JohnnyD13

Thank you very much frosty. All your information was very helpful. I will let you know what happens. Have a good one. John

Awesome thank you very much for that info... Cleared up a lot. It's not a mixing issue I see now the length and diameter and why the sizes were chosen. Friction loss and back pressure ect... I appreciate all your time... Two more things, Mizzou is the castable refractory of choice for the burner? How hot does the actual plenum and air fuel piping close to the ribbon burner get? From what I was reading they said maybe a little warm is this true?

Frosty lol thank you very much. I'm just applying the simple physics I know from the automotive end(same characteristics) Air fuel ratios, angles, diffusers, bellmouths ect... just looking to make it less turbulent going into the chamber and coming out the holes. I was reading that it is 9 times whatever the diameter pipe is for the length of the are fuel pipe going to the burner. I'm pretty sure I can cut that down to half or less with a static diffuser. I see a lot of guys live in Alaska and don't have access too many parts so I'm sure this would help them immensely. Like I said I'm just messing around with a few things actually using your idea with the wood block. If I think anything looks improved I'll let you know. Once I get to actually use the forge that's when I will look like one of the greenest greenhorns around. That's when you'll get your noob questions.. lol Steve thank you very much I appreciate it. As soon as I start heating Steel I will have a million questions.

JHCC thank you. Yes sir I've been there. Ok Frosty here is a couple questions I did not see actually talked about in the forums that I visited. Forced air or the NARB seems like everybody likes 3 in square tubing with a 2-inch Inlet . Did anybody try to increase the plenum volume, shape and air inlet angle with the ribbon burner itself? I have seen people put the inlet into the ribbon burner at a 90 degree angle instead of straight on but that's about it . I have seen people use inch and a half for their air fuel delivery and it worked but everyone seems to stick with 2". Is there a reason or it wasn't broke so don't fix it? These questions I'm asking could not be found anywhere I looked. Everything is a tutorial on the how to build but nothing really explains why those particular sizes are used. Thanks...

Frosty when I was 19 I became a volunteer did 4 years as a volunteer took the test to become career and got hired. Once I got hired I had a friend that owned his Plumbing business started carrying buckets for him and doing mule work learning the trade on my off days. As a fireman I work 24 hours on and have 72 hours off. So roughly have 5 complete days off a week to do plumbing if I choose. That's probably where things didn't seem to add up properly. 24-hour schedule is a pain but it is awesome when you have a second trade.. Thomas that's good to know and LOL. I have always been a jack of all trades master at none. My hands are my money makers. I didn't want to list everything and make it seem unrealistic but I started really early with cars... actually building a few engines in my garage including my jeeps inline 6 that came with under a hundred horsepower that I had dynoed at 260 HP and 480 to. I'm a very meticulous person always trying to get every bit of performance out of everything I do. Obviously being like this has its pros and cons. LOL Thank you guys for the warm welcome. Just trying to learn everything I can from questions that people already asked and hopefully give back somehow down the road..

Hello everyone.... My name is John Luminiello. I am 43 and located in central Jersey. Just wanted to say that I love this site and over the past year I have read through all of the threads that pertained to my interests. Just got around to finally joining the site. I am a professional firefighter/EMT (24 years) and Plumber (20 years) on my off days. In my spare time I stick/mig weld and fabricate steel (strictly the go to guy backyard mechanic), hunt and fish. I am married and have an 11 year old son. For over a decade I have been wanting to try bladesmithing doing all the research I can because everybody I know just does stock removal by me. I guess it's not real popular here in the northeast until you go further into Pennsylvania. I personally have a minut amount of experience. Like I said above I have been swarming all of the threads and I am sure I will have a bunch of questions later on. I am (RE)building my forge as we speak. Originally made it with 2 Venturi burners but once I saw John E's ribbon burner plans and Frosty's NARB I guess you can say it really peaked my interest. I really respect all the hours of testing and tuning you guys did to make a ribbon burner possible for the little guy. I'm in the process right now building a ribbon burner and forge. I have a few ideas that I wanted to test out to see if it makes a difference on the air fuel mixture and flame distribution. I'm just a noob with a few ideas I wanted to try because of my background. If for some miracle I come up with something and don't waste my time and steel I will let you know. Thanks again for the opportunity to join this site. Thanks to all the seasoned senior guys here offering their trials and tribulations to the new guys. John