New burner design - prototype testers wanted

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I have been working on this design for a couple years and have gone through various ideas, and the first prototypes are ready for testing. This new design will let me put a pressure gauge directly at the burner instead of at the regulator. This makes a lot of sense to me, as far as measuring your burner PSI goes. People seem to love data and I'm happy to oblige.

I need a few people interested in testing and giving feedback. I have two 30k burners for Atlas minis or similar, and two 100k burners for larger forges such as propane tank forges or multi-burners. These don't come with regulators. If you need a regulator, let me know.

To make it easier on me, I've set the price on my website to 1¢. This will let me print a shipping label easier. First come, first serve. Where else are you going to get a burner for 1¢?

http://www.atlasknife.com/product/prototype-burner-30k/
http://www.atlasknife.com/product/prototype-burner-100k/

burners with pressure.jpg

Stacy, if this violates the rules, let me know please.
 
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OK, shipping is messed up, I can't get free shipping to work on my site. I'll refund the shipping amount in paypal.
 
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Huh, it's giving me an error about shipping not being available. I'd love to test one of these out on a travel forge I'm working on.

*ETA* never mind. Third try was the charm ;) I'm looking forward to working with it and giving you some feedback!
 
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Wow this is amazing. I just grabbed one of the 30k burners. Just in time for my bday tomorrow. This is something I've desperately been needing thank you

ETA I need a regulator. Just created an account as I checked out under the name Justin schmidt
 
The burners have long been claimed. Sorry, I should've taken the links down earlier.

The advantage of having the burner enter on the side instead of the top is that the only time the gauges should get warm is after the forge shuts off. During use with an Atlas Mini Forge the burner is cool to the touch 2" from the side of the forge. Once it shuts off, it does conduct heat up the tube. My directions have always been to remove the burner when you shut off the gas. This prevents any potential damage to the rubber hose.
 
I had a hose start to melt at the junction to the burner. I’m curious as to whether the heat affects the gauge.
 
Burners just delivered to me - thanks Charles.

I'll get them fired up just after Christmas and see how they work. Will post the results here in early January.
 
Will be watching this with interest, always looking for ways to tweek my mini.
On another note, @Charles, the multimeter and thermocouple have done well in helping me control my temps for HT'ing and welding. Looking forward to a bigger unit from Atlas for bigger billet welds.
 
Wow, there really is a Santa. Thanks!

I looked over the burners, and they are like your others ... simple but functional. Lets see how they work out. I'll give them a good long run after Christmas and do some forging and HT with them.

On first look, it seems like a 4" piece of pipe as an extension would move the gauge away from the hot gas area. I'll take some temp readings on the burner tube and gauge in use.
 
Thanks to all for testing.

Stacy, feel free to keep the forge or give it to someone deserving. I accidentally welded the legs on upside down, so had to build a special toolrest. I recall you stating that you haven't used a good 2 brick forge and I wanted to help you address that gap in your experience. Immediate changes to the next batch will be the main shell getting inverted so the cap is on top instead of the bottom. The Graham forges I'm working on will be the same way. Both will be bolted together instead of welding. This will make them much more precise in their construction.
 
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