M1l2n Posted January 12, 2012 Posted January 12, 2012 I have a welding rod oven for keeping moister out of welding rods. There is no exposed element but there is no vent either. It has a thermostat that I can control the temp from 90 all the way up to 250 degrees. I put some charcoal stars in it at 125. Well after an hour, the stars light off….pretty wild seeing 4 pounds of stars lighting at once ground level. No harm was done but it is hard to believe that they would light at that low of a temperature. Maybe some of you might have an idea why they caught fire. I was thinking that maybe it was because there was no vent, IE no air circulation. What do yall think? Thanks Monty
M1l2n Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 (edited) Tiger Willow Star; BP Mill Dust 60 ozHomemade airfloat charcoal 36 ozDextrin 8 ozSulfur 4.2 oz.Lampblack 5.7 oz. Edited January 12, 2012 by M1l2n
M1l2n Posted January 12, 2012 Author Posted January 12, 2012 I was talking with some of the Guys at Passfire and we may have figured out what happened. The temp. probes that I was using were only 3" long. The oven is 24" long. I never really thought about it but the oven could have been 250 in the back. I'm going to recheck the temp but in the back this time. I will let yall know what comes of this.
Zingy Posted January 19, 2012 Posted January 19, 2012 (edited) I was attempting to post a image of the refrigerator kiln used by the host or guest of the 'PBS Create' Show: "Wood Turning Workshop". The refrigerator kiln had a incandescent light bulb for the heating element, a meat thermometer as a temperature gauge, just stuck in a hole, drilled in the door. The chimney appeared to be a piece of pvc pipe. The fan appeared to be stock, original. It was very unsightly, down and dirty, yet entertaining. If one has a sense of humor, lives in a rural area, without zoning, a well ventilated out-house could of been built around it, with a crescent moon on the, (lockable), door. Edited January 19, 2012 by Zingy
Recommended Posts