Bloody great idea. The photoss of that should be worth a few bob too, could be used by the Fire Services as warnings to kids not to play with matches lets all Enjoy the Flame
Hello, How do these roarer burners work? They have a strange looking trianular burner head. I thik lighting it for charity would be a good idea. Do you need a pint of meths to pre-heat that burner? You know I love it and the triple burners. Way to go. Chuck
Mornin Chuck , .... sometimes these burners work TOO well .. as seen here with this one needing a rebraze .. youve seen the pics of Trevors BIG one in action :-) ;-) & can see the deeelightful colour that the burner head & heavy cast surround ring reach .. well i reckon that this one got too hot & melted its own brazed assembly The pocket/hole should be full of braze , around the tubes/cast head intersection the brazing should be a nice smooth fillet... on this one its melted & run down the tubes The thicker cast section at the top of the tubes is cross drilled .. as per standard roarers , theyre just the same ... but on a larger scale The mass of metal above the crossdrilled area is used 'I think' as a heat sink ... getting the heat away from the lower temperature point melting braze . On the tube(left of pic)a 'hillock' of braze which should have been at the tube/cast intersection . Easily visible here are the areas which should have a fillet of braze Ive partially cleaned the areas.. now trying to find my coded/aerospace welder friend to see what can be done ... im pretty confident that we can get it back to cherry & && beyond ..... will report as & when . For size comparison .. next to a Primus No.3 & a No.5 type silent . One use for these burners , with them mounted in a frame which supported a cast crucible , was for melting lead .Molten lead used for setting iron railings into stone ,gate hinges into stone gate pillars ... old tech 'expansion bolt' . or sealing between stones used for channeling water ... Roman tech . nick
Try my mate Ian Carey. He is a fully qualified ex-RAF airframe welder - he does amazing work. http://www.iancarey.co.uk/
Thanks for the link blackjack, I think I will be using their services - as long as it is not too expensive.
If yoe do light it I would make sure you have a window open because that thing looks like it will suck all the o2 out of a room in 5 seconds!!!
Thats not big...Thats f'n rediculas. By the time it preheats I could have used the metho to cook tea and had a cauppa as well!! Does it go through fuel like a v 12. Just sit and watch the guage go down??? Hope you get it welded up again. Would muffler putty not work?? HAve you tried a cracked egg in the kero tank?? May seal up the leak!! O.k Get me coat. Do I need ear muffs and plugs as well to get near thi thing to turn it off?? Frighten and scared of load noisey burney things Barra
