[TheForge] propane forge burner book

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With the crappy coal I was using, the real savings was in less time 
cleaning clinker out of the fire.   I started with a handcranked blower 
that automatically idled when I walked away, ut when I went to an 
electirc blower, both coal consumption and clinker went up, even with a 
rheostat to crank the speed down.  I always intended to put a foot 
switch on it to shift it from a fixed resistor for a keep alive setting 
and the adjustable setting, but built a gas forge first and don't use 
coal that much now.

Charles

Dan Tull wrote:

>Jeff Mohr did and experiment in his production shop w/ three coal forges
>going all day.
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>Leaving the air blowing only increased coal consumption 10%.   Theory is it
>took too long to get back up to forging temp.
>Same for gas???
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