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Biodiesel => Biodiesel equipment => Topic started by: Tony on November 19, 2016, 07:24:02 PM

Title: Spurred into action
Post by: Tony on November 19, 2016, 07:24:02 PM
My fuel stock brewed before moving house is running out, so time to get on with it!

Bund (aka manky spill area) assembled and awaiting two-part latex...  and I think I'll hang some plastic sheets to catch splashes and redirect into the bund too (judging by the state of the outbuilding walls where I used to live, a good idea!)

(https://s5.postimg.org/69v1jxdif/IMAG0144.jpg)

Bund would be 540l but for the fact it slopes towards the front of the garage, still - enough to catch a batch if something leaks :)
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Manfred on November 19, 2016, 07:50:33 PM
Latex and plastic sheets. Snigger snigger.
 Oh and a new set up. I hope it's warmer down south to be working outside. Two days and my fluffy soap doesn't look like settling any time soon.
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Tony on November 19, 2016, 08:33:37 PM
About 4C, positively tropical but still enough to slow down the mortar.

Can't beat latex and plastic sheets, the handcuffs are just for holding the pipework up honest ;)

I'm down to 100l of bio and the car is empty, at the moment I'm getting through 25l a week so really it's just 4 weeks worth.  If I can get set up soon then enough time to settle a batch for three weeks in the cold!
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: K.H on November 19, 2016, 10:14:26 PM
Nice use of kerbing  :)
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Glycer-rides on November 19, 2016, 10:45:51 PM
My enthusiasm is well-kerbed.

It's cold, for the old. I've run out of bio and meth... and the kit's pre-primed with 180L of whites.
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Tony on November 19, 2016, 11:16:26 PM
Nice use of kerbing  :)

Ta, tis cheap, and no sharp edges.  Used it for the last bund too (and it saved a few otherwise major spills)!
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: dgs on November 20, 2016, 09:58:55 AM
My enthusiasm is well-kerbed.

It's cold, for the old. I've run out of bio and meth... and the kit's pre-primed with 180L of whites.

What do you mean 'for the old' when we met at the bbb you seemed like a young man to me.

Tony, your new place sounds great!
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Julian on November 20, 2016, 03:40:02 PM
Looking good, Tony.

A true bio enthusiast ... get the plant running before sorting minor things like making the house habitable.  We lived in a building site for many years but I still kept up bio production.

I applied the reasoning that I needed the fuel to go and fetch materials ... not sure she ever believed me though.
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Tony on November 20, 2016, 04:24:58 PM
Looking good, Tony.

A true bio enthusiast ... get the plant running before sorting minor things like making the house habitable.  We lived in a building site for many years but I still kept up bio production.

I applied the reasoning that I needed the fuel to go and fetch materials ... not sure she ever believed me though.

Exactly, can't fix the leak in the roof if I can't get to a builder's merchant :)
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Head Womble on November 20, 2016, 07:06:37 PM
Looking good, Tony.

A true bio enthusiast ... get the plant running before sorting minor things like making the house habitable.  We lived in a building site for many years but I still kept up bio production.

I applied the reasoning that I needed the fuel to go and fetch materials ... not sure she ever believed me though.

When I first visited your place I had to admire your style, the garage was all finished, complete with lathe etc, but the kitchen was far from complete, I seem to remember a scaffold board bridging a hole in the floor like a gangplank.
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Julian on November 20, 2016, 07:56:16 PM
These projects need careful planning you know.
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Glycer-rides on November 20, 2016, 09:57:47 PM
My enthusiasm is well-kerbed.

It's cold, for the old. I've run out of bio and meth... and the kit's pre-primed with 180L of whites.

What do you mean 'for the old' when we met at the bbb you seemed like a young man to me.


I'm 50. The BBB is  a tonic, it rejuvenates! ;D
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Jamesrl on November 20, 2016, 11:03:51 PM
My enthusiasm is well-kerbed.

It's cold, for the old. I've run out of bio and meth... and the kit's pre-primed with 180L of whites.

What do you mean 'for the old' when we met at the bbb you seemed like a young man to me.


I'm 50. The BBB is  a tonic, it rejuvenates! ;D

Bloody 'ell you're only just out of nappies, kids huh.
Title: Re: Spurred into action
Post by: Tony on November 20, 2016, 11:20:21 PM
My enthusiasm is well-kerbed.

It's cold, for the old. I've run out of bio and meth... and the kit's pre-primed with 180L of whites.

What do you mean 'for the old' when we met at the bbb you seemed like a young man to me.


I'm 50. The BBB is  a tonic, it rejuvenates! ;D

I'm 62, I've always maintained that an unexpected faceful of bio does wonders for the softness of your facial hair.  Would probably make more money selling it as a tonic than burning it in engines.