Dead or dying water heaters will work, also. Anyone reasonably close to the OKC metro area, I've got about 2.5 of them I can spare! ;)
.5 20 gal(at a guess) and a complete (except for MAJOR rust and leaks) 30 gal. & 50 gal. Gas water heaters... I've got a couple of 5-gal. popcorn tins, and a whole bunch of #10 food storage cans that I'm going to start with.
Bill in OKC
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, GREGORY WATKINS <banker_776@...> wrote:
>
> The Sherwin-Williams in my city don't have them but the stores here are
> weird and its hit and miss
> ..have you thought about
> Selling some and shipping them??..if you ever do put me down for two of them
> . All so the home supply stores sell cardboard concrete form tubing that
> are used for putting post in the ground and they fill the cardboard tube
> with concrete to set the post in...they come in many size and a 8 in
> diameter one works great instead of using sheet metal for the form that is
> in gingery's book....you can then burn it out when you fire the foundry up
> or after it has been sitting for a few days wet from the liner it will peel
> off in layers very easily.it is cheap to buy and you can cut the tube down
> very easy with a saw...Gregory
>
>
>
>
> -------Original Message-------
>
> From: Dale King
> Date: 10/23/2010 10:09:59 PM
> To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
> Subject: Re: [gingery_machines] Propane Foundry Questions
>
>
> Hi,
> The local Sherwin-Williams paint store sells new 5 gal cans
> For 8 bucks
> Dale
>
> Sent from my iPhone
>
> On Oct 23, 2010, at 7:46 AM, "R.L. Wurdack" <dickw@...> wrote:
>
> You can still buy kerosene in 5 gallon metal buckets. Idon't know what you'd
>
> do with the kerosene but ...
>
> Zinc, galvanizing, is bad news at high temperatures.
>
> Dick
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "superclane" <gear@...>
> To: <gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com>
> Sent: Friday, October 22, 2010 8:10 PM
> Subject: [gingery_machines] Propane Foundry Questions
>
> > Howdy all. Two questions here:
> >
> > 1. Can't seem to find any metal 5 gal+ buckets (and honestly didn't
> > expect to) for the container for the foundry, but I did see a cheap ~10
> > gal galvanized steel garbage can at City Mill that might do. But my
> > question is, given the choice of materials that you could use for the
> > container for the foundry, what do you prefer? (Oh, and I am terrified of
> > cutting into spent propane containers, but if instructions are included to
>
> > ensure that it is safe to do so, I'd give it a try)
> >
> > 2. I'm sold on the propane foundry, but as far as burners go, the two
> > that seem to keep popping up are the Oliver-upwind burner and the Reil
> > burner. Both seem do-able. I haven't worked with gas before, so I'm
> > fishing for advice on plans or instructions for a novice.
> >
> > Thanks guys!
> >
> > Clane Kaluna
> > Honolulu, Hawaii
> >
> >
> >
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