Do these cheap little burning nozzles sufficiently serve as check valves, meaning if they're inline with the fuel source they can burn fuel without the risk of a boom? I want to make a cheap little propane stove, my idea is to drill and tap a series of holes in a galvanized pipe. One end would be capped off and the other end would have a line running from the control valve, which directly feeds the fuel.
So long as everything is tight and there's no leaks, this would work right? Or is there something I am missing here. Please advise (this is not the official parts list it's just a research list)
Here's a depiction of what I meant.
Are there any special considerations I'm missing? would this actually work?
Make sure the galvanized pipe doesn't get too hot, the fumes are bad.
Searching "pipe burner" reveals plently of similar designs, you just need to include a venturi to mix in more air.
I have an old one for distilling alcohol and instead of having a custom venturi piece like pic related, it's just the nozzle held by a piece of sheet metal with plenty of holes around it
That's usually a bad sign
I wouldn't use that shit indoors
how do you use that to distill alcohol
You add a still and alcohol to the heat source, heat + still + alcohol + time = distillation of alcohol or maybe explosion if youre not careful about fume management I suppose
thx. I will give it a try.
update. I tried it and it didn't work.
Ok, it's embarrassing but I forgot to open the valve. I'll try again and report the result. Don't let this thread die; talk about muriatic acid or something until I get back.
>Ok, it's embarrassing but I forgot to open the valve.
This 'gentleman' is playing with flammable/explosive gas...
OP! please start a live stream. You'll be remembered forever.
>OP! please start a live stream. You'll be remembered forever.
I read about this in the news. OP died doing what he loved, and went out with a bang.
NOT FUNNY ANON
Find an old gas grill that rust out and use the regulator, burner etc….think frugal man
Do this.
Usually you can find a whole good grill that has only 1 burner not working and 3good burners.
Just buy a flashback arrestors.
I recommend getting an adjustable regulator, flashback arrestor, and an inline filter before the regulator because the trash grade propane will frick your shit up. It's not a clean burning fuel when they add all of this extra shit to it.
^This except since LP for cooking is not able to flash back due to atmosphere being incapable of providing overpressure unlike an oxy-LP cutting torch (I collect and rebuild gas welding equipment per factory tech data to use) so no arrestor needed or useful.
That's why weed burners aren't sold with flash arrestors or check valves.
Filters are a very good idea. I use welding regulators on my LP cooking shit when the stock junk cease working since I scored a heap of Victor 450 series but that's a waste for most people. It's worth mentioning as an emergency option if your regulator dies though.
thx for helpful advice anon. I didn't know about the flashback thing before.
Do some reading about propane including fittings. READING not vidya because the details matter.
Fecesbook /groups/CookingGas/ has global info. It's rarely worth building cooking burners but often worth building small blacksmith forges.
are you trying to make a space heater or something you can cook on/over?
either way, the cost of the parts will probably be double the cost of getting an actual propane heater or grill, and buying one would be safer too
I mean people throw out perfectly good propane grills all the time, you could salvage one of them and just repurpose the shit.
Propane stove/oven combos are generally a feature in old RVs. The 70s Magic Chef ones are bombproof. You may find one for free I've junked out several and put them in cabins.
its works. you need a check valve (in german: Rückschlagventil) on the pressure reducer and needle valve!