[TheForge] Propane Forge - Bending the burner

Tue Sep 10 22:52:03 2002

If you are talking about getting a 90 deg. bend in the burner after
the inducer, use a 90 degree sweep of rigid electrical conduit.  They
are available in 1/2" 3/4" 1" and  so on.

Rick Korinek
Emerald City Forge
Framingham, MA
----- Original Message -----
From: Marc Godbout <[email protected]>
To: TheForge <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 7:42 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Propane Forge - Bending the burner

> 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.
>
> --
> Marc Godbout
> http://www.ironringforge.com
>
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