Frosty

Lively neighborhood eh? I like the idea of an armor piercing grape gun. What did the other side come up with in return? A gas John? Sssss, sssss, your pun tanked. Frosty The Lucky.

Agreed, everybody who builds a version, especially with sort of spotty information contributes to the evolution of the device. Each iteration gets pollinated by a new imagination. Some do a whole LOT more pollinating than others Mr. FrankenBurner. Frosty The Lucky.

Gee THANKS Mike send me to May 2016 and our original differences regarding naturally aspirated propane burners! I believe you've hit what it looks like to beginners on the head! Picking up typos and on you aside, a statement of yours above strikes on exactly why I developed the T burner. Everything is off the shelf, requires an almost silly little bit of shop skill and does the job nicely. In truth a lot better than I expected but I aimed for simple effectiveness ignoring the thought of perfection. Okay, back on topic. I think to answer one of your recent questions from my perspective, the noxious swamp of knock offs and outright silly burner designs is because of popularity. When "Forged in Fire" hit the airwaves more and more folks wanted to make a knife and to do that they needed a forge, anvil and all the tools you see on the show. With popularity comes demand in excess of supply and with that comes "start ups" to fill the demand. Unfortunately too many of the startups some with backers are by people who think the tool does the work or looks count, etc. Where NA burners come in function does NOT follow form and much to my dismay, form doesn't follow function either The reality of burners I don't think should work worth spit, performing beautifully and some that look good turning out to be stinkers has taught me to hold my piece until I see real pics of it in action. Which leads to the $38 T burner. Everything about what I see in the ads says can't work, the ratios are way off, a mixing tube 2" too long, air intakes almost 2x too large and a flame nozzle way too abrupt and the final straw, the ad doesn't show one burning, it's a drawing of a flame. But it's SHINY, everybody KNOWS stainless steel is better! Until someone on Iforge or my local club buys one so I can get independent pics and evaluation I have to hold my piece. I'm not buying one to check it out, maybe the maker will send me one. If it works well I'll say so publicly, if not I'll say why. Anyway, like so many things popularity leads to an explosion of wanna bes and out of the masses you get a few good things and some that can be tweaked. Most will be fizzles or outright copies. Frosty The Lucky.

I wasn't contradicting anything you'd said, just adding a detail some of the gang reading might not know or think about. Better quality usually lasts longer and performs better. I wonder if anybody is making stove pipe powder coated on the outside AND inside? Even stainless pipe won't last forever just longer. I just don't know if it's worth 4-5x the $ longer. Happily coal is too much hassle to collect so I run propane on those days I light a fire so I don't have quite the corrosion issues. Frosty The Lucky.

That sounds good John, it's reasonably short but detailed enough to make locating what you want intuitive and reasonably easy. Doing good John, atta boy! Frosty The Lucky.

Sounds like you have an exceptionally rewarding job. I bet it'll be hard to retire. Frosty The Lucky.

Nice try George you almost sucked me into spending half the day listening to The Longest Johns. It was close though, I did listen to "Big Iron" and the "Hammer And The Anvil." Frosty The Lucky.

About sulphur combining with condensation or other moisture. Moisture is a combustion byproduct, so H2SO4 is inescapable in your stack. Frosty The Lucky.

Experience will tell. Fun is what you bring with you, true words. Mike Rowe says something similar. "Don't follow your passion bring it with you." I discovered about the time I reached legal drinking age, 19 in Alaska at that time and I moved here when I was 20 so I missed the turning 21 celebration. Anyway, I discovered that drinking much was an expensive way to feel bad the next day. Folks who say a person who gets drunk knows how to have fun, don't know how to have fun. Frosty The Lucky.

Another good one, thanks Scott! Frosty The Lucky.

To get you more seeds or escape? Frosty The Lucky.

Only in the choice of words Scott, the first reactors were lab test devices, not power plants and cooling was a real issue. Big boats unlimited cooling ability were perfect for atomic power but it took a number of developments to make it work. Sub and carrier reactors are called tea kettles. Frosty The Lucky.

Metal working has not been rediscovered, we learned what we know by reading, listening and doing. We didn't demand knowledgeable people answer our questions in a way we want. Well to be honest learning not to be childish brats is part of the learning curve. You have been told repeatedly how to remove the undesirable surface from etched steel and you ignore the answers and insist, INSIST on removing the oxide layer. What exactly do you think etching the blade does? Insulting folks who are actually giving you the information you actually NEED is a good way to stop folks from trying. Last from me. You don't know enough to know what questions to ask, how to ask them or understand the answers and in a childish snit insult the people you are asking. Ignorance can be cured, stupidity is it's own death sentence.

Actually the 1st atomic reactor was Chicago-Pile1 in 1942. A true "Pile" of graphite bricks to moderate the neutrons so they could split nuclei and the released neutrons wouldn't go shooting off at near light speed and get lost. Not quite ready to power a submarine but it still generated atomic power and more importantly to the war enriched uranium making the transuranic, U238 Plutonium. While it generated electricity it was less than it used and more one of the experiments. Sorry about the sidetrack. Thank you for the Cod link I'm enjoying it thoroughly and putting it on a possible visit if we get close RVing. Frosty The Lucky.

Once is happenstance, twice is coincidence three is conspiracy. Frosty The Lucky.

Lord save your neighbors! You don't USE chemistry, life IS chemistry and it's too easy to disrupt it in ways that will not support life or if you're lucky only disable or maim you. I'd quote Heinlein but it'd be a waste.

An extra thick chocolate malt? If bacon grease maintained the flavor it'd make excellent mayo. I like Dukes but Deb says it has too much twang. <sigh> Frosty The Lucky.

We were opposites that way too, I still have to work at not being a smart a . . . aleck. Much of life seems to be making the best bargain with reality I can. I think the best we could manage is going with a satisfied smile. Though I must say a sheepish grin is much more in character for me. I have gotten to the point a loud explosion and flying pieces is unlikely. Speaking of life being a strange trip, a baseball game had to call a time out while a bee keeper took care of a swarm in the ball park. He was successful and the crowd went wild, he got to throw the first pitch. It's so good to see news that makes you smile. Frosty The Lucky.

That turned out beautifully, you and Jacqueline make an excellent team. How closely did the final piece come to what you envisioned? What's next? Frosty The Lucky.

You're scaring me, where did you find your etching procedures? What's with boiling the blade, isn't it etching quickly enough? Or do you think boiling does a better job of neutralizing the echant? When you neutralize used echant remember to pour the base solution into the acid in a deep container so it doesn't foam or boil over. Neutralizing or diluting a strong acid is "Exothermic" meaning it generates heat so you need to add the denser to the lighter solution. Hence Acid into Water so the acid sinks into the water and the heat distributes and to boil over it must heat the entire container of liquid above it's boiling point. If you do it WRONG and pour water into acid . Water being less dense spreads on top of the acid and reacts only on the surface and WILL BOIL RAPIDLY, foam up and spill! That means you have acidic foam boiling out of the container or in extreme conditions splattering or spraying around the room. This is a B A D thing. NO, handling your blade in the echant should NEVER cause any discomfort to your fingers, face or eyes because you ARE wearing your PPE! If you are handling acids or strong bases without rubber gloves, eye protection and an apron you are too foolish to be allowed anywhere near dangerous chemicals! Seriously, STOP doing this until AFTER you've read a good book on the subject. FIRST about safely handling strong acids and bases. There are decent articles and how tos online but you need have a grasp of basic chemistry to understand well enough to follow. THEN read a book on etching written by a knowledgeable author say Steve. Do NOT experiment with chemistry, especially reactive chemistry following directions by some guy on the internet! Too much or Most of what you read in blogs and I hate to say it internet fora is written by people who think they have a clue. You can find yourself doing things that can injure or maim you is horrifyingly wrong ways! Stop playing with dangerous chemical solutions and crack a book! Frosty The Lucky. I got something IMPORTANT backwards in the above and the OS won't let me edit. Pour the used up echant into a dilute BASE, not the other way around! Do it in a deep enough container the reaction CANNOT overtop the container and spill! Frosty The Lucky.

Now you have me wondering, what did you call them? PM if it'll keep the mods off your back. Frosty The Lucky.

My 50lb. Little Giant runs off a pair of V belts. The V belt double pully is on the motor and the belts ride on the flat belt pully. You need to use the belts you can break or splice or you'll have to remove the bearing caps and lift the hammer's shaft to mount the belt. For any solid belt. The flat final pully on the hammer is crowned and this seems to keep the V belts centered nicely. Frosty The Lucky.

Quite the pair of burner gurus eh, ain't life a hoot? Frosty The Lucky.

I may have to take some pics of "gifts" that were dropped off here without me asking or being here. Take it from me I've got too much unasked for free gifts but I just deleted a list. I'm trying to avoid the ramble. Frosty The Lucky.

Welcome to the active side of the anvil, glad you delurked! You've been reading our posts so how about filling us in on you? What you want to make, your tools, equipment, shop, pets, etc. You know anything you'd share with children. Frosty The Lucky.