And Donnie & Forrest Goodhue took the new furnace to Clarendon, TX to do a test pour, that was going to be our first stop on the "Trail". It didn't work, one tap of cold metal and nothing. Had to use an oxygen lance to open the tap hole, skulled the ladle, got zilch. So today, or rather this evening into this morning, was spent trouble shooting the machine; we know its an air problem, but too much or too little, too high a verocity, too much volume? The coke at the tuyere goes black under blast. That says too much air, or it could be that the well hasn't fully burned in and is stealing heat to cure.
After fighting it for a few hours I'm ready to agree with Donnie & Forrest that its too much air, but I ran a trashcan furnace in NYC a week ago with the same blower, & its a lot smaller. So now to ascertain what blower will give us the right amount and what kind of connection. In NYC I used an aluminum dryer vent hose from Home Depot and cut a slot in it to "spill" excess air, Home Depot isn't open 24 hours like it used to be, so its another day shot testing. We will be lucky to get to Denver by Thursday at this rate.
Two students are wandering around Denver waiting for us; I wish I could remember the name of the pool hall that had those great "billiard" tables, I'd send them there, they could get a little culture.
Tomorrow will bring what it will, til then don't take any wooden bott sticks.
Butch
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Furnace working yet? Perhaps it's time to drop back to the old trash can alternative!? No luck on the Billiards Parlor in Denver-I asked around.
Good Luck!
Sandi
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