BlownCorona Posted May 1, 2023 Share Posted May 1, 2023 are you ever likely to be interested in machining a body to order? one day, i guess in perhaps a year or so once ive gained at least some proficiency on the bass im learning, im going to design/assemble my own. I was going to draw it on cad either way, but cnc would be lush. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 5 hours ago, BlownCorona said: are you ever likely to be interested in machining a body to order? one day, i guess in perhaps a year or so once ive gained at least some proficiency on the bass im learning, im going to design/assemble my own. I was going to draw it on cad either way, but cnc would be lush. Absolutely. 3 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlownCorona Posted May 2, 2023 Share Posted May 2, 2023 much excitement 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Bling Posted May 16, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 16, 2023 Your guitars are a bit bigger than the ones I've been making lol. Approx 220mm lengths for guitar / star mad toddler. 13 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
h4nd Posted May 17, 2023 Author Share Posted May 17, 2023 That's awesome ... totally needs buttons to do a shred. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post ThePog Posted May 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2023 That fdm has killer tone I hear.... More side projects, this time a wee waste oil heater; First run tonight, started cranking once I put a 2.5m chimney on it. Edit; it seems that wee feed pipe is limiting the crank though, I'll chuck something bigger in there and see if I can get it glowing. 14 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post yoeddynz Posted May 17, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 17, 2023 Oh yeah. Winter is coming. Every bloody year I intend to build a load of burners to sell and always end up being in a rush to get some built to order as it gets cold. Got three on the build right now. Finished one in a hurry this evening so tomorrow I can burn the paint off and then paint it. Customer is taking it away on Friday. The little one on the left I just popped in for the photo. It's one we use in our van. 34 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 20 hours ago, ThePog said: That fdm has killer tone I hear.... More side projects, this time a wee waste oil heater; First run tonight, started cranking once I put a 2.5m chimney on it. Edit; it seems that wee feed pipe is limiting the crank though, I'll chuck something bigger in there and see if I can get it glowing. I always wanted to use one of these to heat a spa pool. Fuck paying for electricity when I could just maintain my vehicle fleet. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 20 minutes ago, anglia4 said: I always wanted to use one of these to heat a spa pool. Fuck paying for electricity when I could just maintain my vehicle fleet. This is 100% bang on the money. It is a real pain in the arse to dispose of used oil now, why not utilise it. I made some mods to it during my lunch break and just cranked it again, there are a couple of issues but it started to get proper hot this time before I had to turn it off. The next stage is a heat exchanger for a spa, maybe in a bigger version though. 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post AllTorque Posted May 18, 2023 Popular Post Share Posted May 18, 2023 Not built by me, but here’s the waste oil burner at work. Goes hard for what it is. 17 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 That looks similar to the one that iirc @avengertiger was going to build - using some big discs off a truck (or drums..i cant remember) Yeah- damn they can go hard! What's the smoke output like? Fairly clean once up to speed? Our current woodfire likes to leave little spots of creosote over the yellow car if its burning sappy pine/wind is blowing the wrong way. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Zero smoke once it’s going. Neighbours have never complained. 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anglia4 Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 Good to know as I live very urban. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AllTorque Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 We are too. Base is a cast iron pot. Big chamber is an and old LPG cylinder from a car with the ends cut off. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted May 18, 2023 Share Posted May 18, 2023 I have learnt some things from this build, mostly that pouring oil in does not increase the burn rate, just the soot. This means I need more air/airflow, therefore a bigger unit and chimney is needed. Also the feed pipe would be better being decoupled from the body as there is enough heat transfer to make the oil in the pipe start smoking. So probably all that lower shroud stuff can fuck off. Still it works pretty sweet and gets fucking hot. I dont think it will glow though as the chamber walls are 5mm thick. It holds some heat tho... 4 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 What sort of flow rate/mils per hour do these things use? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThePog Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Best efficiency for that one was a medium drip. I should probably measure it, I have run it for about an hour in total and I reckon no more than a liter. You can have that one if you want to test it out, I'll be going bigger. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted May 19, 2023 Share Posted May 19, 2023 Cheers for the offer - but enjoying burning lots of wood right now. I'd have to suss out a separate spot for one in the future though! Then collect more oil/service more of the locals cars. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VitesseEFI Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Not legal to burn used oil in UK without a licence….. £ 2.5k /year. Bastards….. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yoeddynz Posted May 20, 2023 Share Posted May 20, 2023 Given the air pollution in Oxford City when I lived there, which seemed way worse when I last visited, I'm not surprised. I think you were only allowed to burn smokeless fuel there (not wood). Is that the same in most cities there? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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