[TheForge] Sidearm Burner Parts

Wed Jan 15 22:03:00 2003

Hi Shannell
Try someplace that sells grease guns , you know for greasing bearings on
machinery.  On the ones around here the fittings are 1/8"pipe.
Randy Mundt
----- Original Message -----
From: "Shannell Sugrue" <[email protected]>
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Sent: Thursday, January 16, 2003 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Sidearm Burner Parts


> Well Ive found everything except the 1/8" pipe that the mig tip screws
into.
> 1/8 and even 1/4 inch pipe doesnt seem to even exist here in south
> Australia, amazing for a place that is supposed to be the engineering
> capitol of Australia. I thought of using brake line but the wall is too
> thin, anyone got any suggestions, 1/2" with a reducer for the tip might
work
> I suppose.
>
>
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> From: "Stephen McGehee" <[email protected]>
> To: "The Forge" <[email protected]>
> Sent: 15 January, 2003 8:51 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Sidearm Burner Parts
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> > In my understanding of Pipefitters Terminology, Tee's are described as
> > the two straight-through hubs, then the tap, hence the tee that is used
> > with this burner is a 1-1/4 by 3/4 by 1-1/4 inch.  Sometimes those
> > counter guys are so inflexible as to say "we ain't got any of them",
> > when in fact you just asked for the wrong part...  Taking a full sized
> > 1-1/4" tee and bushing it down should work.  (Dan Scheid) responding to
> > this thread said he was using 6# of propane, but when I saw Larry
> > Zoeller demo his unit at Quad State, he was using 8 ounces of pressure
> > for what seemed like a respectful output; what size tip orifice are you
> > using?  And does your unit just require that much pressure to get a
> > welding heat?  Pardon me for not following this thread back when it
> > started, Dan, but what size furnace do you have, inside and outside
> > measurements and material?  Thank you.
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