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Have to say that the burner works really well. Very tunable with plenty of power for my small forge. Haven't gotten it up to welding temp. Need a refractory coating in there before that may happen. Hot enough to forge a hot cutter.

Love all the feedback. While the burner isn't engineering perfection. I've decided that it's a great starting place and works to meet my needs in my mini-forge. Here's a pic of it in action. The forge is small and simple. 8" X 12" stove pipe, front has port cut into it. Front and back are quickly removable if needed for better access with long material. Friction fit on the burner "flare" that's too tight to let exhaust out. Heats up small stock to forge temp in 30 seconds from cold on full blast (or so). Works for my simple needs so far! https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90EuUIO1N4uQW5HSGd2QWdFaW8/view?usp=sharing Thanks for the advice and guidance.

No worries Neil. Makes sense to me now after more research. RJS, love the video. It helps me to make sense of my burner which is essentially the same design. I'll fire it up and tune it up this weekend and share an update.

Excellent feedback swedefiddle & rjs. I had a feeling I was being nitpicky -- that's why I turned to this forum for advice which I really appreciate as a newb. The only thing besides adjustment that seems to need work is to seal the sliding choke. Any recommendations? Agree that all is adjustable and seems like a good design from what I have read. One thing that got to me I guess was communication from the seller that said "no expense was spared to engineer this product... (see below) I bought it for the price and because it did seem adjustable. Will do some tuning with it tonight and will connect it and fire it up. Again, many thanks for the feedback. Hi, I'm looking for more information on the Stainless Steel Foundry/forge Burner by Goede. It looks a little like a Hybrid burner. Can you tell me more about this burner? Any customer testimonials? I just finished building a small forge and was going to start on a burner but this does look interesting. Any more detail about it would be appreciated. Thanks, Hi:You will find customer testimonials on my ebay site under feedback my ebay user name is insportsdan.No expense was spared to engineer this product including hard to machine stainless steel.We found that A flare tip does not make A noticeable difference.The tips flare on there own with repeated use.I hope this helps you with your decision.Thanks for your interest.--- Original message ---

I purchased this burner and regulator from Amazon user Goede and received it well packed via Priority Mail last night. Looking at the burner after unboxing it, I was a little disappointed in the craftsmanship but want to check in with others that know this stuff much more than me for other opinions before sending back. My observations: The mig tip that was used isn't centered within the chamber. I would think that this would affect performance https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90EuUIO1N4uWlU1X1h4X3RoVnc/view?usp=sharing The part the the mig tip sits within has a gap against the sleeve of the pipe that you can see on the right side of the tube https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90EuUIO1N4uUFl2TWFHQ1RyeXM/view?usp=sharing Here is another view of that gap from the top. The set screw has been filed down to allow the choke sleeve to slide over it. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90EuUIO1N4uVlQ2ZW8zY2pZT0E/view?usp=sharing The choke and the end cap were unevenly cut from the same piece of metal. As you can see here, that's why it's leaning. Probably won't affect performance but all of these little things add up to not so great craftsmanship. https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B90EuUIO1N4uQi1ON0xERmp2QkU/view?usp=sharing The slidable choke has a 1.5 mm gap between it and the burner tube so there is no way to completely choke the burner. Not sure if this is a problem or not... Any of your thoughts or comments are welcome!