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  • Members: 6313
  • Category: Energy
  • Founded: May 3, 2004
  • Language: English
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Perhaps you have heated your house, cooked your food, or even warmed your hot water
with wood, but have not yet figured out a way to generate your electricity, or run your
internal combustion engines with it....yet.

Well, guess what? This isn't even new technology, and it is available for you to use today.
This technology, called gasification, can be used to make the functions of cooking,
and heating, far more efficient, too.

From as early as the 1700s people have been making a high quality combustion gas
from wood and other biomass. This gas is similar to propane, and natural gas. During
WWII, a million vehicles ran for years on this "Producer Gas." This is not an
undeveloped technology, but there is plenty of room for advancement,
in terms of developing ways to utilize it.

On this list we discuss ways of using this very effective, environmentally friendly technology, for many things, from simple campstoves, to running internal combustion engines for transportation and electrical generation, heating our homes and water more efficiently than standard wood stoves, boilers, and furnaces, and doing anything else, that natural gas or propane can do. The group purpose is to promote the sharing of knowledge about the many uses of, and means of production of WoodGas.

Members are encouraged to share their knowledge, and hands-on experience with the rest of us. Visit our "Files" section for how to build a simple high-efficiency, clean-burning, WoodGas cookstove in under an hour, and see the difference for yourself.

Heat, Gasification, Gasifier, Charcoal, Gasifying, Off Grid, Survival, Biofuel, Fuel, Campstove, Stove, Wood Heating, Coal, Electrical Generation, Alternative energy

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Re: Generac Shaft Taper
Hi David, Lapping only works if the small end of the crank shaft extends through the smallest part of the female bore. If not - a shoulder or step in the
Posted - Tue May 21, 2013 7:19 am
ron ohler
reoair
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Re: Generac Shaft Taper
... I have seen prop wheels (propeller on a power boat) break things due to a close, but not proper fit. It would be wise to lap the taper to match the shaft
Posted - Tue May 21, 2013 1:25 am
David G. LeVine
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Re: Argos Pix??
Hi Mike, Thanks. Steve Schaffer brought his Victoria kit to show the folks. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodGas/photos/album/1969917367/pic/2043193684/view
Posted - Tue May 21, 2013 12:04 am
sabbadess
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Re: Generac Shaft Taper
Pete, Here is the shaft adapter my machinist made for me today: http://tech.groups.yahoo.com/group/WoodGas/files/Sabbadess/ Use at your own risk!! This hasn't
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 11:49 pm
sabbadess
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Re: Generac Shaft Taper
Hi Tom, We'll see how things work for Andy. He is trying to bore an iron pulley to make a reduction drive for a 1800rpm generator to be driven by a 3600 rpm
Posted - Mon May 20, 2013 11:45 pm
ron ohler
reoair
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