I'm about to attempt my first set of ceramic burners having just secured a
fire brick. The burners will be for my Aster Mikado.
Has anyone on the list made ceramic burners for the Mikado? I was planning
on following a design I saw in Steam in the Garden with the burner having a
rounded top
The Majordomo's Gold Star to this man !
Art Walker
- Original Message -
From: Keith Manison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, November 10, 2001 2:33 AM
Subject: Re: Ceramic Burners
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You might try
the pub on a Friday
night !
Arthur Walker, Guildford, England
- Original Message -
From: Keith Manison [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Multiple recipients of sslivesteam [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 10:22 PM
Subject: Ceramic Burners
I need some ideas and advice. I'm building
Art,
Going over your suggestions:
Firstly, is the jet holder properly positioned with respect to the air holes
in the burner tube.Try different positions either further in or further out
see what effect the change has on lighting up, smell on the steaming.
That was one of the first
cross
tubes, 5/32 dia. This set up steams very well. I also have a quill
arangement on the bottom sheet.
You might try these ideas: Instead of going farther away with your heat, go
closer so that the proper part of the flame, ie, the tips are closer to the
bottom. Another, is that ceramic
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I do think that you are not getting enough updraught with your fire and the
experiments that I have done with drilling holes around the burner made no
appreciable difference.
Bob,
Thanks for the input. Yes, I think updraft is the problem.
As you've already tried
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
You might try these ideas: Instead of going farther away with your heat, go
closer so that the proper part of the flame, ie, the tips are closer to the
bottom.
Bob,
As this was the easiest to try I moved up the whole burner
by no more than 3/32. What a
