Here’s the latest addition to the workshop tools a Home Made Smelt
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6 November 2016 - 21:00
R 2 Smelt 2
Picked this Old Cylinder up at a local garage, None of the gas companys would take it ! so I did,
Filled it with water and left it overnight, marked it up and cut it up,
Started welding bits together,
Added hinges and spacers to keep lid level so it can be used to rest things on,
Fitted some casters tack welded rear casters so it wheels better,
Put a side rail on in Forge mode it becomes a stand,
Forge mode,
Had a little time on the smelt today, Chimney and burrner pipes fabricated and fitted,
Getting closer Plinth and main lining installed fired with a blow tourch
Construction complete
Well the blow touch didn’t work !!
So built the wast oil burner had it working but still needs some tweeking,
First test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgeRx88ulTY
Second test https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsUtTUJ6Hk
Did a little more on R2 built a bigger fuel pot and filled lid with lining and fired it on top of smelt, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lIPMal9v3k
A very simple burner made from a Tee fiting and the fuel pot is an old gas bottle with a dip tube,
It works well ! A bit of a fath to get it light but works well when it’s going
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6 November 2016 - 21:00Picked this Old Cylinder up at a local garage, None of the gas companys would take it ! so I did,
Filled it with water and left it overnight, marked it up and cut it up,
Started welding bits together,
Added hinges and spacers to keep lid level so it can be used to rest things on,
Fitted some casters tack welded rear casters so it wheels better,
Put a side rail on in Forge mode it becomes a stand,
Forge mode,
Had a little time on the smelt today, Chimney and burrner pipes fabricated and fitted,
Getting closer Plinth and main lining installed fired with a blow tourch
Construction complete
Well the blow touch didn’t work !!
So built the wast oil burner had it working but still needs some tweeking,
First test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgeRx88ulTY
Second test
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdsUtTUJ6Hk
Did a little more on R2 built a bigger fuel pot and filled lid with lining and fired it on top of smelt,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5lIPMal9v3k
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTMy5mgVMB8
Looking a bit hot the box section handle is gloowing red
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WJhHj-fNOVQ
A very simple burner made from a Tee fiting and the fuel pot is an old gas bottle with a dip tube,
It works well ! A bit of a fath to get it light but works well when it’s going
An old fire Extinguisher as a Crusible
