Fw: [TheForge] gas burner design

Tue Jan 1 01:28:23 2002

----- Original Message -----
From: Chuck Robinson <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 10:37 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] gas burner design


> Hey Ralph,
> Build a vertical Don Fogg style forge. Make sure the burner is at least
10"
> below the stock opening and finally toss in some large chunks of
> metallurgical coke every 1/2 hour.
> Horizontal forges don't allow the gas air mixture to burn completely
before
> contacting your stock, and also cause uneven heating of the stock no
matter
> what kind of burners you use, unless you use a very efficient pre chamber
to
> complete the combustion before it enters the forge.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Ralph Sproul <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 5:10 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] gas burner design
>
>
> >         Anyone have any good burner designs they have made that can be
> > pointed at the material being heated at 3-4" away from the stock? and
not
> > have it scale to badly?  This is the question I should have asked in
> > conjunction with the tapered stainless question I sent in.
> >
> > Ralph Sproul - Bear Hill Blacksmith
> > Webster, NH
> >
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