Jan Ysselstein Posted November 20 Author Share Posted November 20 Wow how time flies….these two were cast a while back. A little disappointed in the amount of surface gas but they are functional. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted November 21 Share Posted November 21 Nice! As long as you keep an air blast both inside and on the outside rear while they're in position, they won't melt on you. I had to go back a page to remember what I was looking at, sorry to say... but yay, copper tuyeres! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted November 24 Author Share Posted November 24 Thanks Alan , there are ways around the problem …one is shown in the picture below the other I will post when I find one of them again . You need a lot of turbulence near the heat in the air pipe. 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Ysselstein Posted November 27 Author Share Posted November 27 I forgot where I got this description of "Pit Charcoal"......it is sooo incorrect in several ways. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Longmire Posted November 27 Share Posted November 27 I know that one! The Manufacture of Iron in All its Various Branches [subtitle goes on for a full page], Frederick Overman, 1851. Available as a PDF free, if you search for it. 1 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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