| Getting Oil |
Source |
Cost |
| 12V oil transfer pump: 7 gallons per minute |
harborfreight.com |
$160 approx. |
| home-made super sucker |
Murphy's Machines
|
$30 - 40 for plans |
| strainers: 400 micron for 5 gal bucket or 55 g drum |
Cary Company |
$5 - 35 |
| Titration |
Source |
Cost |
| isopropyl alcohol 99% |
Safeway or auto parts store |
$3 - 5 |
| syringes |
drug stores |
a few dollars |
| disposable pipettes |
ebay.com |
varies |
| lye or caustic soda |
Lowe's Hardware |
$7 for 16 ou. |
| lye in bulk- (caustic soda) |
Tarr Inc. |
$45.50 for 50 lb. |
| potassium hydroxide (caustic potash) |
AltPowerSources@aol.com (10 lb) or Tarr Inc. (55 lb) |
$133 for 55 lb bag |
| phenolphthalein 0.5% in isoprop. alc. |
All World Scientific |
$5.70 (1 ou.) |
| tumeric, mixed in 99% isopropyl alc. (as good as isoprop.alc) |
grocery store |
$5 |
| dropper bottles |
drug store or ebay |
a few dollars |
| balance: 600 g capacity, +/- 0.1 g |
ebay |
$100 approx. |
| balance: 7000 g capacity, +/- 1.0 g |
Utah Biodiesel Supply |
$35 |
| Processing |
Source |
Cost |
| electric water heater - 30 - 80 gallon |
Lowe's, Home Depot or used |
$340 new for 50 gal |
| extra low density element for water heater |
Lowe's or plumbingsupply.com |
$20 - 28 (120V or 220) |
| 15 - 80 gal conical polyethylene tanks for methanol or settling (with 1 in fitting at bottom) |
Puget Sound area, contact Mark: AltPowerSources@aol.com, Ag Enterprise Supply in Cheney, WA or plastic-mart.com
|
varies on size and company |
| Stand for conical tank |
homemade, or AltPowerSources@aol.com , Ag Ent Supply, or plastic-mart.com |
varies |
| Crane lift and barrel tongs for unloading methanol drum |
crane lift / barrel tongs or 12 V hitch lift at harborfreight.com |
$130 / $25 |
| stopcock for bottom of tank |
US Plastics, #17222 or use pipe fittings |
$10 |
| Carboys- 5 gal HDPE for methanol |
US Plastics, #75023 |
$12.42 |
| mixing pump (clear water pump) |
Harbor Freight, #1479 |
$35 |
| methanol (55 gal) |
Toys for Trucks* or Tarr Inc. |
$4.30 - $5/ gal (+35 deposit) |
| rotary chemical pump for methanol |
Northern Tool (#109932) |
$25 - $43 |
| pump w hose for methanol |
PumpBiz (Model HPE-1A) |
$138 |
| 12V marine utility pump for pumping finished fuel |
Harbor Freight |
$40 |
| hydrometer for testing methanol purity |
b100supply.com |
$26.95 |
| Washing |
Source |
Cost |
| pump, bubblers, stainless steel heater |
Utah Biod. Supply |
see website |
| aquarium heater |
aquarium store or ebay |
$20 - $30 |
| bucket heater (1000 W) |
Jeffers Equine |
$28.45 |
| Filtering |
Source |
Cost |
| water-block fuel filter |
Northern Tool |
$27 ($10 for replacement filters) |
| 5 micron water filter |
Lowe's Hardware |
$15 |
| filter housing |
farmtek.com |
$58 |
| replacement filters |
farmtek.com |
$6 |
| a few short pipe fittings to hook up fuel filter |
Lowe's hardware |
$10 |
| Miscellaneous |
Source |
Cost |
| graduated cylinders or beakers (various sizes) |
US Plastics |
$2 - $7 |
| eye goggles |
hardware store |
$5 |
| respirator mask (made for use w/ solvents) |
hardware store or ebay |
$20 |
| nitrile gloves (designed for use w/solvents) |
Harbor Freight |
$8 / box |
| hydrometer (range 0.7 - 1.0 specific gravity) |
b100supply.com |
$27 |
Seattle area suppliers:
AltPowerSources@aol.com (conical tanks, KOH)
Cascade Columbia Distributors (methanol, NaOH or caustic soda, KOH or caustic potash, sulfuric acid in 5 gal jugs)
6900 Fox Ave. S.
Seattle, WA. 98108
206-763-2350 - NOTE: You may need a biz license to buy from them
Univar (methanol, NaOH or caustic soda, KOH or caustic potash, sulfuric acid in 5 gal jugs)
8201 S 212th
Kent, WA. 98032
253-872-5000 - NOTE: You may need a biz license to buy from them
Advanced Toys for Trucks (methanol)
12803 Highway 99
Everett, WA. 98204
425-355-5299
Ag Enterprise Supply (conical tanks)
17005 W. State Route 904
Cheney, WA. 99004
509-235-2006
All World Scientific (phenolphthalein, pipettes, lab supplies)
17020 Tye St SE
Monroe, WA
(425) 672-4228
Harbor Freight (ball valves, tools)
5231 Evergreen Way
Everett, WA.
425-513-6213
Other locations in Kent (425-251-3107), Lacey (360-493-0689), and Tacoma (253-759-5402)
Nelson Petroleum (methanol)
1125 80th SW
Everett, WA. 98203
800-562-9882
Science, Art & More (lab supplies)
6417 Roosevelt Way NE
Seattle, WA. 98115
206-524-3795 or toll-free 866-524-3795
Tarr Inc. (methanol, NaOH, KOH)
4510 B St #B
Auburn, WA. 98001
253-859-2979
Verax Chemical (NaOH, KOH)
20102 Broadway Ave
Snohomish, WA. 98296
425-481-5353
Wilcox & Flegel Oil
2635 NE Kresky Ave
Chehalis, WA 98532
360-736-6164
wilcoxandflegel.com
