Waste oil drip stove

[@emmaearnshaw3282]

This is brilliant and reminds me of a conversation, between two engineers, I overheard back in the early 90's. They were talking about a drip waste oil heater that employed a water drip aswell. The trick was getting the oil and water drip ratios just right. As I remember it, there was a sloped metal plate that had been previously heated (perhaps electrically) that the drips went onto. They spoke of it as a suppressed technology. They were both very capable and experienced engineers. Thanks for reminding me!

[@irishlad8797]

Why cant I have a neighbour like you I like to make stuff too I made a drip feed burner out of an old propane cylinder and it got so hot I started t melt all the scrap aluminium n my yard in a cast iron pot but I nearly burnt down my shed and I've never used it since but great video and all the best from seamus in Ireland God bless

[@dsmfreak99]

Finally someone used old car parts to build one of these bad boys? Just makes sense when you have a lot of used motor oil laying around that you might also have some old car parts laying around to recycle as well. It's inspired me to make mine out of the rotor and drum like you. Maybe some old exhaust pipes and mufflers for the rest!

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Heck yea! Do it! I found the disc and drum in a dumpster behind an auto repair shop. Asked the feller behind the counter if I could take stuff, and he said "please do". Nice!

[@user-rd4gz1nc4e]

Beautiful work. Well though out. Thanks for the concise camera work

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Thanks

[@samvalentine3206]

I'd like to take you up on your offer to give us a run-through of the various parts and how they go together - that would be great. Looks like a great design... especially when she's roaring away like a rocket stove! What do you use for fuel? Do you have access to an adequate supply of waste oil? Crankcase oil... cooking oil, that sort of thing? Thanks again!

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

So far, I have only ran it on waste ATF, and used motor oil. I did cheat a little bit, and add some BTU's via diesel fuel. About a cup of fuel to a gallon of oil. Just enough to thin it out a little bit. (flows nicer in a cold shop) My next experiment will be with used veggie oil. I have lots of that available. Just need to work out the filtration side of that. I'll get a follow up video in a couple weeks. Thanks for watching!

[@samvalentine3206]

@@sidetrackmetalworks2058 - It's nice to get some heat from something you normally would not get it from... sweet!

[@justawfulgamer7738]

Clean burn! Nice work

[@theodorewilson399]

That's a handsome heater! Yes, please provide us more info on your build. I recently moved to Idaho and have a 40' x 60' shop w/no heater! : O I've been thinking that a waste oil heater is what I want to try for heating the place. I like your design that doesn't use forced air. Whatever design i go with, I hope to be able to get the air/fuel mixture just right so it will have a blue flame. I'll either install a large ceiling fan or have one @ ground level for circulation. If you would give us a bit more details on your construction, including dimensions, it would be greatly appreciated. : )

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

As far as I know, you need to use forced air supply for that wicked blue flame. I've seen other stoves with blowers on them, and they seem to have a flame that is more blue. I'll do a follow up video when I get a chance. Thanks for watching!

[@samfordtv]

Nice stove my friend

[@stagman4611]

Cool looking build

[@cameronswartzentrubercd3664]

I saw another video where the guy has his oil tank 10" above the stove. That keeps the oil warm and it flows better, especially if you are using old cooking oil.

[@JamesBrown-rm2rd]

cool set up,I would like to see how it was built thanks.

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Thanks. I'll get another video up as soon as I can.

[@shakeyjakey35]

great build got one my self took me two days to build only prob with mine is iam useing a stinless steal burning bowel dont take like to fire up iam thinking to put fan on fine cause there so much ash when i turn it off constant clean out with a fan dont think you get that

[@suzysuzuki8865]

I noticed when I made mine out of a vented rotor that a smaller but longer pipe pulled better and put off more heat. Used more oil though but the metal was getting cherry hot lol I’ve been experimenting for a few days now

[@KingTesticus]

I like it, thanks for sharing.

[@grahamtaylor7996]

If you would run your smoke stack to the forest end of building inside ,you could save a lot of the heat gong out of the stack

[@jeffokriya3389]

hello . yeah cold winter morning here at the Texas Border . . yes it´s a good idea if you can break down the construction of this stove. . perhaps I can replicate it . . One question . you say it gets dirty but It´s supposed to burn all the liquid because it gets really hot . . so I wonder why that is. Greetings and happy winter.

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Thanks for watchin! The soot is unavoidable, due to the burning of waste oil. There are alot of impurities in waste oil. I would submit that there are more impurities present, partially because of the amount of oxygen introduced into the burn chamber. Think about it like an engine burning a fuel air mixture. If you choke the oxygen back some, the engine starts to smoke and cough. Same thing here, I think. More oxygen (forced air) would probably make for less soot. While a novel idea, I don't think my little stove is very efficient.

[@jimfitzgibbon5492]

I like it & plan on the same design. I will use a larger tank, because I have a larger aria to heat. My shop is 30 x 50. I,m using a wood heater & it works ok. But more mess with cutting wood cleaning ashes, as cleaning chimney. I under stand these burn much cleaner. with Cutting wood and lots of ashes.

[@greensfarmland]

That's a really nice build, I for one would love to see how you built that as well. Maybe build a new one, so you don't have to take this one apart. Would make a nice video series.

[@johndowe7003]

its pretty straightforward tbh. id be cooler if he used a glow plug to ignite the oil much quicker 😁

[@jodym.2800]

By all means please share how it's built. I'm thinking of building something similar.

[@stevesugulas9941]

Is the small propane bottle welded in bottom of larger tank open and for air flow? Thank you from Texas.

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Yep. It sucks air in from the bottom of the brake drum, and feeds the oil on fire.

[@lalannej]

Brilliant! Too many smart people in here to keep up with! But you gotta have land and a workshop, and i dont have zilch.

[@SynomDroni]

Put a few drops of water through with the fuel ever so often. It will help self clean. Needless to say, be careful and keep it to a drop or two, as you are literally creating small explosions in your burn chamber.

[@Moonlightshadow-lq4fr]

Putting water in it will make it burn colder if at all. You will also get more soot building up.

[@patrickbourque6864]

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[@loveydovey5698]

When i put used oil in my fridge it solids up? How do you keep the oil liquid if youre using it in a cold space until the space warms up enough to keep it liquid from the heat given off by the stove? I know you could bring liquid oil from wherever but what if youre in a situation where you cant for whatever reason? Love the idea but not for survival i don't think because of that. Supplemental to keep an already warm space warm maybe. Thanks for the idea.

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

You're right. Cold oil does not flow as good as warm oil. I saw somewhere, a fella made a little tank on the side of his stove to pre-heat the oil. You can also alter the viscosity by mixing the oil with something else that flows better at lower temperatures. Say, diesel, or kerosene?

[@Ben-sv9op]

What's the hole in the bottom of the drum? How come no oil leaks out.. what's the hole for thank you ?

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

The hole is for air intake to the center of the drum. No oil leaks out because the propane bottle is welded in. Thanks for watchin!

[@amplifythistake5498]

How long does 6 quarts or 1 gallon of oil last you?

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

I never measured consumption. If I had to guess, five gallons would probably last 10-12 hours.

[@jeremylastname873]

What happened to the old oil is probably a condensation thing. In other words, it got water in it.

[@dshipman1782]

Now thats cool!

[@unionse7en]

just use a float with an upside do "J" rod etc etc to reveal the float level inside... no leak path and will show you the level throughout the range vs just one spot with a sight glass, easier too,

[@johndowe7003]

all your heat is coming out the pipe lol, ya should stick that heater near the front of your connex and then run a 15ft span of air ducting to the exit hole. itll exchange a lot more heat and itll make things way more efficent and youll use even less oil and warm your place up even better

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Sounds like a neat idea, thanks!

[@johndowe7003]

@@sidetrackmetalworks2058 yessir, should help you out immensely. also if you make your flash pan thinner it will ignite the fuel oil much quicker. you want your fuel vaporizing as soon as it lands on the burn chamber. i should post a video on my burner lol

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

@@johndowe7003 if you post it, I’ll watch it!

[@awesomedee5421]

Is that propane tank in the middle with the pipe going through it, is it a pipe for room air separate from the burn chamber, or is it an air intake for the burn chamber? so you risk Carbon Monoxide getting into your shack?

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

The pipe is just a heat exchanger. All intake air enters from the bottom.

[@awesomedee5421]

@@sidetrackmetalworks2058 I didn't see a fan or anything that makes air flow through the heat exchanger. A flue on one side so hot air could rise would at least get some flow in there. Do you have a fan?

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

@@awesomedee5421 I do have a fan. If you could even call it that. A scavenged stovetop vent hood fan, complete with janky wiring and switch! I'll show it in the update video.

[@mikebond6328]

Cool design, nice build. Who’s Jed Hefley?

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Probably the previous owner of that piece of wood.

[@albertanasoul]

Anybody else feel colder when he opened the door to go back outside?

[@imtiazmohammed7899]

it was water contamination

[@awesomedee5421]

I think if you heat up that fat sludge, it will liquify and burn

[@Moonlightshadow-lq4fr]

Yes, the problem is starting it from cold and because the base is heavy iron it will take some time for it to heat up to continue the chain reaction and self sustain. Just needs a bit more diesel to start with to get the thing hot, once hot it should burn anything :)

[@giuseppepalmieri1861]

Misure e possibile grazie

[@sidetrackmetalworks2058]

Bonjourno! Give me some time, and I'll put a follow up video when the chance arises. Thanks for watching!

[@oilstovesandmore]

Nice burner. I made a stainless steel burn chamber of a piece of pipe with a bottom welded to it on mine and it burnes very clean too. The challenge for me is getting enough oil to operate it. If you like you can check it out on my channel.