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​My grandmother used to say a poor excuse was better than none. :-)

​Frosty, have you significantly tweaked your design since 2007? I found your plans in a 2007 edition of the FABA Clinker Breaker (Florida Artist Blacksmith Association newsletter) and built your burner with 1" pipe and .030 mig tip as I have been unable to find .045 tips locally. My flame seems to be igniting in the middle of the 8" barrel (which can be seen in darkness, a swirling blue flame) with clear heat exiting the tip. This is running on a test bench with a straight pipe and not in a forge as I haven't built it yet. I'm running at 5 psi and have turned it up to past 10 psi. I should add I did all this before I found this forum. I have the tip slightly past dead center and have tried it in dead center as well with about the same results. Can you give any suggestions? Thanks.

Congratulations on the restoration, looks really nice. I have the exact same model (unrestored) and had a couple of questions. What material did you use to create the gasket for sealing the gearbox? What weight gear oil did you use? Did you encounter any leakage around the lower bolt hole/bolt head? My first attempt was without any gasket...big oily mess. My fix was to use Permatex gasket maker. That worked but now I have the leak from the bolt hole. I guess I'll Permatex that also. Do you think packing material such as cotton might have been used originally? My gears tend to whine so I'm hoping the right weight oil will cure that. All the gears seems to be tight and in alignment. As an aside, I have a question on the orientation of your gearbox on top of the case (one of your pictures). Is it mounted this way? If so, the oil filler cup would need to be upright which would also make the blower exit upright also? Thanks for any info you might provide and congratulations again on a great restoration. HWP.