[TheForge] A blown, fuel-injected forge

[Jerry Frost]

Hey Phil:

Welcome to the active branches. <grin>

I've thought about it too and while I can think of a couple things that 
might go wrong I think they can be worked out. The main problem I see is too 
much heat on the burner itself. In a heating furnace the heat is directed 
away from the burner nozzle which is self cooling. In a forge it's more 
contained and the burners get a lot hotter.

I've heard of it being done but it's always a guy who knows a guy who knows 
a guy, so who knows.

It's something I'd like to try though.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

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From: "Phil and Debbie Koontz" <pdknz at hotmail.com>


>I haven't tried this approach, but it wouldn't be hard to do.  Salvage the 
>burner from an oil fired heating system.  It comes with the blower, fuel 
>pump, ignitor, and draft controls.  Seems like a good idea; I really don't 
>know why it hasn't caught on.
>
> Phil Koontz
> Galena Alaska
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