You'll want to make sure that the oil has been degummed (lecithin gums removed). That's a tuff one to insure even with SVO. Even most of the distributors of fryer oils to restaurants are clueless as to whether or not the oil is degummed. The stuff is murder on deep fat fryers.
Lecithin, while in light doses can behave as a mold release or lubricant, tends to congeal at moderate to high temperatures and build up over time. Most people have seen the end result of lecithin exposed to higher temps on their kitchen bakeware. The same would occur on a chainsaw bar in the areas most prone to heat buildup. Doesn't mean the oil can't be used, just that the bar will have to be monitored tacky gum residue and possibly cleaned with greater frequency. Todd Swearingen ----- Original Message ----- From: T. Gray Shaw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <biofuel@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 1:13 PM Subject: Re: [biofuel] Thanks Kieth > Thanks for the tip about using veggie oil as bar oil, Hakan. I'm gonna try > that. I bet you could use coarsely filtered WVO. > > Fungi Perfecti (http://www.fungi.com/) in Olympia, WA sells > spore-inoculated bar oil, one for softwoods and one for hardwoods. Saves a > step when you're gonna grow culinary shrooms on logs. > > - Gray > > >Apart from running 2-stroke engines on mix of ethanol/veg oil, the chain > >saw is a different thing. For some decades now, I use veg oil for lubricating > >the saw blade. In Sweden, it is now a standard to do that and almost all > >do it. When you buy a chain saw they recommend it now. From a pollution > >point this is very important, since the blade lubrication goes directly to > >the surrounding earth. > > > >Hakan > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Sponsor > ADVERTISEMENT > > > > > Biofuel at Journey to Forever: > http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html > > Biofuels list archives: > http://archive.nnytech.net/ > > Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. > To unsubscribe, send an email to: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> 4 DVDs Free +s&p Join Now http://us.click.yahoo.com/pt6YBB/NXiEAA/MVfIAA/FGYolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Biofuel at Journey to Forever: http://journeytoforever.org/biofuel.html Biofuels list archives: http://archive.nnytech.net/ Please do NOT send Unsubscribe messages to the list address. To unsubscribe, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/