[TheForge] Propane Forge - Bending the burner

[Marc Godbout]

I've seen several commercial propane forges that save space by shaping
the burner tube in a U-turn. These burners are also venturi-type, no
blower and it looks like they use regular pipe fittings to do this, not
some special cast burner tube.

I was trying to do something similar with my side-arm, but just bending
at a right angle, using iron fittings. But this noticeably reduced the
output. I also tried 2 45deg fittings and that was just as bad.

When the 45's were on it seemed like the fittings were getting hotter
than a normal burner pipe would. I'm thinking that the flame might have
been caught up in the fitting. Any ideas on how I could get a 90deg bend
with a home-brew? 

Thanks.

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Marc Godbout
http://www.ironringforge.com