[TheForge] A blown, fuel-injected, turbo-charged, dual overhead cam, 400+ H.P. forge!

[Jerry Frost]

Sure you could, it just wouldn't be nearly as efficient and somewhat more 
dangerous than fuel oil.

#2 diesel / stove oil contains a nominal 145,000BTUs/gl while gasoline 
contains a nominal (as I recall) 120,000BTUs/gl.

Propane contains a nominal 92,000BTU's/gl. but propane is a lot easier to 
use. Fuel oil is finicky to atomize and gasoline scares the coverage right 
off insurance companies.

If you're thinking hydrogen contains a nominal 30,000 BTU/gl. and takes 
quite a few BTU's of energy more to crack.

Frosty
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From: "Jeffrey Polaski" <jeff.polaski at rgs.uci.edu>


Something tells me this might not be a good idea, but you never know...

Has anyone has used gasoline as a fuel? I know they still make those
old-style brazing burners. Has any one hooked something like that up to
make a forge? I'd bet you could hook up an old fuel-injection unit
easily enough.

I imagine you could get pretty fancy -- A blown, fuel-injected,
turbo-charged, dual overhead cam, 400+ H.P. forge!


Jeff Polaski
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