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| Meldonmech:
Hi Guys I was impressed with Ironman's propane burner, back in his October post. I decided that this burner was something I must have. I had aquired a small compressor a couple of years ago and never really used it. Rated at 2bar it would probably been capable of running a small engine. |
| Meldonmech:
I next needed an old oxy/acetylene torch to modify, and had to wait some time before one became available on ebay at the right price, not wanting to spend too much on some thing experimental. |
| Meldonmech:
I started to look for some tubing and managed to find some 35mm diameter. A small billet was then turned to fit in the back, this was threaded 1/2 inch BSF. |
| mattinker:
I remember in our "metalwork" classroom, there was a town gas and compressed air torch that I used to braze the handle on to a screwdriver that I made. The nice thing about propane is that the pressure is high enough to create a "venturi" effect acelerating the air flow. Town gas isn't under sufficient pressure to do this. The compressor would get around this problem! A couple of passing thoughts, regards, Matthew. |
| Meldonmech:
A nozzle was made to screw into the torch 1/4 inch BSF, and 1/2inch BSF into the flame tube. A 1.5 mm hole was drilled for the jet. |
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