[TheForge] Nat gas burner

[Rick Korinek]

Earlier in the summer, I put out a request for ideas on how to build forge 
burners for natural gas.  I received a reply from someone who had 
constructed a ceramic burner nozzle out of castable refractory.  He sent me 
an note off-list that included photos taken during construction.  The nozzle 
was rectangular--about 2.5 x 6' long and about 2" tall with numerous 3/8" 
holes down thru it (to the best of my recollection).  The ceramic nozzle was 
held in a sheet metal manifold and connectedd to a burner made from plumbing 
parts.

The beauty of this nozzle is that yeilds a rectangular flame pattern without 
the cold spots encountered between "conventional" gas burners.

So why am I writing this?  In July I moved to northern Wisconsin and am 
outfitting a new shop heated by natural gas.  I am building a forge which 
will be fueled by this source.  In the process of moving, I lost the email 
note and contact info for said inventor.  I am most interested in talking to 
this person again.  I am planning on building my own version of this burner. 
Amoung other things, I would like to know what type of castable refractory 
product to use for this application.

As the town folk used to say at the end of the Lone Ranger radio show... 
"Who was that masked man?  I wanted to thank him."

Back on theForge,
-Rick