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Biodiesel Class, Oct 1 and 2, Atascadero Ca

Steve Spence

2005-09-22, 12:21 pm

Girl Mark's Biodiesel teaching schedule:

I'm teaching a couple of classes coming up: Atascadero, Ca, Oct 1 and
2, and Seattle, Wa, Oct 15 , and an equipment build in Seattle on the
16th.

I'll have an announcement for the Seattle classes posted later today,
but wanted to get the California one out of the way first:
*********************************
Biodiesel Homebrewing Workshop: October 1 and 2, 2005, 10am -5 pm
Four Elements Farm, Atascadero, CA cost: sliding scale $60-120 ,
optional handbook available: $15

Contact Caroline@elementalherbs.com to register.

Learn how to make your own clean burning diesel fuel alternative and
how to build the processing equipment to do so....

This is a comprehensive, hands-on workshop on making homebrew
biodiesel fuel out of waste restaurant fryer oil. There location is
beautiful Four Elements Farm- last year's workshop was a very fun
two-day event with good food throughout, and time for socializing
after Day 1. We're serving lunch both days.

We will make some processor equipment during a portion of Day 2, which
some students will be taking home. If you would like to build a
processor to take home, please see end of this message for more
details. We'll be looking at the instructor's mobile system, and
running a small batch. Most of the class focuses on the chemistry
behind biodiesel homebrewing and quality control, and we'll be doing a
lot of `lab' work making test batches and variations on different
formulas. This is a fast-paced class, and I recommend that you read
this website first: www.biodieselcommunity.org

To register:
Contact caroline@elementalherbs.com or Caroline Duell 805.235.4521

FOOD: Vegetarian lunch will be provided both days. If there are any
food allergies, please let me know ahead of time. If you have a
garden or a farm, please feel free to bring excess harvest, and we
will incorporate it into the whole foods meals.

ACCOMODATIONS: Anyone coming from afar (or near) can find hotels near
by in Atascadero. If you are interested in camping, you are welcome
to stay on our farm. Please let us know in advance, and we will work
out details for sleeping and other meals (dinner and breakfasts).

WHAT TO BRING: Weather is completely unpredictable in October- likely
hot sunny days and cold nights, rain possible, so be prepared for
anything. If you have them, we can always use a few extra pipe
wrenches, large channel-lock pliers, or electrical wiring tools
(screwdrivers, pliers) would be nice to use on Day 2, thanks!

**** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****

NOTES FOR THOSE BUILDING A PROCESSOR TO TAKE HOME:

We can build equipment for a few people to take home- a biodiesel
processor from this processor web page:
www.biodieselcommunity.org/appleseedprocessor

Parts and cost:
Mark will be picking up the pump and plumbing parts for those who
pre-pay for equipment by Wednesday Sept 28. Students have to provide
their own electric water heater- it can be new or used. The plumbing
for a processor costs about $200, paid to the instructor in advance.
Please read the appleseed processor web page for more info about the
system.

Alternately, you could order an Appleseed processor parts kit (any
one) from www.biodieselwarehouse.com, www.b100supply.com, or
www.utahbiodieselsupply.com, but it's possible that these businesses
are back ordered at this time.

Please note: I do not want students to pick up their own parts at the
hardware store, because the equipment building portion of the seminar
is short and if someone buys the wrong items it can be time-consuming
to sort them out during the seminar.

If you would like to build a system, please do the following:
a. contact oct2class@girlmark.com by Wednesday Sept 28 (please note
this is NOT the same as the email for registering for the course-
please email caroline to sign up for the class in general)
b. Send Mark money for plumbing- $200: please use PayPal and my
paypal.com account: wrench@tinkersworkshop.org . This buys you
processor parts. We will also build a wash tank but we may not have
metal barrels for students to take home- I'll let you know on
Wednesday the 28th.
c. Bring an electric water heater- this can be about $225 at hardware
stores, or can be free at the dump or from a plumber. Old ones are
fine, they don't' usually leak, and we'll be cleaning out the
limescale. Gas ones don't' work for this application…
d. If you can't carry a water heater in your vehicle, you have the
option to just build the plumbing assemblies/wire the pump, and to
finish the system at your home later. We'll have a few pipe vices to
work from.

Girl Mark

--
Steve Spence
Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html

GeekBoy

2005-09-22, 4:21 pm

"Steve Spence" <sspence@green-trust.org> wrote in message
news:fBzYe.11417$H24.6389@fe11.lga...
> Girl Mark's Biodiesel teaching schedule:
>
> I'm teaching a couple of classes coming up: Atascadero, Ca, Oct 1 and
> 2, and Seattle, Wa, Oct 15 , and an equipment build in Seattle on the
> 16th.

I think it would be better held in Fresno as that is the center of Ca. The
state holds many classes and workshops there due to its central location to
all of Califorina.

>
> I'll have an announcement for the Seattle classes posted later today,
> but wanted to get the California one out of the way first:
> *********************************
> Biodiesel Homebrewing Workshop: October 1 and 2, 2005, 10am -5 pm
> Four Elements Farm, Atascadero, CA cost: sliding scale $60-120 ,
> optional handbook available: $15
>
> Contact Caroline@elementalherbs.com to register.
>
>
> Learn how to make your own clean burning diesel fuel alternative and
> how to build the processing equipment to do so....
>
> This is a comprehensive, hands-on workshop on making homebrew
> biodiesel fuel out of waste restaurant fryer oil. There location is
> beautiful Four Elements Farm- last year's workshop was a very fun
> two-day event with good food throughout, and time for socializing
> after Day 1. We're serving lunch both days.
>
> We will make some processor equipment during a portion of Day 2, which
> some students will be taking home. If you would like to build a
> processor to take home, please see end of this message for more
> details. We'll be looking at the instructor's mobile system, and
> running a small batch. Most of the class focuses on the chemistry
> behind biodiesel homebrewing and quality control, and we'll be doing a
> lot of `lab' work making test batches and variations on different
> formulas. This is a fast-paced class, and I recommend that you read
> this website first: www.biodieselcommunity.org
>
> To register:
> Contact caroline@elementalherbs.com or Caroline Duell 805.235.4521
>
> FOOD: Vegetarian lunch will be provided both days. If there are any
> food allergies, please let me know ahead of time. If you have a
> garden or a farm, please feel free to bring excess harvest, and we
> will incorporate it into the whole foods meals.
>
> ACCOMODATIONS: Anyone coming from afar (or near) can find hotels near
> by in Atascadero. If you are interested in camping, you are welcome
> to stay on our farm. Please let us know in advance, and we will work
> out details for sleeping and other meals (dinner and breakfasts).
>
> WHAT TO BRING: Weather is completely unpredictable in October- likely
> hot sunny days and cold nights, rain possible, so be prepared for
> anything. If you have them, we can always use a few extra pipe
> wrenches, large channel-lock pliers, or electrical wiring tools
> (screwdrivers, pliers) would be nice to use on Day 2, thanks!
>
> **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** **** ****
>
> NOTES FOR THOSE BUILDING A PROCESSOR TO TAKE HOME:
>
> We can build equipment for a few people to take home- a biodiesel
> processor from this processor web page:
> www.biodieselcommunity.org/appleseedprocessor
>
> Parts and cost:
> Mark will be picking up the pump and plumbing parts for those who
> pre-pay for equipment by Wednesday Sept 28. Students have to provide
> their own electric water heater- it can be new or used. The plumbing
> for a processor costs about $200, paid to the instructor in advance.
> Please read the appleseed processor web page for more info about the
> system.
>
> Alternately, you could order an Appleseed processor parts kit (any
> one) from www.biodieselwarehouse.com, www.b100supply.com, or
> www.utahbiodieselsupply.com, but it's possible that these businesses
> are back ordered at this time.
>
> Please note: I do not want students to pick up their own parts at the
> hardware store, because the equipment building portion of the seminar
> is short and if someone buys the wrong items it can be time-consuming
> to sort them out during the seminar.
>
> If you would like to build a system, please do the following:
> a. contact oct2class@girlmark.com by Wednesday Sept 28 (please note
> this is NOT the same as the email for registering for the course-
> please email caroline to sign up for the class in general)
> b. Send Mark money for plumbing- $200: please use PayPal and my
> paypal.com account: wrench@tinkersworkshop.org . This buys you
> processor parts. We will also build a wash tank but we may not have
> metal barrels for students to take home- I'll let you know on
> Wednesday the 28th.
> c. Bring an electric water heater- this can be about $225 at hardware
> stores, or can be free at the dump or from a plumber. Old ones are
> fine, they don't' usually leak, and we'll be cleaning out the
> limescale. Gas ones don't' work for this application…
> d. If you can't carry a water heater in your vehicle, you have the
> option to just build the plumbing assemblies/wire the pump, and to
> finish the system at your home later. We'll have a few pipe vices to
> work from.
>
> Girl Mark
>
> --
> Steve Spence
> Dir., Green Trust, http://www.green-trust.org
> Contributing Editor, http://www.off-grid.net
> http://www.rebelwolf.com/essn.html

Jim Baber

2005-09-22, 7:21 pm

Jim Baber agrees:
GeekBoy wrote:

>"Steve Spence" <sspence@green-trust.org> wrote in message
>news:fBzYe.11417$H24.6389@fe11.lga...
>
>
>I think it would be better held in Fresno as that is the center of Ca. The
>state holds many classes and workshops there due to its central locationto
>all of Califorina.
>
>
I agree, and I live there. By the way, accommodations and food prices
here are the most reasonable in CA. Fuel costs today for Regular gas
seemed commonly available at $2.899 4 places within 2 miles of home.

Since it is a major agricultural area, you should be able to get a lot
of local interest from the farmers. Try contacting the people that put
on the Fresno Agricultural show and the Tulare Agricultural show
(largest in the world) for possible mailing lists. The farmers are among
the worst hit by the shortages and high prices of diesel.

>
>
>
>

Paul

2005-09-22, 7:21 pm

"Jim Baber" <jim@baber.org> wrote in message
news:lOednd83GpDxt67eRVn-pQ@comcast.com...
Jim Baber agrees:
GeekBoy wrote:

>"Steve Spence" <sspence@green-trust.org> wrote in message
>news:fBzYe.11417$H24.6389@fe11.lga...
>
>
>I think it would be better held in Fresno as that is the center of Ca. The
>state holds many classes and workshops there due to its central location to
>all of Califorina.
>
>
I agree, and I live there. By the way, accommodations and food prices
here are the most reasonable in CA. Fuel costs today for Regular gas
seemed commonly available at $2.899 4 places within 2 miles of home.

Since it is a major agricultural area, you should be able to get a lot
of local interest from the farmers. Try contacting the people that put
on the Fresno Agricultural show and the Tulare Agricultural show
(largest in the world) for possible mailing lists. The farmers are among
the worst hit by the shortages and high prices of diesel.

>
>
>
>
There is something about farmers growing the biodiesel to run their
own tractors that seems sooo right.

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