Archive for the 'Making Biodiesel' Category



Recently I was showing someone my processor and they asked where I got all the parts and pieces for my setup. I was later thinking about the trips to Home Depot and my favorite local plumbing store. For me, those are fond memories of laying out all the parts on the floor to make sure […]

How great would it be to have a fuel station right in your garage? Its easier than you thought. Check out this barrel top pump. Just think of how easy it would be to fuel up your diesel in the privacy of your own garage. Bathrobe and slippers? No problem!
Now stretch a bit and […]

I bought this Goldenrod Water Block Filter with 3/4″ Fittings from Northern Tool to see how it works. It should arrive in a few days. I’m hoping that it will be a good filter for the final pull from barrel to the car. Once if finish making biodiesel, I want a filter that will […]

The workhorse of the whole “making biodiesel” process is right here: The Northern Industrial Cast Iron Clear Water Pump.
If you follow the design from the fantastic “girlMark” book and the great Biodiesel Community web page, you can get one of these babies to run the whole show. From pumping in the feed oil to pumping […]

Well I added some more samples to my super scientific winterization experiment. I was stoked to try some new concentrations in the current samples and to get some petrol diesel cuts in to the cold. In my reading and study on the boards and biodiesel pages it seemed that everyone was all a buzz about […]