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I have three of the 3 flavored popcorn tins, one I made, or making rather since I haven't finished it yet, into a small "bench top" crucible furnace for when I only need to melt a small amount of metal. One that I have perlite in for anealing and the third is just sitting on the sidelines ready to get put in the game as some as it's needed. They are great since so few things come in any kind of nice reuseable containers these days, heck even metal coffee cans are becoming less abundant any more with a lot of them going to plastic. Some plastic containers are ok but you just can't beat metal ones, they are just more versatile and can be used for a lot of things plastic can't. welder19

How big is your floor? There is a floor paint that is available, it's not cheap but it is really nice and very durable, I can't remember the name right off hand but a freind of mine did his floor with it. You can hit it with a hammer and it won't chip, it also fills/covers imperfections in the concrete, but that is more for old floors, since your is new it shouldn't have any. I'll see if I can find the info on it, contacted them about doing my floor and they sent me a packet of info. It will cost a few hundred dollars but you'll only do it once, not like a lot of the floor paints on the market. welder19

I'll be praying for all the unemployed, I just came really close myself, the co. I work for, like a lot of others I'm sure, are looking to get rid of anyone they can to try and save a dollar, I've been at this place for 15 years and they tried to fire me, for political reasons mostly but also because I'm among the top rate employee's. I've always been a little on the fence about the unions but they saved my job, well actually I think it was all the praying. welder19

The turbin wheel is fixed but you have me thinking now about how it would be if it was able to spin, I'm gonna have to think about that and maybe expirament with it. I don't know either about them being available over there but I would think you could probably google it and find out but if not and you really want one I don't think it would be too much to get the fitting and nozzle shipped over to you, they are small and weigh next to nothing, probably wouldn't cost too much more than a letter. welder19

5 micron? What are you doing that could require that kind of acuracy? For anyone who doesn't know what a micron is, 1mm is 1000 microns, human hair varies from 60 to 100 micron, on average 40-50 micron is the limit that the human eye can see. welder19

It's all in how you look at it, I love working with metal but sometimes wood is necessary. It's all about the end result, creating something with your own hands and being able to sit at the end of the day and admire the results of your work and what you were able to create from raw materials. Well that's the way I look at it and for me it makes it a little easier. That being said I really hate sawdust and can't stand covering the shop with it, some day maby I'll be able to have a dedicated wood shop, which would having to do it much less dreadful. welder19

Yes, I also made a turbine wheel that the nozzle slides into, it causes the air to swirl which also improves the burn, causes better mixing of the air and oil. I don't think any of the pix show the turbine though, it is nothing more than a fan blade cut out of sheetmetal sized to fit the tuyere and has a 3/4" hole in the center that the nozzle slides into. It really makes a noticeable difference in the burn and the sound. welder19

Corn burning heating stoves are actually pretty popular, just like a wood stove but it has a hopper that you put the corn in and then it self feeds the corn into the fire. welder19

Was it really necessary to cut it up? Looks like it was in decent shape. Not that it really matters, it's yours and you can do what you want with it, just wondering, that's all. welder19

Hey Matt, it is the same principle as the Daggoth burner, I made a Daggoth burner a year or two ago and it is as simple as they get and works pretty good however doesn’t compare to this nozzle as far as performance and range of operation, you can’t fine tune it like this one, but it is still very effective and if your only looking for more or less one setting, then it’s fine, but for the $40 some dollars you can get the Cadillac of siphon nozzles, in my opinion. My air comp. is a 7 hp 80 gallon 2 stage Devilbiss, so it has no problem running the siphon nozzle but I know a couple of the guys are running it off of small portable type compressors, they just run a lot, so I would think you would be able to run it, but that is why some are using the small blower as well as the air comp, that way you can run at a lower psi. If your thinking about getting a siphon nozzle I suggest you read through that thread and even put your name on the list so you can try it out before you buy one. welder19

I will add them to my prayer list. Good luck Mr. Hoffi, stay safe. welder19

A .75 should be plenty, if you go to the link that I posted to BYMC you can see the pics I posted of the burner running in a pipe, that flame is the burner at about 1/2 "throttle", but you can go with a 1 gph if your worried about it. I don't think that the blower will substitute an air comp, at least not with the style nozzle that I have, it requires the air to create the siphon and atomize the oil. I run around 30-40psi to the nozzle and pressurize my oil tank at 10-20 psi depending on ambient temp and viscosity of the oil I'm burning. The guy at BYMC that introduced me to this set up uses a small blower in addition to the air comp. but it isn't nessasary and I haven't tried it yet to say if it has much of a bennefit or not but he seems to really like it, but it is only a very small blower. welder19

The one I have is .75 gph and I can adj it over a pretty wide range by adj the air and oil, it is so far working out perfectly, I wouldn't want any smaller and if you go any bigger keep in mind your going to use a lot more air, so you would need a good size air compressor to run it. If your going to use it in a fairly small forge then you could probably go with a .5 gph, but like I said I can turn mine down pretty low. Mine is a Hago, this one to be exact Patriot Supply - and this is the fitting Patriot Supply - 030L4067 welder19

I have played with quite a few w/o burners and recently have been turned on to a siphon nozzle set up that a guy on bymc is letting folks try out, after trying it I went and bought one for myself, it is the most powerful, tunable w/o burner I have ever used with the widest burn range and when adjusted properly puts out no smoke or unburnt oil. I have only used it so far for casting but hopefuly over the course of the winter am going to build a forge to use it in. It's a long thread but some of it you can just skim through if you want,BackyardMetalcasting - Lionel's Laboratory welder19

I used to swing a 30 lb sledge back in my masonary days, back when we did everything by hand, used it mainly for busting up old concrete, it's those kinds of things that put me in the condition I'm in today, blown knees, elbow, lower back and neck. welder19

Very nice indeed. welder19

Happy new year!!! Be safe! welder19

Being in the service industry (not automotive) this kind of thing does not really surprise me, you would be amazed at just how many stupid people are around us on a daily basis, it really is scary, talk to anyone who is in the service industry and they will have dozens of stories that would just amaze you. However the ones who drive vehicles are the scariest, my granddad and my dad drilled it into me since I was a little kid, when you get behind the wheel of an automobile to drive, you are in control of a 4000 lb + killing machine and if you don’t respect it and stay completely aware of it then you are going to get killed or worse yet kill someone else. It really is scary to see what people do and don’t do when their driving. Welder19

Definately soundslike galvaized steel, bad stuff to forge or weld and generally not worth messing with but if you must then get a respirator, metal fume fever is no fun. welder19

There are companies who make custom engine components and could very easily due so for you since you have a model for them to copy from, I would sugest you look into finding one of those companies, if you do a search on google you should be able to turn up something pretty easy. I have delt with companies and had custom pistons, pushrods, and some other misc. parts made that could not be bought off the shelf. welder19

Dave Gingery has a book on centrifugal fans, it's a really good book, I have a copy. You can buy it from Lindsay Books, as well as lots of other great books, for anyone who has never heard of them, you really need to go over and have a look around at the books they have. Here is a link to the Gingery book on fans,Gingery's Other Foundry Titles welder19

Those are really cool, and don't try and get rid of all imperfections, they are what help distinguish hand crafted from store bought. welder19

Just the opposite for me, every time I caught a glimpse of my image in the mirror it startled me....thought some big ugly guy was coming at me with a hammer....kept throwing me off welder19

Definitly time well spent, nice job! welder19

Will pray for a successful surgery. welder19