Thread: Oil burning shed heaters

Originally Posted by p38arover

It looks like I'll need to hire some Oxy/Acetylene bottles. I have the torches but I gave it up years ago because of the cost of bottle rental.

$405 for 3 bottles/annum

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Good to see the thread is giving some inspiration.
Keep up the posts guys
Thanks
Andrew

If this thread wasn't created my oil burner would have ended up as scrap I also need a good heater in my work shop and with the amount of used oil about it will be a low cost heater indeed

Will be interesting how mine goes with the mix of waste oils here. Everything from Hydraulic oil, Auto oil, Engine oil and gear oil 85/140 Now all mixed together

Originally Posted by p38arover

I think this one is better: Roger Sanders' Waste Oil Heater

yes I agree....I read this last night and have to agree that he seems to have solved the problem of 'controlability' with no pre-heated oil and the enlarged shallow bowl....makes sense to me and he appears to be able to regulate the heat far better than the Mother earth one

Originally Posted by LandyAndy

Surely an AULROian close to you could assist with cutting or letting you use their gear???
Andrew

I'm sure I could use the oxy gear at a local LR or LPG workshop. I'm happy to pay for a bottle refill.

Originally Posted by Rangier Rover

Well the lid is on, we have the door cut out and the intake is in. The elbow on the intake is intended to point as the flue that will heat the air and oil drip line that will be wrapped around it.
I'm going to try an air gap in the oil line after the control valve to help with flow stability as this thing heats up.

You must be on a farm - lots of old bits of steel around!

I wonder if one could use a plow/harrow disc for the burner rather than having to turn up a conical one.

Originally Posted by RobHay

yes I agree....I read this last night and have to agree that he seems to have solved the problem of 'controlability' with no pre-heated oil and the enlarged shallow bowl....makes sense to me and he appears to be able to regulate the heat far better than the Mother earth one

The secret is to have your control valve in the oil line in a spot well before the oil gets hot. My heater has no oil preheating coil but relies on the oil being heated when it trickles onto the feed trough in the primary burner pan. The valve as you can see in the photo below is just an inch or so below the top of my primary burner and I have very little problem with viscosity change due to the oil getting hot.



It used to be even further below the pan until I made my last lot of changes. When I shortened my Secondary burner tube, this lowered the heater, I should have also lowered the valve. Unfortunately I didn't think to do it at the time, and now it will have to wait until the end of winter, when I will lower it down to the elbow, which is as far as i can go without making the valve inconvenient to reach in normal operation.

Another possibility for a dished bowl for your heater, is by using the bottom of a discarded smaller sized LPG cylinder.

Originally Posted by p38arover

You must be on a farm - lots of old bits of steel around!

I wonder if one could use a plow/harrow disc for the burner rather than having to turn up a conical one.

Hillman hubcap? Seems to be stainless and solid.

Originally Posted by abaddonxi

Hillman hubcap? Seems to be stainless and solid.

I no longer own any Hillmans. However, I do have a set of Moon discs for them.