[TheForge] Re: reducing fuel costs by improving forge efficiency.

[Mike Spencer]

Andy quoth:

> Speaking of blacksmiths and BBQs, was it BAMA that lit off
> a couple hundred pounds of charcoal to full red heat in but
> a few seconds using several gallons of liquid O2?  The photos
> were way cool.  This was perhaps 7 to 10 years ago.

Did some blacksmith do that?  There was a prof at Purdue who posted
lotsa photos.  Sadly, the URL now returns:

          The people in charge have requested this web site 
          be removed. 2/6/2003 --ghg

The photos of reducing a cheap barbecue to a smoldering puddle of slag
and ash in less than 60 seconds with a bucket of lox were on line for
some considerable time before the local fire marshal heard about this
annual entertainment at an academic soiree. And there was a spell
early on when Purdue's server bogged down under the demand for the
pics.

Inadquate substitutes remain online:

   The Fulminating Grape:             http://www.pmichaud.com/grape/

   Strawberry Pop-Tart Blow-Torches:  http://www.pmichaud.com/toast/

- Mike

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