[TheForge] Natural gas burner?
Jerry Frost
frosty at customcpu.com
Sat Apr 22 19:14:44 EDT 2006
You'll need a larger orifice in the jet and a regulator. You'll need to
tinker with the orifice size but it'll work just fine.
Frosty
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From: "G. Watts" <ironworker at cox.net>
> Hey gang, this one's mostly for Mikey, but anyone's welcome to chime
> in...
> I recently scored a unit on ebay that will compress natual gas from the
> house line into cylinders at about 275 psi.(item number 7605197382 which I
> think is still available for perusal if you search for the number on
> ebay).
> I've tried it out with a Victor torch with the correct tips and it works
> well for cutting.
> I've heard questions asked and answered before relating to natural gas as
> a viable gas forge fuel, but never under the premise that the natural gas
> would be available under higher pressure. So...what modifications would
> you
> suggest to switch my propane forge over to natural gas? Larger fuel
> orifice? BTW - it's a homemade sidearm burner. And if the conversion or
> different burner style is covered in the book, by all means say so and
> I'll
> gladly order it!
> Thanks all.
> George.
>
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