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Graham-Jilly · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:44 am Post subject: home made wick burner

here is a wick burner i knocked up in a couple of hours just to see if i could make one. not finnished yet but is close.

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Chris · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:51 am Post subject:

Looking good. How does the meths capacity compare with the pps ones?
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Graham-Jilly · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 3:53 am Post subject:

probly only about 5-10 mils more not a great diference the resevoir walls are a lot thinner tho
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Stitch · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 4:37 am Post subject:

Nice one, Graham
I can see a little side-line developing in burners

steamyman · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 5:39 am Post subject:

nice burner coming along there Graham - can u please do a vid of it lit

Wallace · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:19 am Post subject:

Looks great G-J.

Nice job
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Les · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 7:40 am Post subject:

Well done.

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Graham-Jilly · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 9:57 am Post subject:

thanks guys i ran it in marvin this afternoon im very impressed kept up the heat and marvin flew.
this is a pic of the additions. I added a 1/8" copper tube for filling and a large breather that ill put a small plug into, I found I needed this so I could fill it properly from the pipe. it holds 25 mills of meths and burns for about 10 mins. still need to work out how to screw it in place but at the moment its a tight fit and stays in place

and here is a small vid of it burning

and when the rain stops ill vid it in marvin

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paul_c · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 10:59 am Post subject:

Looks good Graham, maybe if you put a right angle section on the front it would hang under the sight glass in the cab. There is a small gap there that you could slide the burner into. Hard to explain.

Graham-Jilly · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:00 am Post subject:

well the back of it hangs on the two screws that hold the back frame on

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Les · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:10 am Post subject:

Some nice high flames on there.

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Graham-Jilly · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:11 am Post subject:

thanks les it runs great in the loco

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steamyman · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 11:39 am Post subject:

Well done. Graham.

A flaming success.

Mamodman123 · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject:

Are you making them to buy?
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DLR · Posted: Tue Feb 12, 2008 12:44 pm Post subject:

very nice

if you shorten the wicks a bit you'll still get the same heat but with a longer run