Since glass blowers use copious amounts of gas and efficiency is paramount, i was immediately curious. They will greatly improve the performance and the efficiency of the burner. Welding table swivel mount by ron reil homemade welding. How to build a gas forge burner forge burner, gas forge. First and foremost, this burner was designed by mr. Burner flares, gas forge parts, gas forge burners, ceramic. Various aspects of these components are discussed in more detail in other sections of the book. Ron reil propane burner cad model with blueprints youtube. Advice needed for building a pipe burner venturi size.
There are several sites detailing construction and modification of the ron reil burner. Gas forges are easy to make and in time you may make several. And i have read up on the trex info and reil burners and such. The sidearm burners work even better, they are still a venturi design, and ron reil talks a lot about them on his site. Reil ez burner the rule of thumb is about 240 cu in of chamber for one ez burner. I like experimenting, and this seemed like a great way to learn how gas forges work. Propane forge burner overview ron reil design youtube. Cad drawing and blueprints for the ron reil style gas forge burner. We later replaced the galvanized bucket with a cheap stainless pot.
Mongo burner for gas forge forge gas technologies scribd. Homemade foundry furnace burner fashioned from metal pipes, gas fittings, and an inline valve. Reil s mini forge and is adequately heated by a single r. We set the kiln on top of some old tiles, and then a cement backer board. The easiest way for me to create that flare was to use an oxyacetylene torch to heat half the length of the pipe section. Ive been using a modified sidarm burner for a while now. Applications customer web site links hybrid burners. I headed out to the local dump and was just about to give up before i saw the perfect can. Ribbon forge burner instructions by john emmerling about five years ago, a glass artist purchased the building next to mine and set up his glass blowing studio. Please practice handwashing and social distancing, and check out our resources for adapting to these times. My site provides information about the various models of propane burners i produce. Comparing blown burners and venturi burners ron reil shares his thoughts on forge design using venturi naturally aspirated vs blown burners. This project was completed start to finish in one day, 4th of july 2003. If you wish to do your own calculations an easier model to work with is available on ron reil s forge and burner design page as the btu output calculator.
An alternative that i strongly recommend due to its small file size is the pdf. This video gives an in depth overview of a propane forge burner. Rex price can tell you exactly what his burners are designed to do and i believe provides technical infromation with the burner and on his web site. The reil burner is a very low budget design that allows anyone to piece one together using standard gas pipe fittings.
We also added a thermocouple similar to this and digital reader. The application of combustion principles to domestic gas. The ez burner is an adaptation of ron reil s original burner, the main difference is the end is not flared which would have to be done by heating the end up and hammering it on an anvil. It is more like michael porters design meets ron reil s design. Look over the designs and find the one that looks best for your needs, and plagiarize mercilessly. Instructions by john emmerling waynecoeartistblacksmith. The following link is to a pdf file of the tweco contact tips chart it also shows.
Cad drawing and blueprints for the ron reil style gas. I had an audience of my three brothers, sister, and father who did not believe that this thing would actually work. Nozzles can be made, but getting the flare just right is difficult. I made a couple of keith porter design burners that have a relatively high efficiency compared to the usual pipe fitting designs. The burner design above is my modification to the well known aussie burner, as designed by various smiths, some noted on the drawing. Ron reil s name is almost synonymous with propane burners. It is ron reil s abana page on propane burner and forge design. I had the plumbing supply store cut the threads off of both ends which left me with about a 234 length. With such a design, the minimum safety provision would be a normally closed solenoid valve on the gas line plus a line powered startstop relay to make. Oliver recommends hybridburners products in his bronze casting manual cast. Burner is 14 of 2 black pipe starting at the 75cfm blower then reduced to 1 just after elbow. This page chronicles my fabrication of the ron reil propane burner. The following are links to pdf files that provide the charts plus.
My burner is not quite like the sidearm or reil design. Fire bricks are lined with plistix to enhance efficiency. Having built the ron reil 34 burner for my first forge, i thought id build the mini mongo for the new forge since it is considerably larger. The burner i am building is reil style burner which will have enough output to fire a small aluminum melting foundry. I will not go into the physics behind the burner since this has already been done by mr. These 34 double atmospheric burners will get hot enough to forge weld in any properly lined forge, 700ci or under. I have an original reil burner, which i have modified to use mig welder tips, and a reil mongo burner, and my gas roaster spit burners also use mig tips. With my burner design, the forge environment should meet that requirement if you. Please help me finish my forge burner design gas forges.
And if anyone knows any better design than the ones on zoeller forge home page gas forge parts, atmospheric burners, and blacksmithing, cheaper, easier, etc, let me know. Building the ron reil style propane burner boorman. For an example of forced air see the gingery gas fired crucible furnace located elsewhere on this site. The chamber is typically lined with refractory materials, preferably a hard castable refractory ceramic. Consistent work in metal click button perceptive metal working ideas get your knife maker shows you stepbystep. A few examples of the modifications to the burner design itself. Single forge burner ron reils design gizmos fabrications. A distinction i found on ron reil s website, differentiating between venturis and forced air systems, is that venturis are nozzle burn, and forced. If you are interested in learning more then check out mr.
Propane forge burner design sidearm burners zoeller forge. When you buy one of these burners you can be assured you are getting the highest quality and most efficient burner currently available today to the private shop or small business. So i have modeled on solidworks the burner that i built. The burner mixes fuel and air which are ignited at the tip, which protrudes a short way into the chamber lining.
It has a ton of links and articles within about designing and building reil style burners, and tons of other stuff. So, to top it all off, am i right in being concerned about making the homemade burner. A lot of guys have made modifications to the ron reil design, so i started there and tried to develop a concept that i could build quick, easy, and cheap. The burner project listed below from gary overman is based on the popular ron reil burners that you find all over the internet. Forge and foundry page forge and burner design page 1 forge and burner design page 2 the faq flypress page how hot can these burners get. As with the positioning of the gas tube, it is important that the hole is centered. They have served us well for 6 years with very little maintenance. The application of combustion principles to domestic gas burner design. The flare is 18 over the outer 112 of the 1 pipe nipple. Design, construction, and evaluation of a gas forge.
With the burner design using ward tees, things are a little easier to get adjusted properly. The design of this forge consisted of a steel pipe body insulated with ceramic fiber blanket, and was heated by a single atmospheric burner. This is a blower operated burner which is also popular. Ron reil shares his thoughts on forge design using venturi naturally. This will provide a close approximation of the output of each burner at a specified operating pressure. The reil burner is a superior burner in all respects. Venturi action is used to draw in air to mix with the propane jet at a wide range of pressures, eliminating the need for a blower. The kcrucible burner is based on ron reil s naturally aspirated mongo burner principle with adjustments based on michael porters book and other hints from around the net, as well as direct experimentation. A 5 dia x 10 long chamber will do a lot of forging, and is very manageable for a first project.
Ron prefers venturi type gas pressure aspirated burners. When i built this burner, i was frustrated with not being able to find any detailed drawings or blueprints to properly build this burner. Original poster 1 point 3 years ago edited 3 years ago. The modified side arm burner was built and designed by larry zoeller. Ez burner easy burner designed by ron reil, originally designed for a forge it would be suitable for a furnace. My old shop at a glance the construction of my first shop my new home and shop reil s ez burner. The sidearm burner seems to eliminate a lot of the difficulty that i had tweaking the ron reil design venturi burners.
Blacksmithing and metalworking pages golden age forge gallery. Bottom burner is used only when full length salt pot is in operation. The rule of thumb for side arm burners to forge volume. Ron himself abandoned this burner design in favor of the much more efficient rex burner. Mongo burner for gas forge free download as pdf file. The first thing on my list was to obtain an appropriate sized can. For most of the images i am showing making only one burner tube. One common, efficient design uses a cylindrical forge chamber and a burner tube mounted at a right angle to the body.
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