Emerald Isle Forge
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This is the outside of my processor, so far. It
is a 55 gallon drum with a cone welded onto the bottom. The stand
is angle iron with 1" pipe for legs. The wires are to support the
drum.
This is the inside of my processor. I have
a 5/8" shaft running in bearings. It has a small propeller on the
bottom for the mixer. I put in two baffles to aid in mixing, they
will cause more turbulence in the oil. The two holes on the side were
going to be for water heating elements, before I decided not to make this
a vacuum processor. I'm going to plug one & use the other for pumping
in the oil from the heating tank.
These two pictures are of my completed processor!!
Well, I still want to insulate the main tank, but that's all. I've
got an old burner for melting lead or babbit I'm cleaning up for heating
the preheat tank. I think it's for kerosene, but the way it's set up
it will burn just about anything. I'm going to burn biodiesel in it..
My pump is not self priming, that's why I put it where it is. I'd
rather have it pull the oil through the filter, rather than push it, but
I'm using what I had around.
