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I just want to put in a plug for the Frosty T burners out of pipe fittings. Instead of messing around with this why not take a $10 gamble and build one? Built to as directed they are pretty foolproof ( I should know, mine work fine)
the build was easy and I was able to focus on the fun part of all of this and not the boring burner details. Once it is tuned it just sits there and works. My first one is several years old and has had zero maintenance, working fine the whole time.
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.
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Luke, tks for the info. Its funny how perception is. My blower has a different type oil fill and petcock. The petcock (I'm assuming that's the drain?) has a little funnel shape on the top so I assumed it was the oil fill location. The other opening has a spring loaded brass pull cap with a little grooved insert that pulls out and I assumed it was the drain. Would it matter which is located upwards as long as it holds oil and the gears are lubicated? On mine, the gearbox is currently rotated counter-clockwise so as to make the petcock on top. -
Well, I finally got the chance to try it out this weekend.........
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.
Having trouble with maintaining pressure to burner
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