mel jacobson on wed 8 sep 04
it is amazing how many materials have been used
to make wheel heads.
in kyoto, when i lived there, we only had cherry/wood.
wonderful to work on. solid, about three inches thick.
i have made a half dozen of them. some with two laminates.
added pins.
thick, about 5 inchers. added those to the jt abernthey wheels
i built years ago.
i no longer use them, the old skutt dc-1 is my main wheel.
as is.
in the north of japan, seto....i saw many
hard bronze heads.
in the 70's i did not see one aluminum head as we
have here in the u.s.
mr. uchida claimed that each loc~al in japan had unique wheel heads.
i have seen cast concrete,
a really nice solid aluminum, 19 inches across.
i still have that one.
on loan.
i would bet on 500,000 btu's.
most of those burners were half million.
adjust the orifice and it would change some.
again, depends on the orifice size.
mel
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Larry Nakanishi on wed 8 sep 04
Thanks, but I don't know if I want to tell them it was that much since
there're 6 burners and the line will only provide 650,000 BTU/hr.
----- Original Message -----
From: "mel jacobson"
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Sent: Wednesday, September 08, 2004 5:10 PM
Subject: wheel heads/ bendel burners
> it is amazing how many materials have been used
> to make wheel heads.
>
> in kyoto, when i lived there, we only had cherry/wood.
> wonderful to work on. solid, about three inches thick.
> i have made a half dozen of them. some with two laminates.
> added pins.
> thick, about 5 inchers. added those to the jt abernthey wheels
> i built years ago.
> i no longer use them, the old skutt dc-1 is my main wheel.
> as is.
>
> in the north of japan, seto....i saw many
> hard bronze heads.
> in the 70's i did not see one aluminum head as we
> have here in the u.s.
> mr. uchida claimed that each loc~al in japan had unique wheel heads.
>
>
> i have seen cast concrete,
> a really nice solid aluminum, 19 inches across.
> i still have that one.
> on loan.
>
> i would bet on 500,000 btu's.
> most of those burners were half million.
> adjust the orifice and it would change some.
> again, depends on the orifice size.
> mel
>
> From:
> Minnetonka, Minnesota, U.S.A.
> web site: my.pclink.com/~melpots
> or try: http://www.pclink.com/melpots
> new/ http://www.rid-a-tick.com
>
>
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