[TheForge] propane forge

Sat Sep 7 21:20:01 2002

        Marc,  Who was the supplier of the T's??   I'd like to try one of
those side arm units.

Ralph


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Godbout" <[email protected]>
To: "TheForge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 6:04 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] propane forge


> If you're looking to build a propane burner, take a long look at the
> side-arm burner on Ron Reil's site. I put one together the other night
> in about 10 minutes. The hardest part about building this burner was
> getting the assymetrical T fitting. This is a pretty special part that I
> could only find in one plumbing store in my area. The Big Orange won't
> carry this thing. At $10, it wasn't horribly expensive, but it is the
> most expensive part.
>
> The 10 minutes, though, didn't include making the jet or fitting up any
> propane supply as I had that stuff from previous experiments. But,
> compared to the Mongo series, this was a bazillion times easier.
>
> Another thing I found - to connect the MIG tip to the 1/8 nipple for the
> jet, I found lamp parts in my local hardware store. Apparently, the
> hollow threaded rod for lamps is 1/8 pipe thread, so they make unions,
> basically a short pipe threaded on the inside, to join these. And they
> also make bushings that fit the union and have the same size inside hole
> and thread as the Tweco MIG tips. So all you have to do is solder the
> tip to the bushing to the union and you've got an easy, screw-on,
> propane jet.
>
> -Marc
>
> On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 01:27, Bob Smolen wrote:
> > Frosty,
> > Thanks for the response. I will add this to my list of projects before
cold
> > weather.
>
>
> --
> Marc Godbout
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