ShedBoy
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Had half a furnace sitting around for a while now and got sick of seeing it outside the shed door. Time to make a start. Had an old edger frame th was going to the tip next trip so it was used for wheels, handle bars and what ever else required of it. The body is a water pressure vessel from a header pump about 480mm round.
Here it is on wheels
From the driving position
Put some reinforcement in for the refractory lining, former for the drain hole
This is the former for the inner.
I have got to get the cement mixer out to pour a slab for an aviary so I will mix after that and start tamping it in. I am using a local made product I got from Potters World in Perth only $60 a 25kg bag. Sila 165 good for 1650 degrees celcius so iron should be okay. I have nearly got a propane burner finished aswell and parts for an oil burner, just need to go to the tip to get some more parts.
Question for the masses;
The refractory says to mix only 3% water by weight, does that mean 25000 grams of refractory needs 750gram of water?
Will this mix okay in a cement mixer or is it a mix by hand job?
Brock
Here it is on wheels
From the driving position
Put some reinforcement in for the refractory lining, former for the drain hole
This is the former for the inner.
I have got to get the cement mixer out to pour a slab for an aviary so I will mix after that and start tamping it in. I am using a local made product I got from Potters World in Perth only $60 a 25kg bag. Sila 165 good for 1650 degrees celcius so iron should be okay. I have nearly got a propane burner finished aswell and parts for an oil burner, just need to go to the tip to get some more parts.
Question for the masses;
The refractory says to mix only 3% water by weight, does that mean 25000 grams of refractory needs 750gram of water?
Will this mix okay in a cement mixer or is it a mix by hand job?
Brock