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Brian John	03/11/2015 09:47:56
1487 forum posts 582 photos	Why did you use asbestos string and where did you buy it from ? Not that I want any !
Michael Gilligan	03/11/2015 10:09:59
23121 forum posts 1360 photos	Posted by Brian John on 03/11/2015 09:47:56: Why did you use asbestos string . It's as-best-as you can get for the job [old joke; works better when you say it] MichaelG.
Brian John	04/11/2015 06:37:42
1487 forum posts 582 photos	What about these ceramic gas burners : do they produce more heat than spirit burners ? I was thinking of the small rectangular one (BIX 005) . Any idea of the burn time for the standard gas tank BIX015 matched to this burner ? LINK
Ian S C	04/11/2015 10:24:27
7468 forum posts 230 photos	Brian, I used asbestos because it was there, my grandfather bought it with a whole lot of plumbing tools when he came to NZ for a holiday in 1952, the asbestos string was in with the petrol blow lamp. He was the head plumber at Brown and Polsens in Paisely (closed 2002), Scotland, Mum's home town. I would use ceramic burners if I could get them, I use camp stove burners, some times modified, one has been in use for over twenty years in my second hot air engine, and shows now sign of deterioration, round for a vertical boiler, or make a new rectangular burner for a horizontal boiler. Ian S C Edited By Ian S C on 04/11/2015 10:46:16

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