Tractor with gas?

Goran, this is the “guilt” of JO, who mentioned the problem when welding thin metal in his Volvo, but I thought that the cooling of the condensation surface could be improved in this way. At first I thought of welding fins on an aluminum strip and attaching it to the surface, but I couldn’t find a sheet long enough, so this is what happened. The design is not the best, there is room for imagination, you Goran have an artistic soul. :stuck_out_tongue_winking_eye::grin:

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Ha! Ha!
I prefer to think of it as a functional add-on.

Two old, old apt sayings here:
“If It don’t go fast, just chrome it instead.”
" Pretty is; as pretty does."

Fancies just for fancy is the sign a fellow/gal has too much time, resources, or itches that can’t be scratched.
S.U.

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Well, i don’t meant to make fun of anything in your build, just a little fun of Sean’s joke about putting led’s in it :smiley:
By the way i think those added fins would work, good idea to put them vertical, should give a slightly “chimney effect”?
Maybe some heat transition paste would benefit, are available for heat sinks for electronics, maybe if the edge are sealed with some silicone, so the paste don’t run down because of rain?

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The possibilities are endless!!
The Neopixel lights are red green blue (RGB) leds with an integrated driver. You control each one individually so pretty much any color or pattern you want and if you want to change it, you can. Like you could be have the world’s first UFO Gasifier mood ring. Which although out of the scope of the tutorials is pretty handy, you have your wife wear the ring and it communicates to the gasifier what mood she is in so you know whether it is safe to come in, or whether you should fidget with the gasifier longer. :slight_smile:

they come in all sorts of configurations.

They aren’t super hard to program, and there are libraries that will do some animations for you.

So while I am joking, it would be kind of cool.

For those folks, you need this

And an animation of your middle finger going up. :slight_smile:

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Goran, I know you’re an honest man and you don’t make fun of work, but you respect it, well, it’s good to occasionally interrupt the strict technical work with some “manly” joke, the atmosphere becomes more pleasant. :grinning:

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Bah. If you want to draw attention to your vehicle just put a sign on it. Steal Me and you won’t have to buy gasoline. Youall remember that movie, The Road Warrior?

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Thanks Tone, great idea. With conducting paste between the fins and hopper it will give the same effect as welding. Gonna try this.

Btw, i like sleeper cars more then the spoilered versions that stay far behind at when the traffic light turns green. Remember that old Volvo playing with a motorbike :grinning:

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Yesterday I quickly adapted the circular for the tractor, an electric motor is also installed, which, with the addition of capacitors, would enable the production of electricity somewhere in the field.
I’m probably a little vain with these contributions, aren’t I , JO?

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Not vain Tone. Interesting and sometimes fascinating. The more functions you can get a machine to perform the better. Your tractor is not a Unimog yet but getting there a little at a time. I guess you can tell what I have always lusted after. If we were anywhere near each other I have a 3500 watt Gen head I would give you to mount on that tractor.

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It reminds me of a swiss army knife, very good, I wish I had half your skills.

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I agree with TomH.
Not vain at all. Capable.
The tractor machine power-source system. Only ever needing an Independent fueling source.

The man working his system. At 5:00 showing even with power multiplication the man will still be work sweating out for his results. Ha! 5:17 the woodgas system final use drying the work-sweat soaked clothing.

Not vain at all to show/say: Here, I show you that I can. That, You can too.
Best Regards
Steve Unruh

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What others said - not vain at all. I love vidoes like that. Keep them coming.
Funny, your last scene drying clothes - I just recieved this pic from a friend. The roof rack cooler becomes a bicycle holder and the hopper a shoe drier :smile:

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Tone,
Please tell us more about your torification process. I can see two blue barrels. Only use sun for heat? 200-320°C?
Rindert

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He starts a small fire at the bottom of the barrel and puts the chips and chunks over the fire. Imagine starting a charcoal burn and not letting it completely char the wood.

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Thanks Cody, well written. In the inner barrel, the bottom burns slightly and this heat overheats the rest of the wood, steam and smoke comes out at the top through the chimney. Everything happens at about 200°C, which I control with the air supply, I seal both barrels below with sand. To finish the process, I seal the chimney with a cloth, or shake the contents into a barrel with a lid, where it cools and goes out. During this preparation of wood for fuel, minimal energy is lost, and the gas from this fuel is really very caloric and dry at the exit, you will probably laugh if I say that it is too strong for my tractor, so now I only use some of this fuel and raw dry wood , I want somewhat moist gas because I have found that moisture prevents detonations at full load.

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Not laughing. Moisture in the air/fuel mix slows down combustion, and actually increases fuel octane rating. This is old.
Some wwii fighter planes would inject water for extra power.
Rindert

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Jump up and let’s ride through the field…

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sorry mr Wayne, but I used your words, …. :grin::woozy_face:

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The tractor is purring like a cat! Thanks for the video Tone.

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Thank you for the ride Tone.
Does those pieces of aluminium help? Have you noticed a difference?

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