[TheForge]Porter's Burners was: Didymium? I say "no way."

[Steve Smith]

Mike, so far all I've made is the small 1/2" pipe burner (with advanced 
options). The list is very long, these things take awhile.

There is a *very* clear difference between the flame of your burner and 
the Reil type burner (with and without the mig accelerator). Reil 
burners put out a steady flame, but in comparison with yours the Reil 
burner is noisy and turbulent. Your burner puts out a nice smooth flame 
with a clear inner cone, something I haven't seen in the dozen or so 
Reil burners I've built. Nothing wrong with Reil burners--they do the 
job and are easier to put together. I suspect yours will go hotter and 
maybe be more efficient, but no chance to verify (in my crude fashion). 
I've got a 3/4 on the list...

I admire how much effort you put into making the burners accessible to 
anyone with simple hand tools, but it took a lot of re-reading to figure 
out how the thing went together so I could modify your approaches to a 
shop with a welder, lathe, mill. Maybe one detailed drawing? There are 
limitations on how much you can put in the book too, I realize.

Steve

Mike Porter wrote:

> Bob,
> I put that kind of sloppy.  The book was well accepted. It's just 
> frustrating wondering if the designs were accepted. Who knows, maybe 
> they were. At any rate, that's history; there is a whole new subject at 
> hand. What do you think of vision enhancement? Of course, it matters a 
> lot more for gas welding and brazing than forge work.
> Mike P.
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> Sent: Thursday, February 09, 2006 4:17 PM
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>> On Feb 9, 2006, at 11:34 AM, Mike Porter wrote:
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>>>  Judging by the speed of Gas Burners acceptance,
>>> Michael Porter
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>> Why do you feel that your book wasn't accepted?
>>
>> Bob
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>> ps. I bought one.
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