[TheForge] propane forge

Sun Sep 8 17:55:00 2002

Is there a link that shows more info on this burner?

Darrell

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----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, September 08, 2002 9:29 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] propane forge

> 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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>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Marc Godbout" <[email protected]>
> To: "TheForge" <[email protected]>
> 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
> >
>
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