David Collins

This is exactly what I was looking for.  Thank you very much!  Now I got myself some thinkin' to do.  

What do you want to bet that when I figure it all out it will be exactly like all the others?  I know it will, because they are tried & true, but this is still fun.

Thank you again!

David

Thomas Powers & Frosty - Thank you for your help.

Just to clarify, it is not that I don't want to follow other people's designs, etc., it's just that I am trying to learn what the different parts, measurements, etc. are, how, why, and so on. I simply learn better doing.  I wasn't intending anyone to "spend their time troubleshooting my ideas", though in hindsight I can see that is exactly what I did.  

Anyway, I do appreciate the feedback & I'll post again, with photos & drawings, when I get it working.

Thank you,

David

I am trying my first propane burner.  I have read so many different plans, ideas, etc. over the last month or so.  

I am sure the logic of it was lost on me somewhere because . . . it doesn't work.

I am wanting to not just copy someones plan but to really understand it & mess with it.  I enclosed a picture of mine and was hoping someone can give me some advice.  The design is a 2"pipe with a hair dryer on one end to a reducer with the gas line running through it, to a 6" x 1" pipe for the burner end.  The actual gas tube is nothing more than a copper pipe with a small hole drilled in it, pointing toward the end.  I can't light the thing with the hair dryer on, even on low.  If I turn off the dryer I can light it & it is just like a candle burning.

My thoughts on what could be wrong are:

1. the gas line is too close to the end.  Maybe I need to move it back more toward the dryer?

2. there is not enough pipe after the gas inlet to allow the air & gas to mix well.

3. the hair dryer is too much?  Maybe I need more volume & less 'force'?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

David