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| vtsteam:
Then I bent a strap out of 1/8" x 2" and welded the other two brackets to that: |
| vtsteam:
The strap and base before adding the barrel: |
| vtsteam:
And the barrel bolted in place: |
| vtsteam:
The furnace mostly finished: |
| vtsteam:
Because the welding was finished, I moved the cupola up to where it will be tried out. I live on steep ground, so I wanted to get it up there before it started to rain because even the tractor won't make it in mud. We have heavy rains predicted for 2 days. It is supposed to clear up Sunday. The next job is filling the lid with refractory. I found some lightweight fire brick given to me many years ago by a friend who was rebuilding a kiln. The lid will be quite heavy, since it's 4" thick, so I thought I'd break these up into chunks and plaster them into the mix to lighten it up. I'll leave a 1" thick layer of pure fireclay and sand as a hot face, since these brick aren't rated at as high a temperature, I believe. |
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