tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11505555544141340572024-02-02T08:59:09.092-05:00Eat More Chili!Adventures of a mechanic, musician, and handyman.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.comBlogger125125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-3880875587947526152016-12-29T19:55:00.003-05:002016-12-29T19:55:48.288-05:00EpilogueHi folks! This blog has been dormant for a long time. It stands as a record of my early online writing, and lots of my farm adventures, my first car, and my first woodgas build. For those reasons, I won't be reviving this blog.<br />
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However, I am still writing! If you want to read all about my more recent woodgas adventures, visit <a href="http://forum.driveonwood.com/">http://forum.driveonwood.com</a> and look for my posts. There are more than a few. I've had another woodgas truck, sold it too, and now have two more gasifiers in the works.<br />
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I just started a new weblog for a homesteading project, along with my sister Maggie. We're saving up for land, and eventually plan to build a small homestead. You can read all about that, and follow our journey on the new weblog. <a href="https://leadaquietlife.com/">https://leadaquietlife.com</a><br />
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Thanks to my loyal readers! Hope to see you down the road. Drop me a line anytime: <a href="mailto:chris@saenzmail.net">chris@saenzmail.net</a><br />
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December 29, 2016Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-82207225858795526782013-04-21T22:32:00.003-04:002013-04-21T22:54:41.805-04:00Truck UpdateSo it's been about a year since I finished the truck down at Wayne's. How has it been all this time?<br />
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Well, first off I ran into a problem where the gasifier was overheating. Turns out it was a bad weld joint deep inside, and air was mixing with hot gas - making a cutting torch effect. Not good inside a thin-walled gasifier. So I got to repair that this spring back down at Wayne's place! It was a <a href="http://eatmorechili.blogspot.com/2013/03/new-book.html">wonderful visit</a> and we also mailed out his book, <a href="http://driveonwood.com/store">Have Wood Will Travel</a>. Now I've driven it home and round about Frankfort for a while, it's back in service! Everything's looking good, over 3,000 wood miles on it now.<br />
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So I'm thinking about selling it and moving on to another truck build, a Dakota this time. Before I can sell I need to have it in good shape. Argos is also coming up so I want everything to be solid and reliable for that as well.<br />
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Some photos of recent progress. I painted some PVC under the hood:<br />
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That's all for now. I'll keep on truckin with wood, and try to post an update every now and then. Just a reminder, if you're interested in woodgas at all, check out <a href="http://driveonwood.com/">Drive On Wood</a>, the site where I spend most of my time. There's tons of free info, and time tested plans for the Keith gasifier too. Yada yada.... OK, it's a plug for the site. But it's still worth checking out. http://driveonwood.comAnonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-76142327122200872992013-03-05T21:59:00.000-05:002013-03-05T22:01:46.173-05:00New BookWell, somehow three months have slipped by since my last post. I've been hitting it hard this winter, trying to finish up a project. And here's the result:<br />
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In order to autograph all the pre-ordered books, we had them shipped to Alabama. Reshipping them to me would have been fairly expensive. So I drove the old truck down (on gasoline) and we squeezed in a gasifier repair visit along with the book mailing. Wayne and Lisa Keith are very gracious hosts, and made me feel right at home. The weather was cold and wet most of the week, but we made do.</div>
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After a week long visit, I made the trip home on woodgas power! It was 400 miles this time (we've <a href="http://eatmorechili.blogspot.com/2012/06/update-from-frankfort.html">moved to Frankfort now</a>). However old trucks are not exactly reliable, no matter what fuel makes them go. Woke up to a flat tire the morning I wanted to leave. Backing it up towards the compressor, it came off the rim. Got that fixed, and started down the driveway. Then the battery died. Made it onto the freeway, and everything was running great. Then I had the alternator go out about 30 miles from Wayne's place, requiring a rescue mission in his woodgas V10. Trip to the parts store and $80 later, I was back in the drivers seat, and waved goodbye to Wayne and Tally. At about 2 pm I finally started on my 8 hour trip home.</div>
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Now home safe and sound, I'm trying frantically to get caught up from the pile of orders and other work that has piled up in my absence. I was able to check in fairly well from the road, but many things are best left for the "big computer" at home. I was very happy with the Chromebook's performance on the road. I kept up with all my emails and site administration, reviewed photos on an SD card, moved videos from my new flip camera to a portable drive, made video calls back to the family, and uploaded to Youtube. Pretty normal laptop stuff. The Chromebook never flinched. However I do wish there was an option to have it "always on" during uploads or USB charging. It falls asleep pretty quick, even with a Google Hangout running.</div>
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All in all, my February has been busy and exciting. I'm hoping March will slow down a bit, but then April will pick right up again and by then my attention will be on the Argos meetup. I've got a list of things to fix up on the old truck before I go. We'll see how much I can get done this spring!</div>
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So what's new? Lots of things. We sold our Suburban, and got a 1995 Honda Accord station wagon to replace it. We are big fans of the 1st gen Odyssey minivan and so the Accord is a natural fit.<br />
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The woodgas truck has been down for some time, I had an air leakage problem that melted one of the grate hanging chains. Until I have time to repair it, I've been lighting it once a week. This keeps it from rusting internally. It's not a hard fix, I just have had zero time to spend on it. Likewise the Metro engine is still not rebuilt, and so on. It will happen as soon as I get some bigger projects finished.<br />
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I've taken part time work at the <a href="http://bgjam.com/">Wernick Method</a>. I've been helping out now and again for a while now, but it's nice to get paid and see some steady work from it.<br />
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The woodgas plans book is really really close. We've been working on the second 90% for some time now. I wanted to be done by the end of the year, but so much else is happening right now that the true chances of finishing are slim to none. But it should be done soon after that, IF we keep it going at this rate.<br />
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Oh yes, I did buy a new toy. I bought a Samsung Chromebook for $250 from Newegg.<br />
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I was a little torn between that and a Nexus 7, but in the end it was the right choice. The Chromebook lets you get real work done if needed, but at the same time is as portable as a large tablet. It's super zippy, fairly light, runs silently, reboots almost instantly, and runs very advanced web apps that begin to replicate desktop functions. If you really need the desktop, you can easily remote in using Chrome's remote desktop app. I've edited video in Adobe Premiere Pro, by remoting in from the Chromebook on the living room couch. Fun stuff! This runs very smoothly for me, between the Chromebook and a Windows 8 machine.<br />
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So, any downsides to Chrome? You do need a wireless signal. My room is built from concrete blocks. So if I want to use the Chromebook I usually take it into the main part of the house. Once I find a way to connect to a Connectify Hotspot on my main PC, I will be completely satisfied. Plug in drives get pretty bare bones support, but that's really outside the use-case for this machine. It's for internet, nothing else.<br />
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I also bought Wayne a Chromebook, and he's thrilled. The same machine that can satisfy a Google nut like me is also perfect for a computer novice, someone who just needs it to work and not break. This concept has sold a lot of Apple devices. Now it applies to the much cheaper Chromebook, and I suspect that many of them will go for this purpose. Heck, Wayne even joined a Google Hangout! Not even possible from his old setup. It was the familiar story of a glacially slow PC, barely 5 years old. How many of those users are ready for a cheap upgrade for simple tasks? I know at least one who is very happy now. And if his Chromebook is physically intact after 5 years, it will be at least as fast if not much faster than it is now.<br />
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[Note to my loyal blog readers who noticed the template change. Yes it is intentional and yes, I reverted back to the old-style blogger template. The newer "dynamic" template is just too buggy, often fails to load properly and isn't very customizable. So until I build a full up Drupal blog, this will have to do.]<br />
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Well that's all for today. Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-86443040560981613892012-06-24T20:42:00.002-04:002012-06-24T20:50:08.829-04:00Update from FrankfortIt's been too long since I updated this. It used to be a regular item on the schedule but I have many projects now tugging at my sleeve, using up nearly all my computer and non-computer time. But here I am with an update.<br />
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<li>We moved! After two long years of waiting the house finally sold and we have moved into town. Frankfort is a great town, is affluent for its size, not big like Lexington or Louisville but within a close drive of both. A half hour drive used to put us into Campbellsville, a town of 9,000 with mostly just a Walmart. Now that same drive puts us in Lexington - 436,000 people. The house is in a nice older neighborhood, solid construction that you never see any more. We did have to update all the original 1949 wiring to modern specs. There's a small detached garage with a room over, both have become my domain. In return I have taken on several vehicle maintenance projects (more on that in a bit).</li>
<li>The truck is running great! I have about 2000 miles on it so far, and a big chunk of that was a trip to the gasifier meetup in Indiana. Read all about that on the <a href="http://www.motherearthnews.com/blogs/blog.aspx?blogid=2147484317">Mother Earth blog</a> and on the <a href="http://driveonwood.com/forum/80">Drive On Wood forum.</a> I have lots of things planned for it, it's really not even finished yet. Really a testament to Wayne's wonderful design that I can take a 90% finished truck and drive it thousands of miles with no trouble.</li>
<li>Speaking of <a href="http://driveonwood.com/">Drive On Wood</a>, we are seeing a great deal of interest in the site and in Wayne's plans. Folks have been steadily signing up and many have started projects - even before the book is ready! This is possible due to the extensive video tutorials we have posted. As soon as the book goes out we should see a flood of new projects started.</li>
<li>We may have a small garden this year. Matthew has taken an interest in tilling up a plot behind the house and planting some tomatoes. There's several community gardens established in Frankfort. The concepts of local food and organic produce are well understood. </li>
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<li>The Honda Odyssey is due for a timing belt change. I have never done it on this vehicle since it is a very infrequent repair and in "the old days" we always had it serviced at the shop. Given the expense and that I have gained some skills and experience since then, I am pretty sure I can handle it myself. So wish me luck.</li>
<li>The truck itself needs an overhaul. There's a slight rattle evident which is not pinging. I am leery of the timing chain going out or wearing a hole in the cover, so I will be changing that and the water pump together. Plus new plugs and wires etc. At the same time I need to reroute some woodgas plumbing under the hood.</li>
<li>The Suburban has outlived its usefulness to us. We have found it quite useful in many unexpected situations, but at this point it's just an extra vehicle - right now a much needed one with the Metro is out of service. But soon enough I will be fixing all the little problems and getting it ready for sale. On the list: it leaks power steering fluid pretty bad, the brakes need changing and bleeding, and the drivers seat mount is broken, giving a rocking chair effect which will not impress buyers.</li>
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Next month I will be returning to the KSU research farm for a demonstration of the woodgas truck. They are having their Third Thursday event, this one will be their 15th anniversary. It'll be more impressive to show people now that it actually powers the engine and not just a flare in the parking lot. I have an entier presentation showing how woodgas works and documenting my trip to see Wayne.</div>
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Oh, and if you're curious to see all the details of this gasification stuff, please check out all the free info available on the <a href="http://driveonwood.com/">Drive On Wood</a> website. It's all there. You could spend six months absorbing all that material - I know because I did. And if you're really interested in building a system, we have all the info you need to get started building. Alright, enough of the shameless plug. Just go check it out! <a href="http://driveonwood.com/">http://driveonwood.com</a></div>Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-79562730160481373872012-04-15T20:25:00.000-04:002012-04-15T20:25:37.704-04:00Trip ReportWell, I am happy to say... we finished the truck. <b>It runs on wood now!!!</b> Not only that but I was able to drive it all the way home on wood power!<br />
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I spent two long weeks in Alabama with my woodgas mentor and business partner Wayne Keith, who agreed to help me finish my truck - a rare and precious opportunity for me. I can't thank him enough, and so I encourage everyone to just go preorder the book - it's worth the $50, actually worth far more than that. Check out driveonwood.com for more info on the trip. OK, enough shameless plugs.<br />
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Wayne welds much better than I do. I will keep practicing...<br />
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300 miles home on woodgas. Burned 400 lbs of wood.<br />
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Video of a hill climb outside Dunlap TN:<br />
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I went to visit Wayne in Alabama and came home all the same day. It was a long trip, but well worth it.<br />
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Wasn't too sure what happened when I got there - right as I pulled onto his street the Metro started bucking and stalling, the dash lights flickered on and off, and I barely made it up his driveway. Long story short, it turned out to be a loose ground wire:<br />
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Why a loose ground wire would kill the entire engine I don't know. It's a bad design, but at least the problem got fixed quickly.<br />
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With that straightened out, we got on to business. Wayne loaded me up with supplies and I helped him with some computer issues. Which reminds me, check out his latest video! I put this together for him:<br />
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If you haven't seen it yet, here's the site I built for Wayne.</div>
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<a href="http://driveonwood.com/">http://driveonwood.com</a><br />
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It's a great place to learn about gasifiers and woodgas vehicles. Wayne is a woodgas pioneer, why not take it straight from the guy who drives on wood every day?<br />
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I've started building things now, and the plasma cutter comes in really handy. Here's some thick pipe I cut:<br />
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It's not smooth because I am still learning my plasma technique. And I'm officially very bad at making holes! I have five burned out heat shields to prove it:<br />
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The problem comes when I try to use the plasma to pierce thick stuff; it widens and increases into a bowl shape, and doesn't always punch through. Like this one:<br />
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There's just nowhere for the molten steel to go. So my workaround is to predrill the holes.<br />
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And started the dashboard wiring. Here's four control cables, three new switches and a vacuum gauge:<br />
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Not bad for two days work, eh? And more to come...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-83818197338671108012012-03-06T21:11:00.000-05:002012-03-06T21:11:56.736-05:00Condensate tankI have to get a lot of things done before I can go to Alabama with the truck. Here's one of them: the condensate tank. You may remember I was using a propane tank for condensate. Since that holds a measly 3 gallons before causing problems (and was full of water because the valve was plugged up), I took it off and went with Wayne's solution: a full out water tank. This is actually a well tank from the scrap heap. It was rusty and had plenty of scale and dirt in it. But it cleaned up pretty well, and should hold around 10 gallons or more.<br />
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Covering up the old holes and making new ones. Find leaks by filling with water:<br />
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The gas goes in the sides, and out the dual pipes on top. Single pipe is for the blower. Note the bolt on cover I made with the plasma cutter:<br />
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Long pipe is the drain. Now to install on the truck, and plumb it in!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-37739598559823827132012-02-28T21:06:00.000-05:002012-02-29T12:53:32.300-05:00Plasma CutterI have wanted one of these for a long time... And I finally realized that I wan't saving money, time or energy by putting it off any longer. I have a lot of fabricating to do, and so I bit the bullet and bought a plasma cutter.<br />
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I shopped around to find reviews on cheap plasmas, and tried to ignore all the anti-Chinese sentiments from people who shelled out for a Miller or a Lincoln. I found several folks that said this model cuts as good as the name-brands, if you don't need the bells and whistles. As it turns out, plasma cutting technology has come a long ways in a few years, thanks to digital power inverting chips that can crank out the amps in a small form factor. Everything is solid state inside, except the cooling fan and the compressed air.<br />
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I found the one I wanted, one of the few that can run 110 and 220v. Got it on Ebay for $285 shipped.<br />
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Here's my new Lotos 5000D:<br />
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It requires 110v or 220v, and a source of compressed air. It actually didn't come with an electrical plug, just bare wires. So I had to run to town and get one. I also had to assemble the air fittings and try to get them not to leak. Fit and finish? Yeah. But it's the right price.<br />
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It's not even as big as my Harbor Freight welder:<br />
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Sure it took a little work to assemble. But it ran like a dream. I've never used a plasma cutter before, and within 10 minutes of use I cut this 9" circle out:<br />
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Not bad, eh?<br />
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The jagged parts are operator error. I did this entirely freehand:<br />
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I also tripped the breaker, since this thing pulls a solid 20 amps along with the compressor's 15 or so. My shop suffers from Unplanned Electricity Syndrome, causing extension cords to sprout from unlikely places and get strung together at scary lengths. I make it a rule to only run one thing at a time, and for the most part this works out. But the plasma cutter counts twice. Plus, even when it was running on stored air, dad said he could hear a funny buzzing in the wall upstairs(?!) High frequencies, etc... don't want to buy everyone new computers. So I will be moving operations to the barn, which is wired with a basic service panel, and plenty of room for more if needed.<br />
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Here's the project compressor I got, which should be able to keep pace better. Needs new valves and switch.<br />
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And just for grins, here's a shot of my supply of tanks and pipes for the gasifier. I still need more, because some of them are the wrong size.<br />
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So now that I can cut and weld equally well, the first project is the condensate tank, visible to the right above. It will go under the truck bed to collect water condensing in the cooling rack. Here's Wayne Keith draining the same tank under his truck:<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-47899169082041816002012-02-16T13:17:00.000-05:002012-02-16T13:52:40.509-05:00Woodgas proceedingsIt's been way too long since I posted. And there are several good things happening that I need to write about! Sorry for the long silence, but things are moving fast and I am trying to keep up.<br />
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I think the last you heard from the woodgas project, I had gone to visit Wayne Keith in Alabama and studied his truck. I wanted to glean what I could and apply some of it to my own truck. Wayne was gracious enough to put me up for the night and give me a thorough tour of his trucks and his farm. While I was down there he mentioned that Mother Earth News had been pestering him for a set of plans, to go with their upcoming article on his woodgas truck in the spring. I told him that he really could do well to publish his stuff, it would help out the DIYers and get more Wayne-style trucks on the road. Then I headed home and started thinking about my truck and all the changes I was going to have to make, to be more like Wayne's trucks.<br />
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About a month later, I got a call from Wayne. After we talked a bit, he came down to business. He was ready to publish his plans, and he wanted my help. In particular, he needed a website with premium content, and a format for his plans to be sold in. I was surprised and pleased to get the call. I immediately accepted, and went to work on the website, and outlined a general plan of attack for Wayne.<br />
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So long story short, I am still working on the website two months later, and I will post a link to it soon. Wayne is busy building a new truck and carefully documenting all the parts of it with photos and video. He is going to be publishing his plans in paper form sometime this summer, but preorders will be available soon.<br />
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Meanwhile the woodgassers are thinking about spring, and when we should plan a meetup. I started gently nudging the members to get off the dime and decide when we are going to do this. As is often the case, the nudger gets the job for himself. So I am now the treasurer and contact person for the event, and have been coordinating some of the efforts involved. It's not a huge gathering, but there are around 20 folks coming to Argos IN on May 18-20th, and it will be open to the public on Saturday. As treasurer I have been getting a lot of checks in the mail.<br />
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So all that is perspective for what the UPS man brought to my door this morning:<br />
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One of the woodgassers, Brian Smith is also VP of Manufacturing at Goop! So he sent all this along with his contribution. Wow! That's a lot of hand cleaner....<br />
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Quick plug - I have to say, I do use a lot of hand cleaner (usually Fast Orange), as does anyone working on cars or welding steel. You get pretty grimy. I can't say as I have tried enough of them to tell a real difference. This one works at least as good as the Fast Orange I've been using. They advertise that it's effective on clothes too, which Fast Orange is not. There's original and orange-citrus. I tried some of both, and it works great. I guess I won't be buying any hand cleaner for a while... But when I do, it'll be Goop, because I might as well support a fellow woodgasser, and the product seems to work well. I'll let you know in six months how the supply is holding out!<br />
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So in all the shuffle, what happened to my truck?<br />
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The short answer is I have been too busy to do anything with it. I haven't touched it since I got back from Wayne's in December. BUT! I am about to start back on it again. I am actually going to drive it down to Alabama, on gasoline. Wayne and I will work on both his new truck and my truck, getting them both finished in time for the woodgas meet. I'd like to drive home on woodgas. So I want to have as much ready as possible before that happens. So I will be working on little things to get ready and make the time down there as productive as possible. I will be posting regular updates once I get back to work on the truck.<br />
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So, that's enough for today. It's still not everything I've been doing - just the highlights.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-14005301940584389042011-12-23T18:46:00.000-05:002011-12-23T18:46:45.872-05:00Salsa Six WaysTomorrow is my birthday. Every year I make a bunch of different salsa recipes -- to go with an industrial size box of corn tortilla chips. Yummy.<br />
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This year I made <b>six different kinds</b>, plus guacamole. Most of them are spicy. Here are some recipes:<br />
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Roja Sala:</span></b></div>
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produce bag full of Roma tomatoes</div>
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2 onions</div>
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10 serrano peppers (adjust to desired heat level)</div>
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8-10 cloves garlic</div>
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1-2 Tbsp salt (to taste)</div>
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1 bunch of cilantro (or to taste)</div>
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Halve the tomatoes, quarter the onions. Roast in the oven at 375 until peppers look charred, onions look translucent and tomatoes are soft. Blend with salt and cilantro. Makes 2 qts.</div>
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<b><span style="font-size: large;">Fire Salsa</span></b>:<br />
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(Fire Salsa <a href="http://eatmorechili.blogspot.com/2011/03/fire-salsa.html">original post</a>)<br />
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3 lbs tomatillos</div>
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3 cloves garlic</div>
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6 chipoltes en adobo</div>
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Broil the tomatillos and the garlic until blackened. Drain most of the water. Place in blender with cilantro, salt, green chiles. Blend till smooth. Makes 1 qt.</div>
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1 lb tomatillos</div>
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1 serrano pepper</div>
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All into blender, puree. Makes less than a qt. Not spicy like the others, good for the kids.</div>
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handful of cilantro</div>
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32oz of diced tomatoes (2 cans)</div>
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All in blender, puree. This one is intentionally vague. Keep changing amounts until you get a feel for it. Slice the pepper, avoids large chunks. We make this one once or twice a week, and eat it on everything.</div>
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All the salsas in a row - left to right: Tomatillo Avocado, Fire, Regular, Chipolte, Roja, Chuys.</div>
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This is an inverted V hearth, which has ash for insulation around much of the hottest parts. It uses inert ash to form the upper cone surface. But as you can see, the intake air is cold, not preheated; the hot gas also flows out through a single 2" pipe. This is a major source of restriction in the system. </div>
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Here's version 2.0:</div>
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The air enters at the bottom in blue, warms up as it flows through the heat exchanger, and warms further flowing past the warm gasifier itself. This preheated air adds substantial energy to the combustion, increasing the efficiency. Also notice the dual pipes exiting the gasifier; these are 3" pipes. They go into the settling chamber, expanding and slowing down. This causes them to release some of their energy to the heat exchanger, and some of the dust settles out. Gas exits near the top of this chamber, again in two 3" pipes, right into the cooling rack.</div>
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Another area of improvement is in the lid. I have the whole thing slanted to aid in draining condensate to a collection tank, and a new tight fitting lid is in the works. The lid I made used fiberglass stove rope gasket, which didn't fit particularly well, leaked air to the fire, and caused the gasifier to puff back a lot.</div>
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Time to get the old one off the truck. I emptied the gasifier, starting with the ash bin - which I have never emptied before. It was siliconed shut because of a severe air leak. That too is on the list.</div>
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The bin is an old ammo can:</div>
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Dump! Notice the wood block keeping the can from collapsing under vacuum:</div>
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A little too ash-y for my tastes. I would've rather seen more slipped char. It means my grate is not effective. I will be moving to a suspended grate with a grate shaker. The current grate from below:</div>
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Once I got it empty and disassembled, into the Metro it went, and up to the house. It comes apart easily into two halves:</div>
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I will be making lots of tweaks to the unit in the coming weeks, as well as building the new heat exchanger. Stay tuned!</div>
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When I got there, Wayne was running his bandsaw mill, an interesting contraption that he built out of old car parts. Sawing lumber provides a significant chunk of his income, and the scraps provide the wood supply for his trucks. We went for a ride in his latest truck, a Dodge Ram V10 with 4WD, which Wayne is using for a farm truck. At 8 liters, it's easily the largest engine converted to woodgas in the States. Firing up consisted of lighting a propane torch and sticking it in the hopper for a few seconds, running some blowers, removing the torch and filling with wood, and shut the lid. Within two minutes he said it was ready to fire. We loaded up a bale of hay, and took it several miles down the road to feed some cattle. The truck fired up on gasoline, and within a few seconds he switched over to woodgas. The truck ran smooth and had plenty of power. When we got to the cows, Wayne demonstrated the drains. He has three places he regularly drains condensate from, with plenty more places which can be opened when washing the system out. He only has to drain the system every 500 miles or so. He also has to clean out the ash bin every so often, which contains a mixture of charcoal bits and black char-ash powder.</div>
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I studied his trucks carefully and tried to determine the differences in his and mine. There were plenty. His system is built to last, and has the mark of a builder with a lot of experience. My system pales in comparison, since I don't know what I'm doing and I am relying on information found on the internet and elsewhere. But! Now that I've seen all that, I have a lot of things to implement on my own truck. I will be taking the long hard road, instead of trying to fix up what I have to where it will putt-putt around. I want a reliable daily driver like Wayne has. I think I have the info now.</div>
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In the next months I will be undoing a lot of the gasifier, to be re-done in a better way later. I will probably put the gasoline system back for now, so I can get some work done with the truck. Minor overhaul has escalated into major rebuild. But it will end up much better in the long run. Stay tuned for Part 2 of the gasifier saga.</div>
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Now the truck has a new battery, the leaks have been fixed and now...it still won't run. Confirmed good gas is present at the engine, battery is fully charged. It will start, and then die. Like it's getting too much air. I am continually tracking down the remaining leaks, but it hasn't gotten much better. Maybe there is one "big leak" that if I fix it then everything will be hunky-dory. It's possible, but I can't find it.<br />
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I took some photos of the current configuration. The Arduino is running the mixer servo manually right now:<br />
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The blower gets a switch:<br />
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Control wire to the servo goes into the dash:<br />
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The final filter has been painted, and turned 90 degrees:<br />
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I built a decent check valve, as usual with leftover scrap. Consists of 2 bolts, 2" pipe, cutout from a hole saw, and an old brass bathtub drain. Cost: $0.00. It works great. Air can go in, not out. It's not sealed perfectly, but it's good enough. <br />
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Installed. The old port is now just for lighting the gasifier.<br />
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Random shot. Can you tell? The lip is full of condensate. The truck is parked the wrong way for it to drain out. At least one of my welds is watertight.<br />
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Truck in the daytime. Note the blower pipe is missing. It's removable.</div>
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And finally, a video. You can hear the truck run and die. It does this consistently, given good gas. It's gonna be sweet to hear it run right. A lesson in patience.<br />
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It does seem to take a tremendous amount of wood. Unfortunately a lot of that wood goes right up the chimney, as heat and smoke. Extra wood to burn means more cost, extra splitting, extra storage, and possibly running out. What if there were a small cheap stove that got better "mileage" and was DIY friendly?<br />
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Let me introduce you to a true econobox, the Geo Metro of the stove world: the <a href="http://www.richsoil.com/rocket-stove-mass-heater.jsp">Rocket Mass Heater</a>. It's dirt-cheap and super efficient.<br />
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A Rocket Mass Heater (RMH) uses 80% less wood than a standard stove - AND - you only need to fire it once or twice a day. The large heatsink stores the heat from an small intense fire in the morning, and radiates this heat all day. The exhaust is only about 100 deg F. No smoke, just steam and CO2.<br />
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Here's what you're seeing in the picture: The wood and air go in through that little "bucket" in the foreground. The heat radiates from the 55 gallon drum, enough to heat a kettle of water on the top. And the large masonry bench is warmed by the exhaust, capturing all the energy before it goes outside. Comfy bench, hot barrel, wood in a hole. Got it.<br />
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The wood actually sticks out of the hole, but only the inserted end is burning. Flames from the end are sucked sideways into the heat riser. The heat riser is an insulated pipe where all the smoke burns at high temperature - this is the "rocket" part. The extreme heat creates a powerful draft which drives the system. This flows into a barrel which surrounds the heat riser, and back down into the base. The barrel serves to radiate some of the heat, and cools the gases, improving the draft. The exhaust gas enters a large thermal mass which stores all the heat remaining in the gas, and slowly releases it to the room.<br />
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The RMH is by far the cheapest stove you can build. You will need a 55 gallon drum, stovepipe, perlite, some firebrick and plenty of "cob" (clay + sand + straw). This is a triumph of DIY design over mass-production. Anyone can build one of these, operate it and get "extreme MPGs", so to speak. Read more about these at <a href="http://permies.com/">Permies.com</a>, get the book at <a href="http://rocketstoves.com/">Rocketstoves.com</a>, or just watch the videos on Youtube.<br />
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I plan to build one, it looks fun and very easy. Stay tuned...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-91792218723996501422011-10-12T09:01:00.003-04:002011-10-12T09:01:51.847-04:00The moment of truthAt long last I have gotten all the pieces of the gasifier in place. I haven't gone through the leakproofing yet, but everything is hooked up. Here's the plumbing under the hood:<br />
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The air cleaner still fits just fine:<br />
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The final filter for the woodgas, and the bilge blower:<br />
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The plumbing from under the truck:<br />
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Here you see the same pipe, going back to the hay filter. Further under there you can see the pipe from the condensate tank coming forward to the hay filter.<br />
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The pipe from the condensate tank, ready to go into the hay filter.<br />
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Again my oven-heating PVC trick, made a nice flange for this pipe. Metal window screen, this needs filling with hay.<br />
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Some hay for the filter. Used about a quarter of this.<br />
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All hooked up.<br />
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So I decided to flare some gas, and see what happened... It flared beautifully, although I could tell there was air getting past the leaks. Still, I went ahead and flared it under the hood - perfect flame, pointed right at the wires on the firewall...OK, enough of that! So the next step....I tried starting it: And it started. It ran a few seconds, and quit. I have to get the air leaks fixed, and advance the timing. But it ran, I heard it! It lives!!<br />
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I have run 3" PVC pipe from the condensate tank forward to the vicinity of the hay filter; this part isn't finished yet. I went ahead and started work under the hood, and I am facing several challenges. I would like to run as much 3" pipe as possible throughout the system, to avoid restrictions which will reduce performance later. Unfortunately, 3" PVC is big, and fittings are expensive and clunky. So I had to transition to 2" for the last bit.<br />
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I wanted to get a check valve for the front blower, to keep air from backing into the woodgas line and causing problems. I found a 2" check valve at Lowes; but the internal spring was too much for my bilge blower. I decided to make my own:<br />
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Keep an eyey on things, when it begins to droop, wait another minute and pull it out. For me this happened just as the oven got to temperature. I tried stretching it against the rack; this wasn't necessary, but you can see how flexible it is:<br />
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Immediately flatten it with a board; it will take whatever shape you press right then (I later made one to fit the side of a paint can). Let cool and it hardens up again. Voila! Flat PVC. No nasty smells, either.<br />
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It was a good idea - unfortunately, I found that even without a flapper in place, the PVC screen was too restrictive for my wimpy blower, and cut the airflow drastically. So I just am using a pipe cap for now, in lieu of a proper check valve.<br />
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I have to have a final filter for the gas, before it goes into the engine. This can be paper, or better - foam. I took a sheet and blew through it - it works fine. So how to get that surface area into a compact space? This is what I came up with:<br />
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A pipe in the middle of this paint can is drilled full of holes, and wrapped with foam. The gas flows into the pipe, through the foam and into the can (and on to the engine). Here's the pipe - note the flat PVC top:<br />
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And the foam:<br />
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Sealed with duct tape (low temperatures here):<br />
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Now I need the outlet pipe. I made another "oven piece" and wrapped it around the can. Then I cut a piece of pipe to fit the profile. This is tricky! I was going for a tangential entry, to help swirl the gas flow and spread out the suction. Here it is glued up:<br />
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It fits so:<br />
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That's all for today. Like I have said, it's a bunch little things that aren't very impressive, but put together it's a lot of learning for me. Baby steps...I <b>really </b>want to get this done, so please be patient - it will happen!Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-10005078482011714432011-09-27T16:53:00.002-04:002011-09-27T16:55:33.964-04:00At the IBMA in Nashville<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I am writing this from the lobby of the Renissance Hotel in Nashville, TN. We are down here for the annual IBMA business conference, representing the Wernick Method; here to answer questions and spread the word about jam classes. So far it's been slow, nobody has answered the ad in the program. But we are still here. The library is right across the street, and so we spent some quality time there catching up on things.<br />
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Ran into Jed Clark yesterday...one of the few people I ever met on Facebook, he plays lead guitar in a band called The Roys. Hopefully we will meet up when there's some time to pick. We also met up with Ira Gitlin, the very first Wernick Method teacher, and had a nice long chat.<br />
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Parking in Nashville is a headache...Of all the parking garages, several were full this morning, one was not clear how to pay for a spot, and the one we ended up with was $10, up 4 levels....with no elevator. Hopefully we will get in the library garage earlier tomorrow and we will be all set.<br />
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This year the hallways are open to the public, which is supposed to let people conduct their business without having to register for the conference. So this year we are in the hallways, waiting for someone to see the ad in the program and call for an appointment....Like I said, it's been slow so far. But it's only Tuesday, things may pick up later.<br />
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<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0Bridgestone Arena, 501 Broadway, Nashville, TN 37203, USA36.1591687 -86.778482636.146348700000004 -86.7982236 36.1719887 -86.758741600000008tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-23982040296513406902011-09-23T20:38:00.000-04:002011-09-23T20:38:25.575-04:00Plumbing the gasifier - Part 1I promised that the truck would be running just as soon as I get these little pieces in place. I have had to custom fabricate a number of my own fittings, like these you see here:<br />
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In the picture you see an oddball Y fitting, two homemade valves, and a pipe to the blower:<br />
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Notice all the flanges. Had to make those so that I can disassemble this later. Here's a homemade valve; involving a 16p nail and a scrap cutout from the hole saw:<br />
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You can see the blower is on there now. Much better setup than the demonstration. I still need to make a real support for it. But all this is in place now, and I am ready to flare gas. I want to get a little more pipe work done before I flare, though. There will be PVC under the bed, and a hay filter - next time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-66107888601994558822011-09-15T21:03:00.000-04:002011-09-15T21:03:14.827-04:00Pictures from KSUI had a great time at KSU's Third Thursday Thing program. Here are the pics:<br />
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They had asked me to come up and show off the gasifier in progress. This went as well as could be expected. Nobody got burned or inhaled too much smoke. The duct tape was not behaving as I would have liked, but we managed to get a flare going. The weather started out a little dreary at 9am:<br />
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Also on display was the MicroFueler [visible in the background]. Basically a $10,000 computerized moonshine still, which is "in beta". They were trying to get it to work when we had to go. Oh well.<br />
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By lunch it had cleared up, but the wind picked up, and made lighting the flare difficult. Plenty of interested folks!<br />
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It's not easy taking what basically amounts to a hot stove, emptying it, and putting in the car for the ride home. We kept the windows down for breathing sake.<br />
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The next step is hooking it all up...the part you've been waiting for. Just have to cross little hurdles, like getting some PVC pipe today. The hay filter and the gasifier installations come next. Then plumbing, gas mixer, Arduino.... it will be running very soon.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-57083814846423531242011-09-13T16:23:00.002-04:002011-09-13T16:23:37.368-04:00Gasifier demo at KSUI took the week off from gasifier work, but that doesn't mean I have been idle. Wernick Method classes are picking up this fall, and so I've been busier. We got some very much needed rain at the beginning of the week, and lately it has been much cooler and overcast. Very pleasant. Tomatoes are done now, they made a good run which we enjoyed very much.<br />
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On Thursday I have the opportunity to demonstrate the gasifier at KSU. They asked me to do a presentation, so I have been putting that together this week. This is what it looks like now - updated in realtime:<br />
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Last week I did take some time to paint the gasifier with hi-temp grill paint, it looks much better now:<br />
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And the cyclone is in place:<br />
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Cut a hole in the floor, for the ash bin to go through.<br />
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Connected the cooling rack downspouts to the plumbing under the bed - two different methods here:<br />
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Got a rotor with a 5" opening from the junkyard:<br />
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Trimmed to fit inside the gasifier:<br />
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And I made a test run with the new blower stand. Self sustained flare in 7 minutes! Even with all the futzing around I did... Hope it goes smoothly on Thursday.</div>
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I have to make sure it will all fit in the Suburban. If I disconnect the pipes, it should fit fine. Bringing plenty of duct tape and Silicone II sealant. I will try to get some pics while I'm up there. </div>
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I filled the gasifier up with charcoal, ashes and wood. Sort of a pre-fab woodgas ecosystem.<br />
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Wait and wait. Check the temporary seals for leaks. Wait some more. The smoke got thicker and thicker, and I tried lighting it:<br />
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Success!<br />
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If you can't see the flame, don't feel bad. The flame is nearly invisible in the daylight. Mostly you see a lack of smoke, and some wavy hot air. And hear a rumble of burning gas. Eventually the flare wouldn't light, because the duct tape had melted and there was too much air leaking in. I patched it up and verified that the flare worked once more. I need a better temporary seal - duck tape supposedly melts at around 130 degrees.<br />
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I really wanted to see the invisible flame, so I waited until dusk, and fired it back up:<br />
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You can see the flame much better now. It is orange-yellow, with a blue tinge at the bottom. This indicates some tar in the gas, not a good thing. But I am running it without the restriction in place, which means the fire is not as concentrated as it should be. It will get a little better once I have things finished up.<br />
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I shut off the blower for a minute. The gas is still under internal pressure, making a slow flame:<br />
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Here's a video I put together of the gasifier in action, with some footage in the dark. Toward the end, the flare is self sustaining:<br />
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Excited yet? I sure am. Just wait till I get an engine running on this! It won't be long now...Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-3684841374351021332011-08-24T14:36:00.000-04:002011-08-31T08:05:03.035-04:00Gasifier UpdateOK, you've probably noticed the progress has slowed a bit. I intentionally took the week off last week from gasifier work, to get some other stuff done. And now I'm back at it. Here's what's up so far:<br />
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~ The title to the truck has been restored, and I can now buy it and drive it.<br />
~ Stove rope gasket has arrived, more on that in a bit.<br />
~ Brakes on the truck are being repaired. I had to order all new parts for the rear brakes, and new axle seals.<br />
~ Bilge blower arrived. I will use this in the startup routine, probably to bring the gas through all the filters to the engine compartment.<br />
~ New lid is in place. I started with a trash can lid, which was flimsy and didn't seal well.<br />
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I now have a lid made from steel plate, and sealed with the stove gasket rope.<br />
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It seals well. I put it under pressure to check for leaks, and ran into a problem:<br />
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In case you can't see the video, the lid bounces. The pressure lifts the lid, escapes, and the spring bangs down the lid again, then it repeats, really fast. I managed to wire it shut tightly, and then the high pressure made a bunch of leaks show up. I test for leaks using soapy water, and this time there were plenty! So I have gone leak-hunting with GE Silicone, sealing up the cracks and hopefully stopping the major air leaks. Don't get it on your hands! Silicone does not wash off in water, and only a little better with hand cleaner. I didn't really know this, and I used my fingers to smear the silicone around...it gets sticky. When it dries it's slippery.<br />
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It won't be long before I am firing up the gasifier. And you can bet that I will document the process.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-33696743588355313022011-08-19T09:18:00.004-04:002011-08-31T08:05:49.713-04:00Smoked BrisketEvery now and then I get to contribute to the supper table; one of my favorite jobs is smoking brisket.<br />
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Start with a cow.<br />
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OK, let's skip ahead a little - meat is in the kitchen, night before: Rub the meat with BBQ dry rub, all over both sides.<br />
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The rub I used is from the Grassfed Gourmet cookbook (recipe below).<br />
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Meanwhile, start some wood chips soaking. I filled it at the bathtub:<br />
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So the next morning, it's time to light the smoker up. I use a charcoal chimney, and <a href="http://eatmorechili.blogspot.com/2011/08/charcoal.html">homemade charcoal</a>.<br />
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If there's no breeze, make one:<br />
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Soon enough, there's some smoke:<br />
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Add the coals to the firepan, and some of the wet wood. Fill the water-pan, and put the meat on the racks. Here's the redneck approved water-pan filler - not screwed together, just duck taped:<br />
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The tip fits between the bars of the meat rack, so I can fill it through the little door.<br />
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See the fire down there? One rack sits directly on the water pan, the other is right under the lid.<br />
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Now the long part: Tend and wait. Not too much tending, but keep a close eye on it. Especially the temp gauge. It should stay on the low side of "ideal":<br />
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I decided to make some more charcoal, while I was stinking up the place. Note the difference in the smoke:<br />
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The charcoal maker is producing some woodgas, along with normal blue smoke.<br />
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Elizabeth agreed to keep an eye on things for a minute.<br />
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The temps got a little higher than I wanted, and so I decided to check the meat with a thermometer.<br />
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Ack! Already at 152 degrees, and it's only 2pm. I found out later that the meat should have gone a bit longer, it was a bit underdone in the middle. Lower temps for longer are much better.<br />
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The first lift of the lid:<br />
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Meat on the pan - it shrunk!<br />
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Hours later. Finally time to slice into it:<br />
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One brisket went into the freezer, and we ate the other one. It went so fast, I forgot to get a picture of it. You can imagine, it was good eating. Serve with Stubbs' barbecue sauce and garlic potatoes.<br />
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<i>BBQ Rib Rub:</i><br />
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<i>1c chili powder</i><br />
<i>1/4c sugar</i><br />
<i>1/3c coarse salt</i><br />
<i>1/3c black pepper</i><br />
<i>1/4c paprika</i><br />
<i>1/4c oregano</i><br />
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<i>Combine all ingredients in quart jar, shake to mix. Apply liberally to meat before cooking.</i><br />
<br />Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1150555554414134057.post-64907695253258291422011-08-12T18:56:00.000-04:002011-08-12T18:56:03.539-04:00CharcoalI made charcoal yesterday. Here's how I went about it:<br />
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All my projects start off with a search on the Internet. This one didn't take long; making charcoal is easy and well understood. Still, I hadn't done it before, and I picked up some interesting ideas.<br />
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Charcoal is really just "cooked wood". You can make charcoal two ways; cook it indirectly, in a closed vessel heated from the outside; or you can fire it directly, burning some of the charcoal to cook the rest of it. I opted for the second way, since it is simpler.<br />
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My wood is from the gasifier fuel supply. It has been processed into 2" cubes with a hatchet. Plenty of it around for charcoal making!<br />
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I have a good vessel already; the top half of a hot water heater, leftover from building the gasifier. I set it upright full of wood, and made some air inlets at the bottom. A little diesel fuel got things going. In no time at all, there was smoke pouring out the top:<br />
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I was worried that it was going too fast, and burning up all the charcoal. So I closed the chimney some:<br />
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And it promptly began distilling tar. Plus a good bit of moisture:<br />
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OK, so I need to let it burn some more. Opened the air valves, and let it go about an hour....then I shut it down, assuming I was done. After it cooled down, I tipped it over, and found a lot of tarry brown wood. Only a little was charcoal. But as I was sorting through it all, the smoke started back up. I think the fire was trying to tell me something - It wasn't finished yet. Patience is a virtue.<br />
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So once more I assembled the cooker, and smoke came pouring out. I let it go a long time, maybe two hours. Then I put some dirt around the base, to seal the air holes and slow the fire down, but I left the chimney open. The fire continued on, eventually slowing down after a couple more hours. Once I saw that it was nearly finished, I closed off the vents again and left it for the night.<br />
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Here's what I found this morning:<br />
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Beautiful, well formed charcoal. There were still some unfinished pieces, I set them aside. I could have let it go even longer, and converted those too. All told, I got a heaping 5 gal bucket full:<br />
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So now I know how to make this. I think I could keep us supplied with some charcoal for the smoker and the gasifier. It's not hard - I could scale up to bigger batches quite easily. But for now I'll take it one bucket at a time.Anonymoushttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17187911124233757080noreply@blogger.com0