[TheForge] propane forge

[Jerry Frost]

Morning Marc:

No flare on this one, I too am going to cast it into the forge liner so it
won'd burn out. For the time being though I have a 1" coupler on the end of
the tube for a field expedient flare and it works okay. Not as well as a
properly flared tube but it functions.

Don't use a "T", use a cross instead. I used a "T" because the local
plumbing suppliers don't carry 1 1/4" crosses and I have a lathe. <grin> A
1" cross reduced (bushing) to 3/4" for the tube and bushed to 1/8" pipe for
the jet opposite the tube. The same setup as the single side port but with
twice the intake and best of all, just as easy. <grin>

The output of these things rests firmly on the carrying capacity of the tube
so all other things being equal, the larger the tube the bigger the fire. A
1" tube is twice the capacity of a 3/4" tube. Just bigger, not better.

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.


----- Original Message -----
From: "Marc Godbout" <marc@ironringforge.com>
To: "TheForge" <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, September 07, 2002 10:52 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] propane forge


> Frosty, do you use a flared burner nozzle? I'm going to try casting mine
> in my next forge. I was also thinking of a T arrangement such as your,
> but with a 3/4" tube. I've got no lathe, but I might be able to keep it
> square enough on the drill press. Is 1" that much improvement?
>
> One thing about the side-arm - It's really easy to play with jet sizes.
> I just unscrewed the plug and pulled the entire assembly out, swap out
> jet, screw plug back.
>
> -Marc
>