Recent content by macgyverwannabe

I had a similar problem. I thought I had a good mist but apparently it was mostly air because of a partially plugged nozzle. Blew out the nozzle and it worked fine. Are you burning waste vegetable oil or motor oil? I light my WMO furnace around 190 to 200 F so 150 C would be high for WMO.

I have been running mine around 9 psi on my digital Harbor Freight gauge. Not sure I trust it though. I'm going to switch to a good ole needle gauge. Anyway, my furnace runs great. I may be reading your post incorrectly, but it sounds like you aren't getting warm enough air into the room...

I know this is a late post, but I thought I'd share the mods on my Clarke Cabinet which is just a Harbor Freight cabinet in disguise. To vibrate the hopper I use a bed ******** I found. I did dremel out the media feed of the gun to open it up and smooth the flow. For light I use a small...

Be sure you don't have a partially plugged nozzle. When I first tried to fire mine I had an oil mist but it just wouldn't fire. I finally discovered that even though I had a mist, there wasn't sufficient fuel in the mist to fire. I blew out the nozzle and it worked beautiful. Since it was a...

I agree with sewerzuk. Get one of the nozzles or do a lot of research. I am capable of building my own heater block, but didn't realize the passages necessary until I got a ckBurner block and nozzle. I hope to get my WMO siphon heater fired tomorrow for the first time. I started with a...

Great video. I picked up some pointers.

I have a PID that will control the furnace operation, I was just hoping to save a buck. Thanks for your input.

Good point about making sure the oil temperature is at the correct temperature before firing. One of my water heater thermostats has one normally open and one normally closed contact so I think I can wire in the correct circuitry. I was thinking I could start the tank heater at the start of...

sewerzuk, This could be the longest thread ever. :bowdown: I tried the pressure nozzle route the last couple years and am not pleased at all with the outcome so I am getting ready to switch to siphon. I ran on to a couple water heater thermostats in my 'stuff' today and got to wondering why...

Gotta love the Urban Dictionary. :bounce::bounce:

I would give my left...ah, you fell in the blank, for a Corvette and I will probably have to in order to own one. Your shop is way to clean, you need to leak a little oil on the floor so it looks like you work on cars.

Greetings from Oregon. Been around longer than I would like to admit and have built cars in everything from my front yard to my current shop. The one thing I have learned is that for the true DIY car guy there is never enough room, no matter how big a shop you have. :thumbup:

hofferwood: I like how you set up your intermediate pullies. I'm going to have to look at mine and see if that is an option. It runs way to fast for large bits.