[TheForge] A blown, fuel-injected forge

[Mike Porter]

Jerry,
This nozzle problem is quite similar to the Search For A Blue Flame Oil 
Burner (capitalized because of the grail hunt fervor it ignites in some 
minds :). The SFABFOB thread appears about every six months on Castinghobby, 
and about every six months I'm forced to point out that "the grail" has 
already been found--wanting. Blue flame oil burners were first invented in 
the forties, and are used every day in industry. Their problem is that the 
burner nozzle has to be considered as a consumable...

Which leads us right back to your own statement "...too
much heat on the burner itself." I can only hope better than to see another 
endless burner merry-go-round here.
Mikey

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jerry Frost" <frosty at customcpu.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2006 10:08 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] A blown, fuel-injected forge


> 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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> 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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