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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    sewerzuk , how often do you replace the nozzle (new one) they look well made to last just clean re use maybe change the O ring, I find better to replace less problems does anybody else just keep using the same nozzle? maybe i am doing something wrong in cleaning ?
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    I did the same thing to my boiler chamber, cut out a thick 16ga stainless back plate so I would not burn a hole in it. Also I found some like to use the Rex c 100 controller I found it to be unstable to use. prefer using the 612dc better built and more reliable testing a starbucks barista...
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    Help with a MIG welder problem

    Jayoldschool where did you find the manual
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    Help with a MIG welder problem

    looking for a manual for this unit
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    Help with a MIG welder problem

    i picked up this unit a few years ago from a garage sale (divorce) the wife selling it for 40 i thought why not .. its been sitting in a corner of my work shop for 4 years .. tired of using chinese junk looking to bring it back to life
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    how deep is your boiler maxre? mine is about 20" on a burnham boiler with 306 stainless 1/4 thick back plate to protect the boiler my nozzle is .70 spray you may need a .50 nozzle to keep the flame down I found i purchased a .50 nozzle and the flame was not great
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    After getting my boiler running last year. this year I noticed a lot of rust build up in the system .had to use a water softener, and jaccussi Stain and corrosion inhibitor with filters to get the rust out. I am amazed how clear the water is.. learned this from a friend down the road who...
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    sewerzuk, I also picked up a small thomas vacuum pump/compressor ebay, 107cx18 with a longer coupling. it will fit where the oil pump was.(AFG) may need to machine a plate between. hate hearing the larger compressor running $$$ not cheap in Eastern ontario
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    sewerzuk, I down sized nozzle from ,75 to .50 also cut off about 1 inch on the fin made it closer to the head ..less **** build up on the swirling really like the burnham v8 swing door for easy access. These past few weeks been brutal -40c nice not to have to lug wood, canola oil is...
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    Thanks Sewerzuk, like you I am also into playing with diesels (smaller engines).. how does your wife put up with it .. i am using the spray nozzle that came with the kit from ck burner think it is .7 i find it leave a bit of over spray. does the motor oil furnace you have burning leave the...
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    ended up tweaking the system running the preheat tank at 160f and the nozzle at 240f with a shut off solenoid on the tank to keep the oil from dripping . Also found the air psi needs to be adjusted depending on how hot the canola oil is. ditched the rex100 unreliable, went with as per ck...
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    well its -28 c outside built my boiler room started up my veggie waste oil burner
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    heating my shop with used motor oil

    I am building right now a waste oil boiler burnham v8 boiler with a beckett ag burner with a honeywell784p and a beckett clean cut pump ..using most of Sewerzuk design like to circulate the oil with the pump is this possible.. will be heating with washed veggie oil.. Sewerzuk do you have a...
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