What I did this weekend.. part 2

[Swarfing]

Irving your burner does not need to be that elaborate. I have been running my furnace for just over a year now mainly to feed my habit of needing large blocks of ali to mill. I first went for an all singing converted torch head. these days i have a length of 6mm tube with a 0.6 welding tip soldered in the end which sits in front of a 20mm tube into the furnace. i can adjust the the tip in and out propped up by bricks etc etc. It's cheap, works wel, i do not need a blower and save a shed load of build time. I keep meaning to tidy it up but what the heck it works.

[irving2008]

Irving your burner does not need to be that elaborate. I have been running my furnace for just over a year now mainly to feed my habit of needing large blocks of ali to mill. I first went for an all singing converted torch head. these days i have a length of 6mm tube with a 0.6 welding tip soldered in the end which sits in front of a 20mm tube into the furnace. i can adjust the the tip in and out propped up by bricks etc etc. It's cheap, works wel, i do not need a blower and save a shed load of build time. I keep meaning to tidy it up but what the heck it works.

It int going to be elaborate, just the torch leapt off a table at me on a car boot sale for £2, seemed silly not to, as its an easy way to make the burner. All I need to do is mount it in the end of the pipe, instant burner. No blower needed...