[TheForge] more gas (the propane kind)

[Steve Bloom]

At 12:35 PM 4/21/2003 -0700, Grant wrote:
>Sheldon:  I believe you are thinking of the piezo-electric starters.  These
>are installed as standard equipment on Forgemaster brand and NC Tool brand
>forges.  They sell these units separately and they are typically mounted
>near the gas inlets and use a sparkplug that is activated by a button.
>
>Regarding temperature readings, there are two firms that I know of who sell
>pyrometers:  Fluke and Paragon instruments.  Fluke sells a digital unit and
>Paragon sells both digital and analog units.  The digital costs about
>$200.00 US and the analog costs about $100.00 US.
>
>  I have a Paragon analog that I use only for heat treating.  I only expose
>the probes to heat while heat treating, to lengthen their life.  It works
>well.  The digital is more accurate, I have been told.

Also look at Omega -- when I bought a digital unit (two inputs) and a 
type-K probe, the total damage was ~$130.00
HH501AK:D1 ($75) + TJ36-CAIN-14g-18 w T/C assembly $42.05 -- these prices 
are a year or so old.

Steve
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