Gundog48 Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 I've been thinking about switching from solid fuel to a hybrid coke/gas system, until I acquired and old furnace burner for free. It would appear to burn diesel and will be fairly easy to mount, if a bit heavy. It was switched previously by a thermostat and has a 3-pin plug which should mean that I could wire it up to a foot pedal or simple switch to operate it which would be great. My biggest concern is the size. It's rated at 54-120KW. From what I can gather, this is significantly more power than I've seen from most forge gas burners. Has anyone tried anything similar or have any advice on using something like this/its viability? I'm thinking it might just be easier to sell and buy a gas burner! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 So the lower setting is about 10 pounds of oil an hour? Sounds rather excessive for a forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted October 22, 2019 Share Posted October 22, 2019 3 hours ago, Gundog48 said: I'm thinking it might just be easier to sell and buy a gas burner! I'm thinking you are right, unless you are planing to forge large ships anchors. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dan Bance Posted October 23, 2019 Share Posted October 23, 2019 23 hours ago, ThomasPowers said: So the lower setting is about 10 pounds of oil an hour? Sounds rather excessive for a forge. That's about 1.5 gallons per hour. I run my forge at .5 gallons per hour (which is probably still excessive). Liquid fuels are difficult to make a satisfying forge with. And you need to run them lean until the forge comes up to temp or they can smoke like crazy. But, once you've got a viable forge built, they're kinda nice. On the other hand, I could have bought a lot of propane for what I spent building my current forge (and I still want to change some things). A lot of trial and error went into it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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