I’m imagining a double chamber pellet feed tube, where you have sort of a gate halfway down, so you can open the top lid and add pellets, then close the lid and flip the gate to drop the new pellets down into the main feed chamber, thus eliminating the smoke and back flow of air while adding more pellets.
I have messed with a waste oil blast furnace nozzle. It used compressed air to atomize the oil. It sounded like a jet engine and that's no exaggeration, it was nearly impossible to work around. So I never developed it any further but adding a drip feeder to this furnace would be a game changer for sure.
Hi Steve Great work as always. I've learned a lot from you, you know. Since I spend loads of time on process control on machines like you build, my first thought was that a system to control (regulate) the air flow is needed. You know the fire triangle? Well, I think the air your vac delivers is cooling the burn chamber. That coupled with lack if insulation reduces the effectiveness of the setup. Especially since you designed it for a fuel with larger diameter and far higher calorific value. An ability to reduce the speed of the vac, or divert the output would allow you to tweak and optimise the burn over a range of fuels and so on. Much admiration from Auckland NZ
Yeah it could all do with a bit of a tune-up. I've left the burn chamber uninsulated to get a longer service life out of the stainless steel, I found when you insulate it you go outside of the working temperature of 304 stainless steel 865 C. I should probably make one entirely out of ceramics but for now and the things that I use it for, melting aluminium for casting and heating up the odd bit of steel so I can pound it with a hammer, it does ok but it could do better for sure. Hope you're doing well over there in New Zealand, it's not getting too cold I hope. 👍
@@LittleAussieRockets I spent some hours cutting and chopping firewood, now out for a walk in shorts and T. South Island gets the brunt of the cold. We have a standard box fire in the house. The economy here is tite, but I have a continuous feed of ad hock work and a new packaging venture in the pipeline 😁
Interesting that you were using kitty litter pellets for fuel. By chance was the litter used or fresh? :) Would be an interesting way to recycle materials. Wishing you and your family a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace brother
Here is the tour itinerary; Sunday December 8th, Cairns Community Christmas Carols. Monday December 9th, Innisfail Shire Hall. Tuesday December 10th, St James Cathedral, Townsville. Wednesday December 11th. Day Off. Townsville & Magnetic Island. Thursday December 12th. Holy Trinity Church, Bowen. Friday December 13th. Day Off and Orchestra to travel on the Spirit of Queensland. Saturday December 14th. Coolum Civic Centre, Sunshine Coast. Sunday December 15th Coffs Harbour, New South Wales. Night off! Monday December 16th. Lazenby Hall, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales. Tuesday December 17th. Visit Country Music Hall of Fame, Tamworth, NSW. Performance at Dubbo Theatre, Dubbo, NSW. Wednesday December 18th. Dubbo and overnight stay at Western Plains Zoo. 'ZooSnooze' glamping program. Thursday December 19th. Morundah Opera House (Shed). Stay overnight at Holt farm. Friday 20th. December return to MGS, Melbourne to unload equipment and return rental truck. Mark
@@LittleAussieRockets Well I thought that I would let you know because myself and one of the other Maintenance guys will be driving the Support Truck filled with the bulky equipment.
Great to see another video from you Steve! 😊 Good to see the chicken supervisor is at work and patrolling for any bugs or tasty mice in your workshop. As far as your forge is concerned, I would just stick with the 'palm' (?) nuts you were harvesting from your friend's farm. From the sounds of it they burn better and hotter and only cost you a little bit of time to source. That sounds like the best fuel of all! In fact I would suggest that you check out how well they work in your house heater so you can save time and money on fuel to heat your house this winter? The slasher skids looked a treat! 😊 Hope that you and your family are all well and your chickens are providing you with lots of eggs and entertainment! 😅 Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺 PS What part of Queensland are you in as the School Orchestra will be doing a North to South Tour in December, from Cairns down through a couple of towns with the final show in Southern New South Wales.
Thanks Mark it's always great to hear from you. Where in the Scenic Rim area inland from Brisbane, well if you drew a straight line from Brisbane to Warwick we're nearly in the middle. And I agree palm nuts are the go. They create a great coal bed and packed full of oil, nearly the perfect fuel.
I’m imagining a double chamber pellet feed tube, where you have sort of a gate halfway down, so you can open the top lid and add pellets, then close the lid and flip the gate to drop the new pellets down into the main feed chamber, thus eliminating the smoke and back flow of air while adding more pellets.
Nice work, I think I've asked before, have tou ever built a waste oil burner? Free fuel, controllable and heat for days....
I have messed with a waste oil blast furnace nozzle. It used compressed air to atomize the oil.
It sounded like a jet engine and that's no exaggeration, it was nearly impossible to work around. So I never developed it any further but adding a drip feeder to this furnace would be a game changer for sure.
Hi Steve
Great work as always. I've learned a lot from you, you know.
Since I spend loads of time on process control on machines like you build, my first thought was that a system to control (regulate) the air flow is needed. You know the fire triangle? Well, I think the air your vac delivers is cooling the burn chamber. That coupled with lack if insulation reduces the effectiveness of the setup. Especially since you designed it for a fuel with larger diameter and far higher calorific value. An ability to reduce the speed of the vac, or divert the output would allow you to tweak and optimise the burn over a range of fuels and so on.
Much admiration from Auckland NZ
Yeah it could all do with a bit of a tune-up. I've left the burn chamber uninsulated to get a longer service life out of the stainless steel, I found when you insulate it you go outside of the working temperature of 304 stainless steel 865 C. I should probably make one entirely out of ceramics but for now and the things that I use it for, melting aluminium for casting and heating up the odd bit of steel so I can pound it with a hammer, it does ok but it could do better for sure.
Hope you're doing well over there in New Zealand, it's not getting too cold I hope. 👍
@@LittleAussieRockets I spent some hours cutting and chopping firewood, now out for a walk in shorts and T. South Island gets the brunt of the cold.
We have a standard box fire in the house. The economy here is tite, but I have a continuous feed of ad hock work and a new packaging venture in the pipeline 😁
rocket stove boiler up date 21 march 2018 No.34 еще такой вариант можно гдето применить в ваших мыслях спасибо что вы есть
Interesting that you were using kitty litter pellets for fuel. By chance was the litter used or fresh? :) Would be an interesting way to recycle materials. Wishing you and your family a blessed week filled with gentle seasonally appropriate weather and restful evenings together. Peace brother
I don't know if I could put up with the smell but it would be worth a try
Here is the tour itinerary;
Sunday December 8th, Cairns Community Christmas Carols.
Monday December 9th, Innisfail Shire Hall.
Tuesday December 10th, St James Cathedral, Townsville.
Wednesday December 11th. Day Off. Townsville & Magnetic Island.
Thursday December 12th. Holy Trinity Church, Bowen.
Friday December 13th. Day Off and Orchestra to travel on the Spirit of Queensland.
Saturday December 14th. Coolum Civic Centre, Sunshine Coast.
Sunday December 15th Coffs Harbour, New South Wales.
Night off!
Monday December 16th. Lazenby Hall, University of New England, Armidale, New South Wales.
Tuesday December 17th. Visit Country Music Hall of Fame, Tamworth, NSW.
Performance at Dubbo Theatre, Dubbo, NSW.
Wednesday December 18th. Dubbo and overnight stay at Western Plains Zoo.
'ZooSnooze' glamping program.
Thursday December 19th. Morundah Opera House (Shed). Stay overnight at Holt farm.
Friday 20th. December return to MGS, Melbourne to unload equipment and return rental truck.
Mark
Man that's a big itinerary. They're not coming out our way unfortunately but it was a good thought.
@@LittleAussieRockets Well I thought that I would let you know because myself and one of the other Maintenance guys will be driving the Support Truck filled with the bulky equipment.
Nice
Great to see another video from you Steve! 😊 Good to see the chicken supervisor is at work and patrolling for any bugs or tasty mice in your workshop. As far as your forge is concerned, I would just stick with the 'palm' (?) nuts you were harvesting from your friend's farm. From the sounds of it they burn better and hotter and only cost you a little bit of time to source. That sounds like the best fuel of all! In fact I would suggest that you check out how well they work in your house heater so you can save time and money on fuel to heat your house this winter?
The slasher skids looked a treat! 😊
Hope that you and your family are all well and your chickens are providing you with lots of eggs and entertainment! 😅
Mark from Melbourne Australia 🇦🇺
PS What part of Queensland are you in as the School Orchestra will be doing a North to South Tour in December, from Cairns down through a couple of towns with the final show in Southern New South Wales.
Thanks Mark it's always great to hear from you.
Where in the Scenic Rim area inland from Brisbane, well if you drew a straight line from Brisbane to Warwick we're nearly in the middle.
And I agree palm nuts are the go.
They create a great coal bed and packed full of oil, nearly the perfect fuel.
@@LittleAussieRockets Wait so are they what they get Palm Oil from?
I believe so, at least the people who I've talked to have said that that's the case.