Paul Taylor on fri 1 feb 02
Dear All
I am about to try a wood smoking experiment.
But I am a bit cautious of how to go about it . I have a feeling fast
expanding super heated steam may not be the safest stuff.
I was thinking of poring water down a steel tube into the port where I
light the burner . How much water would be needed for a reduction atmosphere
and how would it read on my oxygen analyzer?
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Regards from Paul Taylor
http://www.anu.ie/westportpottery
In time the biggest hammer will fail to smash a nut that is the nature of
'disaster' - but also 'hope'.
Bruce Girrell on fri 1 feb 02
Paul Taylor wrote:
> I am about to try a wood smoking experiment.
OK, if that what you want to do, but it's not good for your lungs.
> I was thinking of poring water down a steel tube into the port where I
> light the burner ...
> I have a feeling fast
> expanding super heated steam may not be the safest stuff.
NO! NO! NO!
DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
You are asking for a face full of steam.
Bruce "listen to the voice of experience" Girrell
Tony Ferguson on fri 1 feb 02
Paul,
Very interesting and I have wondered about this myself. I don't know about
the questions you asked, but, I would buy one of those aquarius hoses with
lever to control the flow of the water. This way you could gage visually at
least and not over flood your burner. Good luck!
Tony
www.aquariusartgallery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: "Paul Taylor"
To:
Sent: Friday, February 01, 2002 5:45 AM
Subject: Wood smoking - need help
> Dear All
>
> I am about to try a wood smoking experiment.
>
> But I am a bit cautious of how to go about it . I have a feeling fast
> expanding super heated steam may not be the safest stuff.
>
> I was thinking of poring water down a steel tube into the port where I
> light the burner . How much water would be needed for a reduction
atmosphere
> and how would it read on my oxygen analyzer?
>
>
> --
> Regards from Paul Taylor
>
> http://www.anu.ie/westportpottery
>
> In time the biggest hammer will fail to smash a nut that is the nature of
> 'disaster' - but also 'hope'.
>
>
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Steve Mills on sat 2 feb 02
Paul,
If you want to introduce water into a Kiln, perhaps putting a steel
plate into the firebox entry and arranging a gravity fed water
drip/stream onto it controlled by a fairly remote tap, rather in the
manner of the old sump oil drip feeds that were used in the recent past;
they used a similar setup to break up the oil before it burned.
Steve
Bath
UK
In message , Bruce Girrell writes
>Paul Taylor wrote:
>
>> I am about to try a wood smoking experiment.
>
>OK, if that what you want to do, but it's not good for your lungs.
>
>
>> I was thinking of poring water down a steel tube into the port where I
>> light the burner ...
>
>> I have a feeling fast
>> expanding super heated steam may not be the safest stuff.
>
>NO! NO! NO!
>DON'T!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
>You are asking for a face full of steam.
>
>Bruce "listen to the voice of experience" Girrell
--
Steve Mills
Bath
UK
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