressurized to drip to syphon. Also alot of their stuff has it roots from Leonel's labratory. do a search for it as I.m not sure of the addy.

 

[Fox Creek]

Look for books on building CERAMIC KILNS. You will find all sorts of plans for different systems. One of the simplest I know has a simple fuel oil drip onto a series of heavy metal plates, stair step style. You build a hot wood fire in a small auxillary fire box to get a draft up the chimmney in the kiln and pre-heat the burn plates. When it gets hot and roaring, you start dizzleing oil onto the burn plates and it will become self igniting as the chimmney draft sucks out side air over the burn plates which are now above the ignition temp of the oil, which is now vaporising as it hit the plates. Whew!