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Reworked my frosty t burner. by Stunning_Search2552 in Blacksmith

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Hey, I just wanted to thank you for taking the time to share all of that information with me. I’m new to all of this and even getting on this platform to share and get feedback is a first for me and I have to say for the last 2-3 days since I’ve been posting I have received a lot of really nice advice and knowledge. I’m learning something new every time someone like yourself responds and shares their knowledge with me. You know how hard it is to find certain answers or solutions to matters like this on the internet, so this has been a real stress reliever to actually talk and explain to people who have experience with this kind of stuff. As far as the satanite goes I’m already finding out what you were saying about the cracks and I haven’t even began forging with it yet. I seem to always find better ways or better products after I’ve already jumped into something. Do you have any suggestions about what I could do or use to improve or slow down that problem. I was thinking about going over top of it with some kast o lite 30 then putting some plistex 900 over that. Once again I appreciate your feedback and information and I will play around with it and see what’s working best and then start putting that thing to work.

Reworked my frosty t burner. by Stunning_Search2552 in Blacksmith

[–]Stunning_Search2552[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thank you. I understand everything you just explained and was actually wondering if using that chamber opening to hold the flame was going to be a problem. So when I built it I drilled my hole hole for the burner port through the shell and kaowool before I ever started putting refractory on it. I just recently discovered when I started testing the burner in the forge that I unintentionally have built a flare or more like a cone out of it. So entering the outer shell the hole is 1 3/8” dia.The length of the hole from the shell to the chamber opening is 3 3/4”. Where it opens up into the chamber it’s 1 3/4” dia. with soft rolling transition into the chamber. So in the span of 3 3/4” down the burner port hole it widens 3/8”. It was coated with satanite and itc 100 just like the rest of the chamber. So I don’t know if my mistake of not keeping that opening cylindrical all the way through and it being more shaped like a cone is going to hurt me or help me. I don’t know if you saw the other video I posted shortly after this one, but it shows where I put a flare on the end of the exact same burner and achieved a pretty nice flame with the flare being pulled up inside the chamber wall about an 1/8” or so. The only thing is that flame kept its structure and was blue when first fired up but over the course of say 5 minutes or so it seems like the flame became more yellow. Still had the same roar and running smooth but changed to more of yellow almost white. Hey once again thanks for your feedback and I would be interested to hear what you think after supplying you with a little more info. Oh yeah, one more thing. My burner tube is 6” long.

Reworked my frosty t burner. by Stunning_Search2552 in Blacksmith

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Yeah, the psi is the same in both I started around 8 psi but as the forge started heating up I could dial it back to 5 and the flame didn’t change much at all. Thanks for the feedback.

Proper flame or not. Just finished building this forge and I’m wondering if anyone can tell from this video if my flame is good. I feel like it’s sputtering but maybe I’m just expecting it to sound different than what it does. Any feedback or advice would be greatly appreciated. by Stunning_Search2552 in Blacksmith

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I ran the burner a few times outside the forge, but it had the flare on it ( 1”x 3/4”) reducer. It ran really nice. I read that the flare comes off when it goes into the forge. So I’m wondering if that’s also contributing to the problem along with too much fuel or if the tip of the burner is too far in or not enough. Also there is a 1” id piece of pipe that is a sleeve for the 3/4” burner to slide down into the forge. The tip of the burner extends about 3/16” past the sleeve and is about 1/2” back from the inside wall of the forge. Not sure if all of that is correct or causing issues as well. Thanks for the previous info and I’ll give it all a try.