Does anyone have experience with NG burners? I'm working through whether to hook one up at home, and the requisite equipment. Next furnace is running propane, but I've only got a 40 lb tank and am hoping to begin melting daily. Thanks.
I use a NG burner. Master54Yoda (Art) is the expert though. Here are relevant threads: http://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/ng-burner.212/#post-3244 https://forums.thehomefoundry.org/index.php?threads/natural-gas-line.535/#post-10570 https://web.archive.org/web/2018073...hread.php?12157-Forced-Air-Natural-Gas-Burner Did you have a specific question?
Thanks Mach. Mostly just trying to understand what's necessary to do it, both for safety and execution. I'll dig through the linked threads and see what I can come up with. Preston
Yes, I have. I made one myself for forced air and NG, just like my propane burner, but with a larger orifice. It melts 500g copper, silver and bronze within 20-30 minutes on a residential (30 mbar which is common in the EU) gas outlet.
Here a few photos, as I melted a small quantity of aluminum bronze in a mini furnace in my fumehood. Gets blazingly hot (> 1200 C) within 20 minutes.
