So... who brews their own, and how?

[Wingnut]

I've been seriously contemplating this; I even have an old water heater to use.

Who's doing it and how?

Bunch of links:
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_make.html
http://www.dancingrabbit.org/biodiesel/drbdiesel.html
http://pathtofreedom.com/pathproject/of ... esel.shtml
http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_processor4.html

[FineFrank]

Wing,
Reminds of the days i spent on the rec.crafts-brewing newsgroup. Those were the days.
Frank

[Wingnut]

Surely not new to everyone, but here's some open-source biodiesel reactor plans:

http://www.localb100.com/appleseed/

[beck]

Been mixing 1/2 kero and 1/2 filtered wvo for about 3 months now. Put it right in the tank w/o pre heating. I had a hard time starting it only one time. I plugged in the block heater for an hour and away she went. This was after she sat for a few days and the temp got below 40. Seems to work fine. I won't do this in the winter w/o pre heating.

[bravesirryan]

A great source is Joshua Tickell's "From the Fryer to the Fuel Tank" he talks about the commotion around biodiesel as well as how to make it.

[bravesirryan]

here is where you can get the book, http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/de ... ce&s=books

[79dieselbunny]

I've seen alot of sources that state there is a gret deal of misinformation and plain bad science in Tickell's book. I've been relying more on sources such as bidieselnow.com, localb100.com, and the biodieselbasics group on yahoo. I also just purchased Girl Mark's book through the localb100 site. Excellent info and only $15.00 shipped. Building my processor based on the info there.

[girl mark]

thanks very much for the kind words.

here's the book:

www.localb100.com/book.html

and here's something entirely different- a group-written website that we put together called the Collaborative Biodiesel Tutorial-

www.localb100.com/cbt

Mark