[TheForge] Re: Petrogen torch yak

Bruce Freeman FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com
Fri Aug 20 13:26:58 EDT 2004


What would be the advantage over oil?  Gasoline costs more, is more
(dangerously) flammable and has lower heating value.

>>> ghs at execpc.com 8/20/2004 12:09:35 PM >>>
I'll see your stupid and raise you one.

We have all seen or at least heard of oil fired forges.

How about a fuel injected gasoline forge?

Mike Graf

Dave Bendall wrote:

>      I have a stupid question that no one else has asked yet, but I
bet
> has occured to others on this list. Could you somehow 'slow down' a
> Petrogen torch some, and use it as a burner in a gas forge? Or would
it
> still just cut a hole through the bottom? If some one got this to
work,
> they'd have fuel available pretty much everywhere. Also, I was
wondering
> if it would still work if you used compressed air in it instead of
> Oxygen. That would simplify things. 
>      I'm not interested in this for myself, I like poking at a coal
fire
> too much, but I know you gas forge folks are always figuring ways
get
> your forges tweaked just a leetle bit hotter or cheaper or
something.
>  
>      Dave Bendall in Phoenix
> 
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