[TheForge] Nat gas burner

[Rick Korinek]

Thanks Chuck.  I remembered John's name but was not sure it was for the 
burner.  One of the tihings that was cool about his design is that he used 
crayons to mold the shapes of the small passages for the gases thru the 
nozzle.  Melted them out before casting--low tech "lost wax" process.

Rick Korinek
Island City Forge
Minocqua, WI
islandcityforge.com
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Chuck Robinson" <robi5515 at bellsouth.net>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, August 20, 2005 12:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Nat gas burner


> 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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