[TheForge] Burning Clean

[Garrick Peterson]

> Covering your bets on something physical works

Works for me. ;)

> You can make propane more efficient in the same fashion.
> <snip>

No, that makes sense. Operating on the same principle as a furnace,
with a pilot light of sorts. I'd be interested to see how something
like that would work with a ceramic chip forge -- what kind of lag
there would be between changing the state of the burner and the change
in the temperature of the chips.

~Garrick

On 6/6/06, Steve Smith <sos at alum.mit.edu> wrote:
> Garrick Peterson wrote:
>
> > "If I believe, and it's true, then I gain everything. If I believe,
> > and it's not true, I loose nothing. Therefor, I believe."
>
> Minor quibble, but I think what you mean to say is "Therefore I'll act
> as if I believe". Covering your bets on something physical works; it
> doesn't often work in the metaphysical realm.
>
> > I've also heard it said that Coal is one of the more efficient fuels,
> > as when you're not using it, it's burning at a much slower rate, thus
> > saving fuel. I wonder if that translates into emissions savings (say,
> > vs. NG or Propane) as well.
> >
> > ~Garrick
>
> You can make propane more efficient in the same fashion. Instead of
> having just one line from your regulator to your jet (assuming a
> carburetor instead of a blower), you run one line to the jet with a ball
> valve (a quick lever shutoff valve) in it. In parallel with the ball
> valve, run a line with a needle valve in it. With the ball valve off and
> a warmed up forge, set the needle valve to the lowest flame your forge
> will run stably at. When you open the ball valve, the forge runs full
> blast. Close it and it stoppers down to minimum.
>
> Hopefully that came through understandably; if not, we'll try again.
>
> Steve
>
>
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