[TheForge] Natural gas burner?

[Mike Porter]

Good score George,
Those units are not cheap! You can get plenty of information on torch tip
differences through any of the big manufacturers who have sold torches to
railroads in the past; they ran on natural gas at one time; may still.

I didn't wish to pay through the nose to get compressed methane in order to
do burner experiments with it, since almost no one has high pressure methane
available anyway. But, its air requirements are less than propane's so the
same burners should work fine if you just do some MIG tip size changes until
you find the one that works best. As to complete primary flame combustion
with methane, it is not likely, but who knows until you try?
Mikey

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Saturday, April 22, 2006 3:15 PM
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Subject: Re: [TheForge] Natural gas burner?

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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