Propane Shop Heater from Old Dryer
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Old clothes dryer converted into Shop Heater
Stuff I used in the video:
3/8npt female to 3/8 Flare male: amzn.to/3YZKrx3
Propane Regulator Tank to Heater 5ft: amzn.to/4hUPgPM
Thermal Camera for phone: ANDROID amzn.to/3O3OUZf
IOS: amzn.to/4fkOjyw
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After Thoughts about the Video: This is my favorite Dryer to Heater to date. If your looking for a dryer you can't be too picky but manual controls are the way to go. This is a GE from 1996.
SAFETY
A forced air flame produces zero carbon monoxide because it provides plenty of oxygen for a complete burn. You only get carbon monoxide when you have an incomplete burn. Things like engines are designed to be run a little bit on the rich side to run cooler and therefore create enormous amounts of carbon monoxide. A flame from a stove can only pull in so much oxygen by itself and therefore never completely burns. Dryers are generally vented outdoors for two reasons: One is the moisture that is created and dumped into the home is not desirable ( Note that the majority of dryers made are electric and are vented outdoors), second as a quadruple safety measure in case at least 3 other measures fail it prevents CO from being dumped into the home.
Propane/lpg unvented ( vent free) heaters/fireplaces are considered safe for indoor/home use up to 40,000btu. This dryer is roughly half the legal limit (22,000btu). This is because they consume oxygen and could create a low oxygen environment. This is nearly impossible at under 40,000btu, hence the limit. You would have to be in a completely sealed 10x10 room and not open it for a couple days straight. If they did consume all the oxygen then they would start to emit CO. So if you're a boy in a bubble, don't use this.
Now you will think about the stories if guys dying in the cab of their truck while running a propane heater. Vehicles are very well sealed and essentially a 5x5x5 cube(117cu ft crew cab). It doesn't take long to consume the oxygen in such a confined space. Generally, they are using catalytic heaters(4000btu +-) and those do produce a small amount of CO. Though far less than a flame from a stove. So such a small space and such a nicely sealed box can lead to disaster.
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65 Ford 65Ford SFF torpedo garage
I am 68 years old, done, repaired, created a bunch of stuff but got to say you make me smile with your "common sense creativity"
I appreciate that. It's always nice to see others enjoying the same things I do.
You're ingenuity is pretty impressive. I never tire of watching you work through the challenges of creating something useful.
Thanks! These little projects can be pretty fun.
@@sixtyfiveford use and aluminum fire extinguisher or even better a stainless steel one it will have a tire valve already built in and will not rust clogging the tip up. Its a blast to play with. But you will find out there is a 100s of other uses for it. I can eliminate and entire tobacco barn full of wasps in 10 min from the ground with water and dish shop. Its stupidly amazing .
I paid $40 for a 1995 Whirlpool gas dryer 8 years ago. My wife said it was the dumbest thing I ever bought. Our 2 year old Maytag was not heating and five of our kids were still living at home. I had to do something. That thing has paid for itself 50 times over. Since then I have had to put an igniter in it once, and a belt one other time. I love that old thing.
You can't beat an old appliance. Simple to fix and parts are cheap.
@@sixtyfiveford Yep, our gas heating boiler here in the UK is 20+ years old, all the gas fitters said whatever you do don't replace it with a modern one, they may be slightly more efficient but so much electronics to go wrong! Only thing it's needed is a new exhaust blower fan, 20 pounds on ebay, and 10 mins to fit :)
As always excellent job. I got a perfectly good lawn mower and generator at the dump this week, lawn mower had a loose blade bolt making a nasty sound easy fix, generator needen the carburetor cleaned, people are lazy and wasteful!
People are wasteful but it's a great way to get some good deals. It's a catch-22 though. If you don't know how to fix it, the cost of labor to have it fixed generally exceeds the cost of the item. This style of living can't maintain itself.
I've started buying used tires for my cars. It's not that hard to get a good set for a hundred bucks and install them myself using a tool made with plans from this channel. When I take my old tires to the dump, I'm amazed at what people have discarded. Often, they are in better shape than what I'm installing. On one visit, I was talking to a guy who was getting rid of a two week old set of tires. His wife had decided that they weren't the 'correct' brand for her.
Great video!! Those dryer panels are good for making autobody panels too. I just saved my dishwasher door.... it will become an F150 panel. Need to gather up a couple more panels (my truck bed is quite cancerous).
Absolutely!
You are exactly right! I thought I was the only one that did that. I have used old panels from appliances for years and they always work great. I've even used them for floor pans for vehicles.
@webmastersof they work really well!
As a GE Appliances repair tech…. This gets my seal of approval!😁
this dude converts dryer to heater, AND made it good looking. Now thats pretty cool
I’ve watched every video you have put out and I never get tired of watching you make these heaters! Good job Moe!
I'm flattered. I'm just tinkering away and I'm always glad when others enjoy what I do.
The wife wanted a new one. Wives don't understand the concept of "if an item still works well then use it". Who gives a crap how it looks, it's in the laundry room.
Not only that, the new ones do not last nearly as long, nor are they as simple to repair as the ones from 30 years ago.
They're literally designed to last 5-8 years nowadays.
Have yall even talked to a new dish washer , or dryer ? They are so annoying and are always on there phones.
For some reason, there are people who need to have their washer match their dryer. If one appliance breaks, both get tossed. My dryer has been going strong for 28 years. The biggest expense was one blown thermal switch from when my daughters stopped cleaning out he lint trap.
Best to keep the old dryer and get a new woman not a wife .
Are you sure she was asking for a new dryer? 🍆 😂
Think I watched the gas one great idea .! Wishing I had saved the old gas dryer from this house I'm working on lol but I have been playing with a diesel heater and I have 3 big torpedo heaters but still be fun to make one. Wounder how hard it would to hook that to a thermostat probably not too hard!!! Great video thanks for it!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I absolutely love the quality of your work. I am too old and lazy to create pieces of art the way you do !! My new garage is so big that I could run a gas grill for heat in an area without the fear of CO2 poisoning. I do like doing it cheap, but I bought a NEW 20,000 btu propane heater that mounts on the wall for $45 at an auction. Anything to knock the chill off is welcome. Keep up the good work and TaterTot said to tell Ginger Merry Christmas !!
These projects are just for videos most of the time. I love wheeling and dealing and find myself getting most stuff dirt cheap, like you instead of making. These projects are a challenge and that keeps me going sometimes. Merry Christmas! I hope you and TaterTot had a good one!
Found your channel a few months ago and I think I've watched most of your catalog. Great insight on so many topics, you remind me of how my dad was when, when I was a kid.
If your dad was like this guy I wish I could have grown up next door. I would have been at your house a lot.
Awesome, thank you!
You forgot the UL sticker! 😊
You put up my old Garden State plate!
Thank you Good Sir 65Ford!
Wishing you a good winter full of fixing, building, and tinkering...
@@spettro9 Absolutely. It's actually a really neat looking plate. Thanks a million
Highly underrated channel. I've watched you for years but a video you had from years ago saved my bacon. Had 2 stripped bolts on a trans pan that was leaking bad. 1 I was able to drill and tap a bigger bolt. Another was in a hard to reach spot which would have me remove a bunch of supports holding the trans which I really wanted to avoid. Remembered a vid I saw on your channel years ago about copper wire to help get some grab on the bolt and it worked like a charm. No more leaks. Thanks for the invaluable info man your solid.
I'm glad that worked out for you! Always fun to hear about a tip from my videos helping someone out.
I love it. I think you broke most laws in Australia regarding touching LPG equipment but hey it works. I was thinking about the carbon monoxide but you solved that problem too. Well done and hugs to Ginger, I love that dog. Cheers, Stuart 🇦🇺
That conversion to propane info was just what I needed! Thank you from NSL
@@jack-terry Thanks brother
Very impressive, Moe! I've seen all your garage heater conversion videos and this propane one is as great too! I'm always learning when watching your vids. Thanks and keep them coming!!
Glad you like it! More to come.
Hey Moe this was another wonderful video. I live in South Florida will never need a shop heater but I watched the whole thing my favorite part was the sheet metal work turning that old scrap dryer sheet metal into a really cool housing for the heater. The only thing I know about dryers is if your fuse keeps breaking a bird has built a nest in the exhaust port and you need to get it out
Lol.
*goldsmith / master jeweler 60+ yrs exp here: This Is A Piece Of ART "gold diamonds PFT! the other ones you made are awesome*
*i know if it needs servicing you can fix it, but i'd love to see a service man expression when you call him over to say your dryer ain't working, just changed dryer belt on my maytag last week. found it on amazon would take 2 weeks to arrive but found one on Sears and paid for next day delivery*
*Cerveza for You* 🍺
Wish I had your knowledge and talent.
Thanks, I'm glad you liked it.
This is industrial art and should be viewed as such. It literally has a collectability about it--and it's a one-off at that. Function AND form. And salvage and recreation. It has your brand. Now comes the dilemma of every artist--can he part with it?
Pretty imaginative reconfiguration, Moe. I love your thinking outside the box.
Oh man. I have learned so much from you this past years... And you always come with a new surprise. Cheers Moe.
Hey thanks!
Nice work! Now convert a microwave into a shop heater!
"the wifi keeps dropping when i turn the heater on!'
😅🤣🙃
My kind of hack or mod. Love the quality with the decals. Great video, tell your dog, good dog! For me? I fostered a stumpy tail for a few years, and their absolutely great. Yours is a neat pattern with that saddle on its back.
When I first subscribed to your channel you had 50000 now 364000 moving on up I still enjoy your recycling ingenuity. I use to have a sixty five ford and I learn how to drive in a sixty five ford Galaxy 500 XL f150.
Thanks! I haven't seen a Galaxy 500 in a while.
Glad you are cleaning up the lent it is a great fire starter but not in your new propane shop heater
So glad I found your channel, you really do some amazing stuff. Thank you, and Ginger, for sharing!
Thanks, I'm glad you like the video.
You make that look so easy, as a HVAC guy, I could really annoy my wife with free dryer shop heater projects 😂
I need those "junk" side panels to build floors for my "new" baja bug! HAHA
Nice work. If my old Fisher Mama Bear wood stove ever needs backup, I could build one of these.
Workshop MacGyver strikes again. Awesome invention.
Thanks! Glad you liked it
Great work. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum last week 😎
That is a vrey slick looking shop heater. Nice work. 👍
Thanks a million. Tell Yoda hi
I will tell Yoda hi. He had a cancer tumor removed from one of his legs. The vet thinks she got all of it, and he is as happy as ever.
Tell sweetheart Ginger that Yoda says hi and to give her an extra treat.@@sixtyfiveford
Always well done! The short for this video will be “Making a propane shop heater from a gas dryer is the same just change these parts!”
Love this one. I have a gas dryer and stove not being used, so I’ll put them to work 👍
This channel is a real gem.
Damn Ford ! Your still at it 👍
Pop riveting the data plate back on made me laugh!
I would just love to see the guy's face in 30 years when they try to figure out what this is.
Always Well thought out projects!! Great craftsmanship!! Nice Work!
Thanks, I appreciate it!
For some reason the aesthetic before and after difference seems huge, though many of your other vids show far greater transformations. It looks really good.
Thanks. I have to be careful how much time I actually spend on making things like this. I could get carried away and spend a week trying to make this look like a 1950s Vintage heater with hand lettering etc. I feel like I'm cheating a little bit by making vinyl decals versus hand painting lettering, but it makes it more practical if somebody wants to recreate it.
@sixtyfiveford I think the decal machine is pretty cool. Maybe a Sixty-five ford yt logo or your personal logo would be cool too.
Dude, what an awesome build! and it looks so cool!
@@ljgamble Hey thanks
Nice work man, cool to see people make use of what others consider trash!
Awesome man I love turning other peoples trash into usable things that save me money thank you
One of my favorite channels.
Thanks
The Spray paint shaker!!!!
Brilliant
I dig watching you make these heaters man . They are to cool .
Hey thanks
Your shop must be warmer than hell in winter
Makes me want to continue to work.
Nicely done, you make it look so easy. I looked thru your older stuff and didn't see it - how about a waste oil heater next? Thanks for effort.
GE should be proud you chose their label. Nice to know how efficient gas normally is when burning properly - still probably a good idea to have CO-2 detector, no? So many good DIYer tips in this video -the grinder sheet metal bender is sweet.
This is very cool.I really like it.. Central PA here.
Dude. This is awesome and i know its winter but i look forward to the spring time when you shownus how to convert a box fan into a swamp cooler for the garage.
Excellent video, first timer, Thank you so much. Necessity is the mother of all inventions. Wade Out.
Thanks
That was interesting. 👍
Ginger was like "Nope, I'm out of here, you can push the button". 🤣
You are all set for winter. Nice job!
Thanks brother. Are you all geared up with your Christmas lights?
@ Have about half of them up. Weather has cooperated and no snow yet. Mega tree assembled today😊 Making progress!
My boy 65 with another video 🎉👏👏
Hey thanks
Thats great! Excellent idea especially the prices they charge now to buy one new! Great sheet metal working too💯🇺🇸🇺🇸💪🏼
Thanks
Great video Moe! Always learn something from watching you! Thank you so much!
Thanks. I'm glad you liked the video.
I built an electric one after your other video. It is on casters and I roll it out from under my workbench when needed.
That's awesome
Love your ingenuity and the vids!!!
Thanks Man.
Having taken apart a few dryers, I've learned to never use dryer sheets. They act like glue for the lint, and it really becomes hard to get it off.
Just in time for winter too also everyone is throwing them gas dryers away. I bet Ginger loves that heat my heeler would stick his tung in the floor vent in the summer and the winter he would run and sit on it every time it would turn on. And if the thermostat was lower on the wall he would have been smart enough to figure it out too. lol
Another super interesting build. It looks great!
Thanks!
Lol! That dog knows something.
i loved the stove one it even looks cool
Thanks
Holy cow you’re smart!!! Great job as always!!!
Thanks! Glad you liked the build.
Those old dryers whatever they made the drums out of make great burn barrels
Nice job 👍you do make it look easy!
They take way longer than they should just to figure everything out. But in the end it's always fun.
You never disappoint...always good stuffff...🖖
Thanks man
Great video, so genius! Instant subscriber here. 😎👍
Putting this on my to-do list.
Love this! just genius of you.
Good idea, MOE! Thanks for sharing.
Thanks Marty
Speaking of dryers, dryer sheets make great shop air filters for stuff like this. I have 4 on the back of my modine keeping the coil from getting dusty. They're so cheap you don't even feel bad about not cleaning it.
My home furnace air intake was never done right(before we bought the house) so its just open to the air in the utility room, rubber band and a dryer sheet and its filtered air for combustion! Probably better than what it would pull from outside :P
@AdmiralDG the nice part about using them on my shop heater is you get the fresh Gain sent for a couple weeks 😂😂
Thank you.
Hey thanks
Excellent, as always, thanks for sharing. Cheers.
I cant stop saying yea ;yea
Thanks your stilll the best
@@Alientraveler003 Thanks for watching
That’s a dam good idea it makes me want buy that one it looks dam good I want to make me one now
How do you know so much!!!
Did someone teach you some of this stuff or…?
What’s your background?
😂👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I’m impressed and thankful!
Believe it or not you can combine a catalyst/hardener to most oil based paints to make it stronger. I've done it for some time, I've just been too lazy to make video about it ...
Love the repurposing !
Hey Thanks.
Just don’t use bottles inside and make sure there are no lpg leaks. One bottle has energy to blow a house apart.
Cool project. 👍🏼
what a fantastic idea
Well it was really nice knowing you 😅
A propane heater produces moisture (H2O) to the air when burning; much more than a diesel heater. It means that your tools will get rusty easier. You should try to remove moisture some how from the shop. Nice project anyhow! 👍
That’s a really good point. 👍
You're never going to notice the moisture unless you live in a sealed plastic bag. Generally, the moisture level in winter time is significantly lower than summer. So The miniscule amount of moisture added to the air is great. Moisture also has the benefit of carrying heat much better. So it will feel warmer at a lower temperature.
Show us how well it heats in the cold!
Amazing stuff 😄
I want to be there when future generations dig this thing up and try and figure out what it is.
@@honest8bob I would pay to be a fly on the wall for that.
Man I need one!👍🏽😊❤️🇺🇸
Darn you Bro! Now you got me web surfing for a free gas dryer 😂😅😂❤
@@artbargerstock1469 you're welcome 😁
The humanity! The DEADLY propane fumes, the birds and squirrels! LOL, just kidding. Another awesome garage heater. I'd love to have a somewhat compact 120 volt forced air heater for my garage. I don't want to run 240 into the garage as I've already ran two separate 240 runs for my hot tub and my CB radio amplifier. I had a Mr. Heater natural gas heater that I plumbed into my furnace gas line in the garage, but that heater really stinks up the garage to where it made me nauseous. Not sure why, but it did. It was set up for natural gas and not propane.
I do find If a heater is too large for the shop, it tends to burn up a lot of oxygen. At one time I had a 200k BTU kerosene/diesel heater. That thing would heat up my shop in minutes, but it made me nauseous. I had to sell it. But for years I've been using a 50,000 BTU kerosene/diesel heater and sometimes even a second one the same size and never an issue. These natural gas/ propane dryers put out about 22,000 BTU and don't seem to phase me in the slightest.
Bit of a mad one but is it possible to make metal recipsaw blades out of bandsaw blades?
That is really cool
Another good one!
0k! the aerosol paint can shaker got me, I'm yours...... for one more anyway. I can't believe someone else likes junking for a reason. LOL great ! ! !
awesome.. I have a special request challenge.. your are a toolman..
Amazing vid. Thanks!
Brilliant!
This would make a lot of sense if one had natural gas in their shop. I just converted an old 4000 watt Onan gasoline generator to run on natural gas, which I have abundant and cheap here.
Nailed it
Reneck and proud if it