[TheForge] propane forge

Sat Sep 7 01:13:02 2002

Frosty,
Thanks for the response. I will add this to my list of projects before cold
weather.
Regards,
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, September 06, 2002 12:21 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] propane forge


> Morning Bob:
>
> Sorry for the slow reply but I went back to my paycheck job after taking a
> week off to drive and cook for a visiting friend. I'm back to heading off
> for work at 5:00 am. getting home around 6:00 pm. and not checking E-mail
> till my weekend. The upside to these hours is a 4 day work week. <grin>
>
> Anyway, the following URL shows the T-Rex burner and has links to Rex's
> pages. If you click on the image to enlarge it you can see an excellent
> example of a home made jet ejector type burner. Notice the tube is
threaded
> pipe with wide slots machined in the side and the back end capped. The
> primary gas jet is inserted through the end cap. The wide slots in the
side
> are the air intakes. The sliding choke is for adjusting the burn ratio.
>
> If you draw a line straight up the bore to the jet and more lines straight
> in the air intakes, you'll see the 90* relation I was speaking of. Once
> again, I have to admit I have no idea why positioning the intakes at 90*
> should make so dramatic a difference in efficiency over a linear
arrangement
> but it does.
>
> http://www.reil1.net/Hybrid.shtml
>
>
> Frosty
> ------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Bob Smolen" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Monday, September 02, 2002 10:40 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] propane forge
>
>
> > Frosty,
> > Thanks. I have seen some of the plans on this site but do not recollect
> the
> > 90 deg. style.
> > I copied a jet in line style from B. Schade's forge. It has done well
for
> me
> > and very simple. If the 90 deg. is more efficient, I may try that on
> another
> > I plan to build.
> > Thanks again.
> > Bob
> >
> >
>
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