Search...
Home Subscribe
Pie
Home Subscribe
Recent topics Flagged topics Hot topics Best topics
Search...
Search within books Search permies
Advance search Google search
Register / Login
gift
The Humble Soapnut - A Guide to the Laundry Detergent that Grows on Trees ebook by Kathryn Ossing
will be released to subscribers in: soon!
click here for details
  • Post Reply Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
permaculture forums growies critters building homesteading energy monies kitchen purity ungarbage community wilderness fiber arts art permaculture artisans regional education skip experiences global resources cider press projects digital market permies.com pie forums private forums all forums
Full online Permaculture Design course video Better wood heat kitty purple SKIP Paul in a cast iron skillet GMC website IC.org
this forum made possible by our volunteer staff, including ...
master stewards:
  • Nancy Reading
  • Carla Burke
  • r ranson
  • John F Dean
  • paul wheaton
  • Pearl Sutton
stewards:
  • Jay Angler
  • Liv Smith
  • Leigh Tate
master gardeners:
  • Christopher Weeks
  • Timothy Norton
gardeners:
  • thomas rubino
  • Jeremy VanGelder
  • Maieshe Ljin

Wood Gasifier Builder's Bible by Ben Peterson

posted 10 years ago
  • Likes 4
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator


Summery

From Amazon: "Turn wood into free fuel. The Wood Gasifier Builder's Bible is a step-by-step construction manual to build a powerful woodgas generator with advanced features, yet needing only a minimal build budget. Wood gasification extracts the stored sunlight in wood to create a gaseous biofuel rich in hydrogen. It's like having your own personal scale natural gas refinery.

How would you like to make your own free fuel... for life? Cut your utility bills, alt fuel vehicles and farm equipment or just go way off-grid. It's all possible using locally available wood you can pick up off the ground and a little known technology that helped kick off the Industrial Revolution. Does it work? It powered 1 million installations in Europe during WW2 and saved the continent. Now, this new book builds on those traditional WW2 designs and improves them dramatically with automation and advanced heat recycling for better performance and stronger, cleaner gas. This book is for you if you are a: biofueler, solar panel owner, back to the lander, off-gridder, hydrocarbon hacker, hydrogen enthusiast, prepper, patriot, survivalist, permaculturalist, welder, engineer, fabricator, blacksmith, wood worker, alternative fuel researcher, WW2 buff, inventor, tinkerer, or just a curious minded problem solver.

Finally a construction manual that spells it out step-by-step and divulges the secrets to the lost art of wood gasifier construction in easy to follow detail. A must-have book in your library. Do it right the first time and save enormous amounts of time and money. The Wood Gasifier Builder's Bible will show you how."

Where to get it

Permies Digital Market
Amazon.com
Amazon.ca
Amazon.co.uk
Amazon.com.au

Related Videos




Related Websites

Author's website
mention in Popular Mechanics.
Staff note (Nicole Alderman) :

You can now buy the ebook HERE on permies!

COMMENTS:
 
Amedean Messan
pollinator
Posts: 928
Location: Melbourne FL, USA - Pine and Palmetto Flatland, Sandy and Acidic
53
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Also check out his wood gas crash course videos in his channel on YouTube.



Those who hammer their swords into plows will plow for those who don't!

 
Ben Peterson
author
Posts: 49
9
posted 10 years ago
  • Likes 3
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Thank you for featuring the book. I think it's going to help a lot of people.
Cheers,
Ben

Learn how to make free motor fuel at home using wood. It's called wood gasification. It's a 100+ year old technology that powered 1 million vehicles during WWII. Learn more at http://woodgasifierplans.com

 
Cassie Langstraat
steward
Posts: 4047
Location: Montana
415
I like...
fungi books food preservation bee
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
This book is now on scubbly for only 37 bucks! Help out the empire and buy them through this link!

Operations Manager for Water Stories - a learning, training, and action platform dedicated entirely to Water Restoration

 
Giselle Burningham
Posts: 120
Location: Australia, Tasmania, Coastal, sandy, windy and temperate.
16
I like...
goat dog trees books chicken food preservation
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Question... I watched the videos, very interesting.. Probably beyond my skill set. ... I wonder how much it would be to buy a completed one from him??? . Thanks Giselle

property in Tas, Australia. Sandy / river silt soil.low ph. No nutrients due to leaching. Grazing country. Own water source. Zone 9b.

 
Amedean Messan
pollinator
Posts: 928
Location: Melbourne FL, USA - Pine and Palmetto Flatland, Sandy and Acidic
53
posted 10 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Giselle Burningham wrote:Question... I watched the videos, very interesting.. Probably beyond my skill set. ... I wonder how much it would be to buy a completed one from him??? . Thanks Giselle



Ben Peterson is the founder of Victory Gasworks but he recently sold his company. It's am not sure he is in the business anymore but I know others who are. Vulcan Gasifier makes their own systems here that perform similar function. If you want this particular build in the book than you might want to purchase the book and link up with a handy DIYer because it requires some machining/welding skills.

Those who hammer their swords into plows will plow for those who don't!

 
Bob Jordan
Posts: 8
2
posted 10 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Cassie
I have been waiting for this book for a couple of years glad to buy it.
You might post by the BUY link that it is a digital download copy not a hard copy book.
I missed it when I purchased thinking I was getting a book, download is still OK!
Thanks
Bob Jordan
 
Kris Arbanas
Posts: 91
Location: PNW
2
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
When I go through that link it takes me to quick express checkout but doesn't give shipping cost. How much for shipping to Canada?
 
Amedean Messan
pollinator
Posts: 928
Location: Melbourne FL, USA - Pine and Palmetto Flatland, Sandy and Acidic
53
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Kris Arbanas wrote:When I go through that link it takes me to quick express checkout but doesn't give shipping cost. How much for shipping to Canada?



It's a digital download so there is no shipping, it goes to your computer. If you want a hard copy I think you have to go to his website or Amazon.

Those who hammer their swords into plows will plow for those who don't!

 
Cassie Langstraat
steward
Posts: 4047
Location: Montana
415
I like...
fungi books food preservation bee
posted 10 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Bob Jordan wrote:Cassie
I have been waiting for this book for a couple of years glad to buy it.
You might post by the BUY link that it is a digital download copy not a hard copy book.
I missed it when I purchased thinking I was getting a book, download is still OK!
Thanks
Bob Jordan



I am sorry Bob. For anyone who wants to buy the physical copy, click here!!

Operations Manager for Water Stories - a learning, training, and action platform dedicated entirely to Water Restoration

 
Sean Henry
Posts: 86
Location: Independence, KY Zone 6A
3
7
I like...
forest garden wofati medical herbs
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Why do they have to use paypal? I would like to purchase the book but it will cost me about $150 due to having holds on my account since someone initiated a charge back almost two months after the sale (they received the product). Hopefully that issue will be resolved soon so I can purchase the book.

Check out the journey on creating a forest garden and living in an urban homestead at My Ky Homestead it's a work in progress.

 
Kim Hill
Posts: 93
5
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
This is super cool! It is now on my very long list of books to purchase. Hopefully I will be able to afford this one soon. It is now closer to the top of the list than most. Kim
 
Amedean Messan
pollinator
Posts: 928
Location: Melbourne FL, USA - Pine and Palmetto Flatland, Sandy and Acidic
53
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Admin: I need the purchasing link for Permies updated on this thread. Thanks.

Those who hammer their swords into plows will plow for those who don't!

 
Cassie Langstraat
steward
Posts: 4047
Location: Montana
415
I like...
fungi books food preservation bee
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Amedean, what exactly do you mean?

Operations Manager for Water Stories - a learning, training, and action platform dedicated entirely to Water Restoration

 
Amedean Messan
pollinator
Posts: 928
Location: Melbourne FL, USA - Pine and Palmetto Flatland, Sandy and Acidic
53
posted 10 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator

Cassie Langstraat wrote:Amedean, what exactly do you mean?



Odd, it was not working on my computer earlier. Oh well, thanks anyways! I guess my computer was being a stubborn mule.

Those who hammer their swords into plows will plow for those who don't!

 
Jake Parkhurst
Posts: 67
17
2
posted 10 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
8 out of 10 Acorns

This is an easy-to-follow, step by step guide to building your own gasifier. I haven't read up on how gasifiers work, but I sure know how to make one now. This harkens to my days of playing with k'nex and legos and those easily understood picture diagrams: each step has a picture of the assembly as it is built with zoom-ins of of the tricky parts. The pictures are great and the large font is nice on the eyes.

I would have liked a bit more information about how gasifiers work and what each part does what. As an engineer, I unable to modify (and, dare I say, possibly improve) the plans without any knowledge of the internal functions. However, I gathered from the introduction that the theory behind how they work is readily available online, but the actual building steps are vague and hard to find. So the book accomplishes its purpose, but for a second edition, it would be nice to learn a bit more about how they work.

Thanks for the +20,000 hours of experience that you are sharing with the world in book format Ben Peterson!
 
Abe Coley
pollinator
Posts: 403
Location: Missoula, MT
170
posted 9 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I've wanted to build one of these for a while. Perhaps this summer will be it!

My tree nursery: https://mountaintimefarm.com/

 
Giselle Burningham
Posts: 120
Location: Australia, Tasmania, Coastal, sandy, windy and temperate.
16
I like...
goat dog trees books chicken food preservation
posted 8 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Thanks for the link to amazon.. I need to buy the hard copy as I am giving to a mechanic to build it for us.. he is in the bush with no internet.. but before I buy this via amazon.. what am I missing not getting the e book as you list the following... ....******** New for 2015 ********
We just added a 26 page bonus set of assembly drawings. They are beautiful and go perfectly with the book. Enjoy!....

Thanks giselle

property in Tas, Australia. Sandy / river silt soil.low ph. No nutrients due to leaching. Grazing country. Own water source. Zone 9b.

 
Byron Gagne
pollinator
Posts: 139
32
5
posted 7 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
Bens Updated book is still on sale come Friday it'll be $38

http://www.woodgasifierplans.com/new
 
Nicole Alderman
steward
Posts: 21553
Location: Pacific Northwest
12040
11
I like...
hugelkultur kids cat duck forest garden foraging fiber arts sheep wood heat homestead
posted 4 years ago
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
You can now buy this here on permies! Linky-link to our Digital Market page!

~ Dragons, Fairies and even a Mini-Paul! ~ You Know You're a Permie When...~ All About Permies, including tutorials ~Herbal Hugel Spiral of Randomness!~Tricks to Keep the Dirt from Sliding off a Hugel~List of Cascadia Bloggers and Facebook Pages!~

 
Dave Dahlsrud
pioneer
Posts: 549
Location: North-Central Idaho, 4100 ft elev., 24 in precip
60
9
I like...
hugelkultur fungi trees books food preservation
posted 2 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
I give this book 8 out of 10 acorns.

I received my copy as part of a giveaway here on Permies back in the day and thought I'd share a review....finally.

It's super informative about all things wood gasifier, and has great illustrations/ instructions on how to recreate Ben's success building these marvels!  There are specs for getting parts machined along with contact information to purchase specialized bits and pieces.  I especially appreciate the step by step guidelines for making wood gasifiers reliable and efficient.  This is a great companion for anyone who is "off grid" but still relying on propane that want to actually be off grid!  Check it it's well worth the read!!!

Permaculture and Homestead Blogging on the Traditional Catholic Homestead in Idaho! Jump to popular topics here: Propagating Morels!, Continuous Brew Kombucha!, and The Perfect Homestead Cow!

 
Cody Greene
Posts: 7
I like...
fungi books bee
posted 2 years ago
  • Likes 1
  • Mark post as helpful
  • send pies
    Number of slices to send:
    Optional 'thank-you' note:
    Send
  • Quote
  • Report post to moderator
For those of us unable to currently do any welding, would those that have this book say it is still valuable information? I ask as someone that is looking to purchase a gasifier for my first one, rather than do a full build out the first go around. The remarks concerning a lack of theory have me wondering if I should throw the funds I would otherwise spend on the book, at the initial gassifier instead.

Getting off propane would be ideal, especially with slowly converting the woods around me into a coppice and silvopasture landscape.
 
Why fit in when you were born to stand out? - Seuss. Tiny ad:
Freaky Cheap Heat - 2 hour movie - HD streaming
https://permies.com/wiki/238453/Freaky-Cheap-Heat-hour-movie
reply
reply
    Bookmark Topic Watch Topic
  • New Topic
Boost this thread!
Similar Threads
More...