[TheForge] Chip Bed Forge

[Bruce Freeman]

Well, I'm no expert, but I'd think that a consistent backpressure would not necessarily be a problem for an aspirated burner.  Of course, that depends upon how MUCH backpressure we're talking about.

I DO know that the most reliable way of minimizing the backpressure would be to use a bed of spherical "chips", all of the same diameter (say, give or take 10%).  Such a bed cannot "pack" unless a bunch of finer material gets into it.  I'd envision that these little speres would be like nut coal in size.  I don't think the backpressure from such a bed would be enough to matter to an aspirated burner.  But I haven't tried this myself.

Bruce
NJ

>>> crimsonkil at lycos.com 2/22/2006 11:01:16 AM >>>
Normally aspirated with the clay media interfering with the flame?  Maybe I am not understanding how this works, but I imagine a flame coming up through the chips which offer back pressure and make a coned flame impossible.
  
What am I not understanding?

Chris K

> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net>
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> Subject: Re: [TheForge] Chip Bed Forge
> Date: Tue, 21 Feb 2006 18:45:26 -0800
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> 
> Chris K,
> It can run fan blown or naturally aspirated. Either way, it doesn't 
> make smoke.
> Mike P.
>