John, Eugene isn't like either of those places. We have a wet but temperate winter here and running south to the desert is popular. We are the summer...
And HF has a rust scaler that makes a sander sound muffled. A bunch of hard steel rods that are driven/bounced around by a spinning eccentric wheel. That...
Nick, I read years ago that the G form the BioD process smelled really bad and made soap most couldn't even stomach. That has proven to be ever so FALSE. The...
I am using KOH. The smell was not there before I used Glycerol to process oil. I think I did not have enough KOH. I ran the 20 part of the 80/20 and finally...
Hello! This is my first post. Thanks for letting me be part of the group. I just made my first mini batch of biodiesel using 1L of new oil. I used 250ml of...
Hi Chris, Welcome! If you use new oil you do not need to do a titration, titration will be 0, just use the base amount. 250ml of methanol for 1 liter of oil is...
Rick - Thanks for the quick reply. What is a 3/27 test? Thanks... Chris ... will be 0, just use the base amount. 250ml of methanol for 1 liter of oil is more...
Carmine, I had drained after about an hour, I got about 3/4 of goo compared to the volume of glycerol I put in. I did not smell it since there is methanol in...
Chris, Put 27ml of methanol in a jar (I use glass baby food jars) then add 3ml of your BD, mix well and watch for drop out. If you get droplets of oil dropping...
Hi all, I was wondering about the advantages between KOH and NaOH. The fact is that NaOH is harder to store because of the "Anhydrous" constraint that we have...
We have just launched our new Advanced Ethanol Boiler. These systems produce high-grade ethanol which can be used instead of methanol when making biodiesel. ...
It is Make It your self Bio Diesel. It has been used for over 18 months now. I am just getting out of the bus for personel reasons. Sent via BlackBerry by AT&T...
UNCLASSIFIED Will BioPRO machines still be sold? Has the business gone defunct or is it just changing hands? Roger ... From: biodieselbasics@yahoogroups.com...
BioPro machines are made by Springboard Biodiesel in Chico, CA, and sold thru dealers such as miybiodiesel. I am also a dealer, and I can assure you the...
Altho KOH is more expensive, I strongly prefer it over NaOH for several reasons. One is that the glycerin byproduct stays liquid down to temps below freezing,...
Great!!! Some time next year, I am hoping to see a need for one. My business plan involves using 1500-1800 gal of fuel each month and I need to prove that the...
I did not use enough of either the methanol or KOH. I think I was short on the KOH. After I processed again, I got fall out. I have now passed 3/27 thanks,...
I'd just like to get a little of my investment back from all the filters I purchased over the past couple of years. If you're interested, I posted them on...
You either got bad fuel or if you made it. You definetly did something wrong. I as well as others have had great success with Bio Tanx, Roy McCall ... From:...
Dear Sir/Madam, We want to inform you about International Workshop & Exhibition On Clean Energy Development that will be held at December 10th-12th,2008 and...
Hello all. I've not been making much biodiesel lately due to the price and availability of wvo. As other commodities have dropped lately I checked on "yellow...
Roy-- Nothing against homebrew BD. I had great luck and some decent failures as I learned. My truck was failing faster than I was saving money to fix it, and...
I've added the following class, which will include tour of my homebrewing setup afterwards- please forward to anyone you think might be interested... Thanks,...
I know what you mean . I am selling all of my stuff too. I have over $4000.00 worth in processor,methanol, pumps, drums and heaters, totes etc.... I will...
where abouts are you Roy ... From: Roy McCall <birddogenu@...> Subject: Re: [biodieselbasics] Re: No more BD for me! To: biodieselbasics@yahoogroups.com ...
Biodiesel Production Crash Course: Beyond the Minibatch hands-on class (new format!) with Maria 'girl Mark' Alovert December 6-7, 2008 Wilmington, NC sponsored...