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Making a Propane Burner even Hotter

Paul's Garage (Paul's Garage)
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Want to learn sand casting using your 3D printer? I can teach you!: https://paulsmakeracademy.mykajabi.co... Previously, I build an easy to make, simple propane burner. It worked, but not great. Today, i'm making it great. Not only do I modify it a bit so i can adjust the air/fuel ratio, but i do something stupid and duck tape a hair dryer to it. Why? because more fire. That's why. Turns out when you need more air, you can force it down the burner's throat. Who knew. Forced air propane burners are officially awesome. Also scary. But awesome. The biggest improvement is capping off the back, and making some kind of sleeve to adjust the air hole openings. Want my advice? I assume you do, since nobody except truly dedicated viewers ever read this far into the comments. My advice is don't do forced air propane burners. Stick with the normal kind. Forced air is just lots of over complication for what I assume isn't an appreciably hotter …...more
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Making a Propane Burner even Hotter
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2017Apr 7
Want to learn sand casting using your 3D printer? I can teach you!: https://paulsmakeracademy.mykajabi.co... Previously, I build an easy to make, simple propane burner. It worked, but not great. Today, i'm making it great. Not only do I modify it a bit so i can adjust the air/fuel ratio, but i do something stupid and duck tape a hair dryer to it. Why? because more fire. That's why. Turns out when you need more air, you can force it down the burner's throat. Who knew. Forced air propane burners are officially awesome. Also scary. But awesome. The biggest improvement is capping off the back, and making some kind of sleeve to adjust the air hole openings. Want my advice? I assume you do, since nobody except truly dedicated viewers ever read this far into the comments. My advice is don't do forced air propane burners. Stick with the normal kind. Forced air is just lots of over complication for what I assume isn't an appreciably hotter flame. I love rube goldberg devices as much as the next guy, but the thing is powered by gas. You don't want to plug the thing in, too. Mailing Address: 1818 Milton Ave STE 100 #1973 Janesville, WI 53545-9998 We have a community Discord server. To join, send me an email at vloggarage@gmail.com, or click here:   / discord   Follow me on twitter at   / vloggarage   Instagram:   / pauls.garage   Patreon:   / paulsgarage   Music: "Quirky Dog" by Kevin MacLeod. http://incompetech.com/ #foundry #forge

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Paul's Garage (Paul's Garage)

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