David,
Thanks for the warning, I only work outdoors with it so the accumulation of enough vapors is highly unlikely, was your friend working outdoors?
Thanks,
Arthur
  ----- Original Message ----- 
  From: David Dalbey 
  To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
  Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 3:26 PM
  Subject: Re: biodiesel

  PLEASE BE CAREFUL!! I have a friend that now brews it for resale several hundred gallons at a time.  When he started out he was doing a small quantity, stirring it with an electric drill & paint stirring attachment & had a little explosion when vapors were ignited by a spark on the drill.  Lost a good portion of his arm hair.  Since then he's been using compressed air rather than electric!

  David

  ----- Original Message ----- 
    From: Arthur Sauerhaft 
    To: vanagon@GERRY.VANAGON.COM 
    Sent: Thursday, July 12, 2001 11:42 AM
    Subject: biodiesel

    Hey all you volks interested in biodiesel check out:
    http://journeytoforever.org/biodiesel_link.html
    all the resources are on this page
    I also ordered my scale and 50ml beakers also syringes (with 1ml gradations)
    and droppers from Delta-ed.com. Got some big buckets and big rubber gloves
    ( the heavy black kind) at a local restaurant supply.You also need a paint
    stirrer (the small kind for an electric drill), methyl alcohol from a local
    speed shop, and pure lye (Red Devil  works fine , don't use Drano crystals
    it has aluminum added)BE CAREFUL and feel free to ask more.
    -Arthur

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