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Last updated: 05 Dec 2016

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Oliver burner
Wenig burner

After working on charcoal for a while, propane seemed like a sensible move.  Here are a couple of burners I made up.

Oliver Upwind Burner.  I didn't copy Lionels drawing too well, and made a mess of some of the dimensions.  However, it does work well for melting aluminium
Wenig Burner.  Using the Oliver Upwind Burner, I made the casting for the bell housing of the burner you see on the left.  It throws out a lot of heat so I'm hoping to use this one for melting cast iron...
 

 

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