I got the (hot)blues.
Blindhogg was correct, of course; the little Harbor Freight stove (a two burner version of this one)I have was not qite enough to pump the prerequisite BTU’s into the bluing tank, it took five hours instead of twenty minutes. And the blue is still a little spotty. I’ll hunt with it this winter, and reblue it in the spring, or after season.
I had to surround the tank with blocks and bricks to keep the heat in, and at the end even put a tin sheet over the top to keep the rainwater from cooling it down. THe wind was just taking heat out faster than I could put it in.
I’m gonna buil;d a stand to put it all on, and make some “regular” burners for the tanks, so I can have a boil/degrease tank and a cooldown tank going too. Probably make myself some homemade pipe burners like these as well
Still, the Marlin is not embarrasing, and in fact isn’t horrible at all. Just needs to be pointed at some deer, is all.
Looks to me like pipe burners would do the trick. My smith buddy has pipe burners under his tanks.
I may also find some ceramic wool and see if I can insulate the tanks against heat loss.
Saw something like this under a commercial grill. Shouldn’t be impossible if you have a decent drill press and can make a jig. although since I don’t have the drill press buying them would be cheaper. however I would then be held hostage anytime I needed something like this by the vendor selling said object. Of course if I get a drill press I need a lathe and then a building to put it all in. Just to make some pipe. I think I know where this will end. With the wife, keeper of all common sense. Oh well.
Paul: I work for a machine tool distributor. I have a bucketload of machine tools at my disposal.
I know. I was lamenting my lack of access to said tools :-)
I past lives I’ve done stick and wire welding and some machine work as well as been a mechanic and wqorked in construction. Houses and bins mostly in the construction.
Skills I have, tools I don’t. For me to have machine tools I would need to build a shop and then I would use them and the wife would passively complain.
Sorry to make you the shrink.
anytime paul. you get tp chicago area look me up well hang in my shop.
Thanks
Propane?
If its propane, go get a HI-pressure regulator for $15-25 bucks. The preset ones for gas grills just don’t put out enough fuel to Git ‘er done.
When I made my Pig cooker this spring, I Teed two 20 Lb tanks to a hi pressure regulator.
That feeds a line to the two bigass burners, AND teed off to an old 3 burner stove like the one you pictured.
I can run all 3 burners on the stove and both big furnace burners on the pig cooker with LOTS of heat from each. The propane tanks get will actually frosty on a humid day.
Turkey cookers typically use the hi pressure adjustable regulators like this one
http://www.protanksupply.com/regulators-adjustable-detail.asp?Size=2002
YMMV
Mark