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" Particularly if they feel they are running up against didactic rather than empirical discussions." I assume I should take this as a teaching moment (didactic), and thank you for the lessons. The irony of your statement is not lost to me. I feel like we're playing ping pong here. But apparently we can not complain, nor teach about proper morals (didactic) when confronted by grumpy people. Instead we accept the grumpy-ness (Curmudgeon), and how they wish to tells us how to live (didactic) to respect them for their knowledge. meh. ============================================================================== Curious, does anyone know of the benefit to adding in a battery to go with the charger, to use with my car blower motor? Would it be to allow a greater pull? What sort of battery are we talking about? Do I need to worry about over draw? Please & thanks you. Sorry for my lack of knowledge. *gives beer*

Hey Busta, I am also from Alberta. South west of Edmonton. Where you at?

I am sorry I assumed in the form of a question. I shall look up this Wootz you mention. It sounds very interesting.

I agree, It would be nice to have stickies for this. More to come later?

Very cool. I like it.

Theory side only. I am not going to do this. But could you take and melt mild steal and add carbon to it to turn it into a better quality steel?

Does paint damage your forge? Wouldn't it just burn off eventually if you couldn't get it all off?

What do you recommend? I was thinking just glasses and gloves. Earplugs as per required. Maybe a solid hoodie if Sparks become an issue.

No. It's not you. My brain sometimes just shuts down unless I draw things out. 16" high is better than 8" high, I assume. Others may offer better advice though.

Glenn The thing is, when a "grumpy" person is grumpy. And then a non-grump-meister defends themselves, there tends to be a debate. Words like "respect" are thrown around. What I tend to perceive is more along the lines of defence and standing up for personal dignity due to the grumpy-person's desire to be honoured no questions asked. Daswulf Thanks :P. I believe I have been using that feature. I think the concern was is that I was using that feature to pin point information directly above me. Instead I can manually write it in.

Glenn said "If you give respect, you earn respect." I feel that people should be treated like a human being constantly. Honour is earned. Treating with dignity is a given.

It's hard for me to picture what you're saying. But that's just me. I am more visual. If you made up a MS Paint sketch I could probably see better. But either way... From what I have gathered, mass underneath your blow is what you want. The more the better. Any splits from welds can cause issues and separate the force in ways difference than just a solid piece. Others may chime in about proper welding technique. I have read of people stick welding on a harder surface to mild steal and then cleaning it up. They would use that as a top face for their anvil. I probably will be doing that for mine when I get more time.

TheMatrixIAm said "if" No worries. man. Thanks. I do appreciate the help. Please and thank you. and sorry, eh. Here's a beer. That's about the equivalent of that grumpy people thread that I got. Bribe them, and say please and thank you and sorry and keep your head down and tail between your legs. Ya, I never quite got that whole thing. I work in the trades. I worked myself up from a grunt to a J-man. The thing is, the little guy starts small and then eventually replaces the grumpy knowledgeable guys. We don't all live forever. And pain stays in memory a lot better than pleasure. Going to school, you know what every student talks about? How their journeymen treat them. I have some great teachers and great journeyman. I still talk to my journeyman that I had from my first job. But some I won't give them the light xxxx xx xxxxx xxxxx. If someone is constantly putting me down, why would I. I have often seen people broken by j-men as well. Crying. Not wanting to come back. We had one guy hang himself in his van. ... So, sure. I get that grumpy people want to have the right to be grumpy. But there are consequences to that.

See, the point I like of the quote feature is that it alerts the user to being quoted. without it then they are not alerted. And since you can not tag someone, this seems like the only feature.

Iron Dragon Forge & Clay Is there a way to tag a user in a post? I could use that as a feature to provide notification. I am sorry if I offended you in such a way that you needed to micromanage the situation. hold on. . there we go. The happy face tells us we're being friends. I edited it for you 10:25... Curious how long it will take. I am not sure if you will get notified without the quote. This system automatically adds my post to the last post I did, which is nice.

Iron Dragon Forge & Clay said: "you think?" :'( I find it slightly humorous that most of that thread, if not all of it, is people defending their right to be grumpy.

I believe what I said was But I could be wrong.

Yes me and my buddy are often wrong all the time. It is actually better that the inducer motor of a high efficient furnace can handle what is required, CFM, Static air, etc. And not burn out. They would obviously be better option because of the ability to directly use 120 volts. I am curious if mid efficient motors specs are different. Also, there is a reason why theory doesn't always work. Just because an engineer thinks it will work one way, does not mean that it will. But I'm not an engineer. My goal is to find the best/cheapest option available. I plan 100% to be wrong constantly and would love it if you could point it out. But saying it in such a way like "despite", "decided", and "have been used and worked" is a little rough. Maybe I am just sensitive. And that is my fault then, not yours. I would then have to say that I am sorry for being upset all the time with your delicate teachings. Something more like "Hey Matrix. We were able to get inducer motors working. They are great for the job." probably wouldn't have hurt my feelings so much. But what do I know about feelings... Not much. Is the Automotive blower AC? I assume the inducer motor would be. I would say something here about my knowledge of blower motor design, but I am spent. And I am not sure me sharing is actually doing anything any more. I am wrong. I know nothing. I am sorry I tried.

Hey guys. Just curious if anyone has measure the pressure in a single hole of their ribbon burner when it is set to run adequately with no lift off or back burn. I am going to set up a bunch of test plates to measure the pressure drops across my burner with different configurations. If I know what everyone else has theirs set at then I have something to go off of. I went to local big box store a picked up a clear hose. With a bucket of water and that clear hose I can accurately measure inches of water column without having to use a digital manometer. I think it was about $4 for the hose.

True. Though it took me about 20 mins. Cool. I have connected pipe that I could sit and have my lunch in.

step 1. Grab some tools and materials. step 2ish..cut, fold, cut, connect, Flux and solder. Alternate as you go. Step 3:... wish you had a torch for better solders... I used a soldering iron. Still works, but torch would get it hotter. Save yourself $300.

I was discussing with my Journeyman buddy about this. We both came to the conclusion that that fan is not really build for static pressure. If you cover up a 636 pipe of a running furnace it doesn't push back at you. It's wheel isn't really that much of a squirrel cage. The purpose of it is more about creating enough energy to remove products of combustion. Any buoyancy involved would also do some of the lifting as well. Keep in mind, though, it does pull in and push out at the same time. So it may push more when it is pulling nothing. Or it could over heat. Motors are fun like that. If you make the work to easy they just ramp up and over heat. All that said, testing it would be the best option. I have not completed my ribbon burner yet, so I don't know how much is needed. As per my car blower I was able to find some options. It runs with a car battery. But I want to limit it from over drawing too much. And I want to be able to plug it in as well. A battery charger does work. But you need a stupid one, the smart one simply will just get in the way and not do what you're asking it to do. The smart one auto detects when the battery is full and stops charging. As such, it doesn't even start to charge. Found that out the hard way after I bought a cheap 20 amp 12 volt charger. My buddys dad was nice enough to gift me a 4 amp 12 volt charger. It works. But the down side to it is that I am not sure if at 4 amp I will be getting enough speed. The next part will be rigging up a way to change from the connection on the motor to my duct system to my pipe. I bought some heavy adjustable dryer duct. Not the kind that is like paper and punctures. And the ridges aren't so bad, so it shouldn't reduce the speed too much. Also it's only going a short distance so it should be fine. Now I just need to cast all my stuff and see how it blows with the system on.

I don't understand this comment. It is my understanding that any connection over 2" has to be welded.

Thanks. I was able to get it to turn on both 12 v 2 amps and 12 v 10 amps