My current setup thats fixing to get a major overhual.

[Josh Carmack]

I'm tired of making messes, got piles of dirt everywhere soaking up oil. Tired of clogged jets, and really tired of spills and splashes getting on everything. Spilled/sprayed a quart or two all over everything last night. So figured I'd post some pictures of everything before it all gets a major overhaul.

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Photo one is the adjustable relief and distribution manifold. Photo Two is a wide shot of the current rig. Three is the heart of the unit. And photot four is the current pump setup. Notice the spill directly around it thats from the repeated clean outs the other day.

Since I'm going to be off most of next week, I'll be finishing out my belt driven fuge.

 

[89Laredo]

How often do you have to clean that little centrifuge? In going to do a wmo setup eventually with this.

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[Josh Carmack]

Too often, and the capacity and G-seconds are very low compared to larger units. Woke up this morning to one totally clogged unit, and the other was running on one jet. Already built one direct drive 10" unit with a buddy, and he is waiting on me to get time off to build mine. My new fuge will be built off of a 10" GM Torque converter a hollow shaft, and a belt drive. Gonna shoot for 6000 RPM. Oil retention time is only 5 seconds with these little fuges, and G seconds is 10,000. G's X retention time. Our current DIY unit is pushing 3300 G's, so thats already 1300 over these little things, then with a capacity over 100oz and a very slow feed rate we are running it at 1.8 Million G seconds. My unit will (if it doesn't destroy itself) be pushing 6000RPM for a total of over 10,000 G's, and it'll work out to 5.6 million G seconds. I'm going to assume at that amount of force and time, very little thinner will be needed to make the solids drop out and as well as emulsions and dissolved water.

 

[Brad S.]

Josh, thanks for the pics, think it helps for everyone in planning what they could do next.
Funny you should talk about piles of dirt, I've got piles of floor dry. We have cats, don't get me wrong I like em, they keep mice away.
But they add extra oil absorbing items in the piles of floor dry.

 

[FarmerFrank]

How often do you have to clean that little centrifuge? In going to do a wmo setup eventually with this.

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Thats the exact fuge i run! get yours from a truck too?? mine has a port for an air line but ive never put air into it and it seams to work fineat 40-90psi

 

[89Laredo]

Off of a 90 something t800.