It works ! (new burner)

Justin.Mercier

Justin.Mercier

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Thanks to some help from IG this last weekend over St Patty's (and a hearty corned beaf and cabbage lunch, mmm!) and a package arriving today from Darren Ellis with propane hose, a needle valve, and a regulator assembly, i fired up my new burner for the first time today, yay ! (note the bottle of soapy water to check the connections)

I've got a forge body all ready to be filled out now with refractory stuff (ITC100 I needed came with the shipment from Darren Ellis as well) Just need to get back to IG's for some welding and hole cutting now so I can finish this thing off. One thing for sure is that it will take getting used to toying with a forced air burner to get it right each time I start the forge. I kept blowing my flame out while trying to get a good strong flame.

I wasnt 100% sure the best order to connect things up, so iv'e got it currently connected together Bottle Connector -> Regulator -> 10' Hose -> Needle valve -> Quick connect female end ... then on the burner side Quick connect male end -> Ball valve -> nozzle. I wanted to keep the most controll of the flame next to where i was controlling the air, and I wanted to use a quick connect so that I could, when building more forges in the future, use the same hose, regulator and needle valve to control them.

Because a few people have asked me, The place I bought my blower was from an ebay store sunsethydro , if you search for 60 CFM blower you should find them easy enough. They continually have them listed 75$ including shipping, they're pre-wired (although without a switch) and will screw into a 1.5" flange to hold them in place.

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In addition to my "It works!" topic, I should also post... my motor and pulleys came today for my grinder =) Now iv'e got sanding belts, pulleys, motor, drivebelt, and I'm just waiting on the Coote to arrive (due to hit my doorstep thursday morning) I got the motor all wired up for 110v single phase just 10 mins ago, and threw a toggle switch with dust cap on the side pannel. I've got a 4-3-2 step pully on the motor, and the monster you see beside it is a maska 6-5-4 step pulley for the coote side once it comes.

As far as mounting the motor, iv'e got a big ol' hinge i'm going to place it on so that i can change the belt location on the motor, and use the weight of the motor itself to keep tension in the drive belt.

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Justin, this is how I run my burner setup. Male fitting going into the tank I put a ball valve next then the regulator then the needle valve and the hose with the female quick connect on the end and just put the male fitting on the 1/4 npt coming out of the burner.
 
Justin, this is how I run my burner setup. Male fitting going into the tank I put a ball valve next then the regulator then the needle valve and the hose with the female quick connect on the end and just put the male fitting on the 1/4 npt coming out of the burner.
 
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