metalresearcher
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Furnace running on Natural gas reaches 1500 C
Today I tested a (really small) furnace made for propane use with a homemade natural gas burner with forced air to test how hot it could get.
Conclusion, as hot as with propane. 1500 degrees within 10 minutes starting from a cold furnace.
Gas consumption was 0.2l / seconds which equals about 5kW power.
http://www.metallab.net/jwplayer/video.php?f=/clips/1500%20d...
Yesterday I tested melting 100g of copper which melted within 10 minutes in a small furcane made of YTONG bricks (no video yet).
My conclusion is that I can use just our home natural gas connection for melting metals.
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cyanureeves
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fantastic! i have seen some diagrams of how to make the gas nozzles and air attachments but everytime i get close to make one i chicken out. something
about gas that intimidates me and i get a sense that it is way over my capability.you love metals dont you?
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