[TheForge] Ceramic chip forge

[Jerry Frost]

----- Original Message -----
From: "Dave Brown" <quahog at tds.net>


> At 18:53 09/12/04, you wrote:
>
> >That's a good idea Dave.
>
> Frosty ... Duh!!     Of course it is.  Consider the source.  <grin>
>

Of course. I'm sure we're all just as surprised as you are. <snicker>

>
>
> Getting it to burn clean is no problem.  I can get waste oil (motor or
> vegetable) to burn clean right from the start at about 120,000btu input.
I
> want to get more blue in the flame, less yellow flame.  I'm at about 50/50
> right now.
>
> Currently the burner operates horizontal, but not vertical (i.e. straight
> up).  But it's doable.  I think that a vertical flame and the ceramic
chips
> may be just what the doctor ordered.  I just wish I have more time and a
> clearer thinking brain.
>
> I'm bringing a sample of my burner to the Guild of Metalsmiths Fall
> Conference the end of this month.  It'll be in the form of a space heater
> for cold shops.  It really puts out the heat with just a box fan to blow
> air across the steel body.  Next for the shop heater design is a better
> heat exchanger.
>


Which burner system are you using? I've read about and looked over a bunch
of descriptions and drawings over the last couple years and I seem to recall
one that was primarily ductwork.

> Dave Brown
> Heritage Smithing
> Green Bay, WI
>

Nuts, I think I'll be out of the neighborhood. There are serious drawbacks
to living on the far end of the continent.

Frosty
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