[TheForge] Nat gas burner

[xlch58 at swbell.net]

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Charles


Chuck Robinson wrote:

> Hey Rick,
> The burner is called a ribbon burner. John Emmerling of Gearheart Iron 
> werkes
> gearheartironwerks at directway.com
> copied a burner used in a glass factory near his shop.
> He did a how - to article for the Northwest Blacksmith's Assn. 
> newsletter in the spring of 2005.
> Looks like a good burner easily adapted to any size forge.
> I plan to build one in the fall, when the temperature is more tolerable.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rick Korinek" 
> <rickkorinek at verizon.net>
> To: "theForge" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 7:04 AM
> Subject: [TheForge] Nat gas burner
>
>
> 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
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