[TheForge] Updated on Mike Porter

[Mike Porter]

John,
The smart thing at this point is to let your comment go by; no one ever 
accused me of doing the smart thing so...

What, by way of burners, are you messing with these days--or is it secret?
Mikey (tired of writing Mike P.)

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2006 9:45 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Updated on Mike Porter


> Hey john. I remember your forge on Dave's site. This is his current URL. I 
> didn't see your forge but didn't take much time looking around.
>
> http://home.flash.net/~dwwilson/
>
> Yeah, I started using mig tips as a way to quickly change jet diameter 
> when I was first playing with burners. It worked so well I never stopped. 
> That was about the same time Ron Reil started playing with burners. I 
> remember the mig tips in the Aussies but I'd stopped messing with linears 
> by then.
>
> I think it's a proven design thing Mike. A lot of people are happy with 
> what works for them. "If it ain't broke don't fix it" is about as 
> blacksmith a saying as exists. It's okay, goes with my philosophy about 
> "traditional". Pick the period you like and enjoy. <grin>
>
> Frosty
> -------------------------------
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> it ain't real.
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>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
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>
> From: "Mike Porter" <michael.a.porter at comcast.net>
>
>
>> John,
>> Yes, apparently Frosty did too. Here's the weird part; I wrote up an 
>> account of how to easily change out the hole in the side pipe for a MIG 
>> tip and up the performance on old fashioned Aussi burners six years ago. 
>> It's been on the Ron Reil site all this time, but there seems to be an 
>> incredible amount of resistance to simple fixes--go figure!
>> Mike P.
>>
>
>> From: "John Husvar" <jhusvar at sbcglobal.net>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> On Mar 9, 2006, at 9:55 AM, Mike Porter wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks Todd, and thanks to all the rest of you too.
>>>> Mike
>>>
>>> Glad to hear you're doing well, Mike. I did the angiogram thing a few 
>>> years ago and got a stent for my trouble. :)
>>>
>>> Glad it's evidently _not_ your heart. Other things might be easier to 
>>> handle.
>>>
>>> BTW: I used MIG tips on the gas forge I built about mumble-mumble  years 
>>> ago. You're right, they're a good way to inject gas and easy to 
>>> experiment with. I used an .045 and got good results. Getting a  welding 
>>> heat was no problem at all. My write up on it used to be on  D.W. 
>>> Wilson's site. I haven't looked at his site in a long while, but  it 
>>> might still be there. Now if I could only remember the URL! :)
>>>
>>> Best,
>>> John
>
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