Diesel/Oil Burning Foundry...

[Grant H.]

Anyone here built a diesel or oil burning heat source for a foundry? Any designs or pointers that did/didn't work?

I'm going to put a foundry together that is capable of melting copper so I can pour ingots, other metals will be side projects, but copper is the main goal currently.

Just thought I would check.

Thanks

[gnihcraes]

Interested.

I've built the small home foundry and using charcoal to melt down aluminum. I'd like something bigger and better. Just haven't put any effort into building anything.

[Grant H.]

Once I actually start building it, I will create a build thread, but that's going to be a week or two.

[DFBrews]

How Are you atomizing the fuel oil?

[Grant H.]

How Are you atomizing the fuel oil?

Thus far I think I will be using a heating oil siphon nozzle, at least for the first time around.

It uses ~20psi from a compressor, and gravity feed on the oil/diesel. Then a squirrel cage blower provides the actual "blast" portion of the furnace.