[TheForge] propane forge burner book

Andy Vida [email protected]
Mon Mar 1 13:00:02 2004 

[email protected] wrote:

>   My burners ARE sensitive to cross drafts. Your point is well made, and just
> one more example of why I believe in choices.

Speaking of which, hot and cold spots can be useful or a pain in the
ass, depending on what one wants.  Would a design that is somewhat
similar to a reverberatory furnace work to provide even heating?
To wit:


                                   |      |<---burner tube
              ____________________ |      | ______________________
             |  __________________||      ||____________________  |
             | |                   |      |                     | |
             | |                   |______|                     | |
             | |                       |                        | |
             | |         Flow of      / \    gases/heat         | |
             | |    <----------------    ----------------->     | |
             | |      ___________________________________       | |
             | |     |           refractory baffle       |      | |
             | |     |___________________________________|      | |
             | |                                                | |
             | |                                                | |
             | |                                                | |
             | |                                                | |
             | |                   Work goes here               | |
             | |                                                | |
             | |                                                | |
             | |________________________________________________| |
             |____________________________________________________|

Would this work or would it shield the work too much?