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#1

first runs on latest project here is a couple of pictures take a guess on whats going on.try to ignore the crap on the left scrap is so low I cant bring my self to get rid of it .

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#2

Turbo meat smoker? …,…

#3

there is smoke but no meat good guess

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#4

trying to make woodgas from a stump?

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#5

that would be a good one but no here is another pic

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#6

You are making biochar inside the barrel.
Bob

#7

no biochar for this set up bob I haven’t seen it done on this site but a link was posted at some time.

#8

You have a barrel full of cats and pumping in woodgas to prove there is more than one way to kill a cat :grin:

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#9

wayne im beginning to think you aren’t joking about miles perr cat :grinning: thanks for that one.

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#10

That’s a thermal barrel cracker – if I ever seen one…

#11

jeff I would say your right and the stock being cooked.

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#12

Does the alcohol, tobacco and firearms people know about this?

edit: oh too late, Jeff already guessed it.

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#13

thanks for playing anyway don. I figured a still would of come up sometime.

#14

Ahh, the old old tire cooker…! That sure would be a nice way to get rid of some of my old tires…

#15

that’s what I was thinking and it seems to produce about a gallon of oil per tire that will be burnt in the shop and im gona half to change my profile jeff davis in union city,pa that does look good.

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#16

What is the oil like? Some of the tires I have are nylon, I guess they would also have oil.

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#17

from what I have found on this magic machine the oil is close to #2 fuel oil and it is thin but burns but it stinks not while cooking but the actual oil has a burnt diff oil smell . I hope it don’t in the oil burner.

#18

I hope you will be sharing the design of this. I have been thinking of a way to better utilize the old tires around. I understand plastic waste can also be reduced back to oil as well.

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#19

there is a few videos on u tube look up tire oil retort I didn’t realize there have been industrial size unit operating for years. but after looking at all info it works like a still you heat a air tight container condense the smoke oil drops out feed the remander back to the fire its a gas like we are producing to help the process keep going.

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#20

Where do you think the cat went that was on his bed the other day?

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