I think Rindert is referring to the CNC machine. This is my actual career background and i have built very high end CNC machine tools. The Machine I posted is for a client and is a product I offer for my other company.
Ive had my crude CNC machine up in operation since 2014
You can build a traditional grate. However, my grate systems are a cross draft system. There are vents cut into the reduction skirt and the outer perimeter of the grate. The center of the grate is solid. This keeps the char ash from packing as gas flows will force the char particles to pack together. The cross flow keeps things loose with out restricting flows.
your machine isnt crude it looks well built i see you have been doing it for a while i built my first machine some where around the mid 1990s we should talk some time the more i talk to you the more i see my self 25 to 30 years ago
matt that isnt a bad remark it is a complimet of the highest standing
No my machine is crude, this one here is high end. My criteria is to build the best machine on market in the $12,000.00 range for a CNC table. This has solid precision ways and precision ball screw drives and is unheard of on entry level machines in this price range.
This machine is $15k delivered with on site training.
This is the company I come from. These machines grind Jet engine parts. Ive been to just about every facility in the world that process commercial and military jet engines. The Hubble and James Webb mirrors were profiled on custom built CambelGrinders. Ive seen technologies that most will never see the light of day. Nuclear Sub reactors, and other things Im not allowed to talk about. lol
matt i looked at the site you sent yes they are the very best i didnt know you were into cnc at that level my machine is crude but it is the second photo type for digital cnc that was before i nearly died lost a lot of my mind dropped my IQ about 30 points. âŚmaybe more. hope you will fogive me for not catching on like i woud have a few years ago.
Ha no worries only so much you are going to learn about someone on a forum unless you want to read through 8 years of post. Nope not me! lol
Yeah Im getting there too, I spend most of my days looking for a tape measure rather than get any work done!!
last year nov. i did die for about 6 to 10 minutes then they put me on a heart lung machine then they took the heart out and rebuilt it with a 3d printed valve
wait until all you knew is parts of your memory. you can still figure thing out put them on paper but cant build them havent got the hand movements that is why i keep the words simple some of the more complex words forgot how to spell them. still know them though
Hi Readers,
I have been on this site and have read 8 years almost ever
entry. Everyone has to start somewhere and even the novices
post some interesting comments that re-spur my brain to the,
hey, thatâs a good point,what ifâŚ!
Pepe
ya i know what you are saying i have looked over matts web site from 2014 i think till the end did it in 1 week missed some got a lot of ideas. Still trying to figure some things out I have gigs and gigs of gasifier info i look over often. always get new ideas. I have gotten into a rut and I need new ideas to get out and move in new directions this is were forums are the way to go. It allows us to pick peoples brains that is what makes thing move ahead. I use to phone people all over the world and then visit them. Expensive but fun now with the forums and internet i can do what would have taken me years to do as close as the early 90s. then information expoded. wow I have been in a lot of new things that a few years ago was impossible.
So the new website is under construction with the home page complete. Any feed back would be great.
This far from complete, I will start working on adding product pages, a blog, possibly migrating the forum over to this site, up and coming products / events, etc.
Thrive Off Grid will remain as a distribution company. That was its intent from the beginning. VersiFire will be the re-branding of the manufacturing base, however I will offer sales direct from this company as well as TOG.
Looks clean and nice.
I like the product information upfront, many webbsites a lacking in that.
There is a reason for that, the manufactures want you to research a bit before making a purchase, so you know exactly what your getting into.
Hi Matt.
I was looking at you website and saw the M-1 Gasifier thats made from 2-3 inch tubing?
It says that itâs open source, does that means you have plans available for it?
No there will not be plans for it. It is an experimental unit so you buy the unit and then modify it with your ideas. The unit is to create working foundation to get you started then you can make and build add on systems of your own. For instance a larger hopper to replace the one I send.
If you scroll up there is a CAD Section view of my reactor. This should be all you need to replicate it. Dont over complicate it, it is a very simple design. Two funnels;;; top one is the carburetor, the second is the combustion chamber. Use vent rings for the air input no jets. The funnels are âButt Weld Pipe Reducersâ you can order them online. Ebay, Amazon has them. As for the reduction just follow any other down draft gasifier design. Just a down tube with a grate to support the fuel.
Post 552?
I like the slit for air nozzle.
But I donât understand how the carburetor works or what it is for?
The vulcan gasifier was more like a conventional imbert type? But the M-1 isnât?
I think I need to do some more reading 
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The new systems are a new bread of machine. The oringal Vulcan Gasifier was based on the Imbert type of gasifier with some modern twist. But at the end of the day they were still an Imbert gasifier.
The Carburetor is what it states. If meters in fuel along with air into the reactor. At the top of the carburetor (top funnel) it is spread apart via jet rings with spacers to allow metered air in with the fuel. This air input pushes combustion gases down preventing them from getting into the hopper. This eliminates hopper moisture issues, eliminating all the issues that go with it. No more sticky fuel causing flow issues, dry fuel burn hotter resulting in hotter core temps, resulting in fully cracking tar and moisture. Higher water shift etc.
The lower combustion chamber also has an air input and is the same arrangement as the top. However the ratio may need adjustment to get the proper balance. This reactor essentially has two air intake feeds. The air from the top chamber / carburetor feed the center core for direct combustion pyrolysis gas production. While the air intake at the lower feeds into the outer perimeter and is more of an indirect combustion process as it is burning off some of pyrolysis gases and char produced creating a hotter oxidation process.
So the to carburator feed from the hopper down to the reactor, sounds like a great solution!
A bit like a automatic dizzler if one can make that rough comparison.
I think I see how the M-1 works now, should not be to complicated to make but may take some time to setup to get right balance.
How big of engine could a 3 inch gasifier support and may I ask what restriction you use for a small design like this, 1 inch?
Also the hopper donât need to be airtight, one could use a hopper with a open topp?