“A man without a scrap pile is hardly a man at all.” When I’m dead I want that epitaph welded across the gasifier my ashes will be interred in. Nice work Andris. I don’t think I’ve seen your gasifier before. Your nozzles have held up really well. What are they made from and why did you grind the taper on the ends. Also curious about the sprocket. I’d like to see a picture of it all assembled.
Showing this proof-of-usage is worth 10,000 words of speculations.
Why I respectfully disagree with some who say they do not want to picture up any of their failures only their successes.
Back in the centuries of all powered by forced air combustion it was expected that after so many hours of service work some repairs and restorations would be needed.
As much as the measure of excellence a long service life design was . . . the true jump from good-enough to true excellence is the ability to more readily do after hard use; repairs, and upgrade modifications.
In truth yours did not fail. It proved your layout and dimensions. Proved it’s usability.
You are now beefing it up for a longer service life of usability.
Ha! Ha! My guess TomH. from it’s high up location AND Andris’s referred to scrap pile; that the external gear is port cap stay-cool; installation and removal handle.
Andris, I’m glad Tom said he’s not seen your gasifier, or
I would have blamed my own memory alone.
Yes, we would like to know more. What it looks like assembled, dimentions, what it normally powers, fuel etc.
Tom
nozzles are made from 24mm hexagon stock, M20x1.5 thread, cannot remember, why i made taper on the end - probably for aesthetic reasons
sprocket is just cover for ash removal port - it was thick enough to cut thread into.
another item from scrap pile ))
Steve
yep, it is not a failure in my opinion, just replacing a consumable - let us see how long that brake rotor will hold.
engine is not tarred - everything is fine.
Jan - there is an old thread where i was asking for advice while building it.
forum members did help significantly and allowed me to avoid some beginner’s mistakes
I have a valid excuse Jan. I’m old and can barely remember what I did yesterday. I have to keep a daily log or I would be lost in the wilderness. The mind is the second thing to go.
Iv starting giving myself hand written to do list over each weekend, to many irons in the fire so to speak is taxing on the brain. Between rabbit (breeding, birthing, butchering) quail (incubating, brooding, selling, butchering) wood stove (collecting, cutting, splitting, stacking, burning) garbage runs recycling building things work and family I now have a calender full of notes to keep me on track. I still forget things. The details bite you once in a while. During my last reloading session of 9mm ammo I missed my powder measuring having a bad day and loaded about 300 rounds that didn’t recieve the proper powder load. Oof.
I’ll return to the original thread and re read what I forgot already. A busy brain and all that. I need a day off to just go to idle the woods in my dodge and relax.
Myself - I don’t know how I was able to miss it at the time.
