Building a 170k BTU Propane Metal Casting Torch

[@johntaylor9464]

So sad, every 3 comment is someone saying over complicated, you did to much work. I grew up with the saying, do it to the best of your ability, or don't do it. Also, it's pride in a job well done. Very nice job on the torch. I can see that you are a craftsman & the piece you made isn't over complicated, it's art.

[@snowman333-]

like the torch, also helped me while suffering insomnia

[@reutilps]

Formidável, parabéns!

[@johntilbury2097]

Cool device! Nice filming. Edit!

[@savvy.dispatch]

Only if I had a lathe machine, tremendous effort brother. Gift this one to me XD.

[@chuckintexas]

from Tht1Guy comment - _below_ - *Congratulations you stretched a 7 minute video into over 40 minutes well done sir well done* Me - ... AND did it with NO NARRATION so as to keep his THOUGHT PROCESS _SECRET_ !! *IMPRESSIVE* !!

[@ShiningForce07]

Nice work to begin with. You can do with forced air to help the combustion eg. from an air blower.

[@jibrilsantiago9628]

Amazing design & great work.

[@DonBrandt]

OMG thank you. its nice to hear comments like this. I often get a critique and a complement. The two dont go well together. lol.. sure, my videos are far from perfect. Thank goodness for the video slider bar!! have a great day!

[@jibrilsantiago9628]

@@DonBrandt I just don't understand why humanity has become this way, we seem to only want to criticize each other & put each other down. It's so sad & I feel bad for those who do that because I believe they are just truly unhappy with themselves & take it out on others. I've been watching a lot of videos like yours to learn & find good ideas to build my own & I have to tell you, yours is one of the best built one's I've seen so far, well as far as the burner that is and I plan to replicate yours over all the other ones. Thank you for taking the time to record every step & writing a parts list. I truly appreciate you for this. Be well & please continue to share your skills with the world like this because some of us do appreciate it.

[@pinokio514]

Hello, Don Brandt. **his torch is approximately 170,000 Btu (British Thermal Units) and the temperature is 1980 Degrees Celsius or 3596 Degrees Fahrenheit** - The melting temperature of copper is +-1085 degrees Celsius. How did you learn about 1980 degrees Celsius?

[@WrenchS13]

the temps he is giving are at the business end of the torch. the chamber where that copper pipe is will never see anything close to that. I've seen many torch builds using the same copper pipe. some are even drilled and tapped for a MIG welder tip to screw in to better direct the flow of propane

[@donmittlestaedt1117]

Nice. Thank you.

[@DonBrandt]

Hello Don, I appreciate the comment.

[@maynard832]

how did you check the temp?

[@bashinnehall7090]

Compressor air hose for the gas?

[@michaelmunns9218]

Not a good idea, nor the quick disconnects. You need something rated for gas, welding hose for the acetylene works good, so does hoses for grills. Check the hardware store for grill parts for one. The air fitting are notorious for leaks, use gas fittings. For a disconnect I used brass union. Its a nice build otherwise, don't scrimp on the hose and fittings after all that work.

[@moniqofficial1068]

Is it possible if we add power flame by using blower?

[@jrneff9773]

I watch abom all the time you bet I will be trying this in my mill

[@DonBrandt]

He is awesome, i really like his videos too.

[@jopaul32]

Very helpfull!!! I also get lost in over thinking a project... lol

[@AffordBindEquipment]

How long does this last on a tank of gas?

[@k192447]

how do you know it reached 3596 degrees fahrenheit ?

[@Micscience]

Howdy nice torch, just wondering what size regulator do you have? I have two right now the one I am using is a 7psi to save on propane but I have a 20psi as well.

[@2strokin70]

Get a thirty PSI regulator

[@danielabbey7726]

Nice design Don. You could really melt some aluminum and copper alloys with that beast!

[@DonBrandt]

Thanks Dainel!

[@Tinkering902]

I'm just gonna point this 170,000 btu burner at my computer monitors.

[@grimmreaper6351]

My God! Spare us the tedium of watching every painstaking detail and your applied tool use.

[@gerhardrokicki1716]

What would be the easiest way to attatch this to the forge?

[@jagboy69]

SO where are you getting you ore from? :-/ Smelting Verb :extract (metal) from its ore by a process involving heating and melting.

[@DonBrandt]

Ether ask me a questions ore dont.. Just kidding. I'm melting scrap metal, i doubt i will dig up the raw materials. Thanks for asking.

[@jagboy69]

@@DonBrandt Ya said smelting... :-P

[@deanwilson6808]

all that to make a weed burner. how old are you

[@Tinkering902]

You need a tap handle

[@amarook525]

Film editing would greatly be appreciated, but keep up the good work.

[@85rocco]

Nice job. But, over engineered and a lot more complicated than necessary. I made a similar style burner, I used a black iron cross pipe instead of a brass one and to hold the cross pipe in place, just a couple tack welds, simple, easy and effective.

[@tomedelkowski6567]

8:40 the cat is alive

[@stefanclamparu586]

Ai muncit prea mult timp pentru rezultatul ăsta

[@seansheridan8187]

I really didn't need to see you tearing off labels on pipes....other than that good video

[@reutilps]

Muito bom!

[@TomokosEnterprize]

this is pretty neat but to do silver well I need 2000 + deg Siver it's due.

[@DonBrandt]

Hi , and thanks for watching. It will do 3500 Degrees Fahrenheit is that is hot enough. Cheers

[@TomokosEnterprize]

@@DonBrandt you bet bud but that is in the upper range for silver so be careful not to boil it as unlike gold silver will lose a lot of weight when getting too hot.

[@2strokin70]

Seems that drill press is a bit to fast man..

[@syt093]

Dont use your finger for cleaning metal parts ,please

[@Arcainmech2]

Hahaha how else do you see if it's still sharp?

[@Munzer1977]

I watched all the boring stuff but didn't get to see how it actually work

[@antoinegarcia8076]

Pourquoi pas faire une pièce pour tes chats juste pour eux ? Dans la pièce abandonnée 🤷🏻‍♂️ et pour l’étage tu pourrais collaborer avec misterwalt il a presque fini la maison

[@maoleguizamon8582]

👏👏👏👏👏👏

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

That is approx 5 kW

[@DonBrandt]

Thanks for doing the conversion for us. Last night i was melting copper and it 30 degrees here in st louis. The tank started freezing up up and the pressure dropped. Needles to say, i was having problems getting the copper to melt. I had to submerge the propane tank in a bucket of hot water which increased the pressure. So, if someone build this torch, keep in mind about the temperature of your propane.

[@davemwangi05]

I've looked for the conversion from two different sites, it's not 5kw it's 50Kw. This is insane. the average cooking stove is 3 Kw and you hardly detect the propane tank cooling or to say it simply no one needs to tip their propane tanks in water while cooking. So this means you're using way above 5kw, it's 50 Kw.

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

@@davemwangi05 WOW. Guess that was far off the range I expected.

[@davemwangi05]

​@@MalawisLilleKanal How did you compute that your forge is using this much power. Like which strategy how did you use to come up with the 170,000 btu/hr I'm guessing like one could measure the weight of propane being drained per hour and convert that to power by assuming it was all burned up. Other more sophisticated methods like maybe a bob calorimeter, or boiling a pot of water and computing using H=M*C*delta T but it looks like you used a fairy accurate simple approach which I'm interested in Yeah, that torch is nuts, didn't expect such a big value. LOL

[@MalawisLilleKanal]

@@davemwangi05 Not my forge. Guess I used a conversion site, as BTU means notting to me.😉

[@davidsalman8362]

38:33 impossibruh! 😱 No no no... this is Definitely CGI lads and ladettes, Definitely CGI 🤔

[@DonBrandt]

That time in my life where i had the shop together, my tools were setup. My filming rig was up. i had the time.. i did all the editing. I hope i can get back to that place sometime. I don't recall doing any CGI work.

[@davidsalman8362]

@@DonBrandt it's a Type of a weird Compliment lol, Sorry lad, But you've done an Amazing Job with the Burner! Have you ever thought of sticking a Hair Dryer or any Electric-powered Air blower? i'm thinking of doing that to my burner lol

[@rexdorloff2094]

Nice job,good design but yes some extra work u didn't need maybe talk through some steps n shorter video 👍

[@Arcainmech2]

All your rpm are too high

[@romicacapitanu1263]

COTELE LA ARZĂTOR ÎN MM TE ROG FRUMOS MERSI MULT

[@shamsundarkangale5455]

Ok

[@cristianregueyra4318]

Tienes muchas Vueltas....

[@Москвич-этосила]

Как по мне тот не рабочии конец латуной трубки я бы согнул и заклепал молотком об наковальну да молодец мужик аккуратист- геморищик надо по нашему МОЛОТОК ЛОМ. КУВАДДА И КАКАЯ ТО МАТЬ

[@sawasawa2218]

ты опсолётно прав мать твоё

[@williamlindsay987]

Rube Goldberg would have been proud! KISS...keep it simple silly! WAY over engineered.

[@ivonemoraespintosouza263]

Infelizmente, esse NAO é um vídeo didático. E um vídeo sobre vaidade e mera demonstrações de filigranas que se estenderam por mais de 49 minutos. A maioria das pessoas que viram esse vídeo e que REALMENTE precisam construir um queimador encontraram aqui uma imensa barreira levantada pelo uso de ferramentas caras e difíceis de manusear Existem dúzias de vídeos menores, MELHORES e mais objetivos no KZbin. Foi apenas mais uma demonstração de ego.

[@viorelpopescu4990]

Mult prea complicat ptru nimic Inutil si fara valoare

[@garysumlin8355]

To much BS

[@kevinbrenton3036]

Had to quit watching it was hurting me .

[@garysumner2626]

Didn’t need to see complete assembly of your holder. put it in a vice dude and edit out the filler stuff.

[@pablolynch1152]

Is his video dude

[@garysumner2626]

@@pablolynch1152So, you’re saying that you would like to see me clean my dining room table, put down a place mat, set up a plate, set the fork spoon and knife next to the plate I just set down, cook the baked potato, put it on the plate I just set down, pick up the knife and fork, then show me cutting it open, get the butter and sour cream out of the refrigerator, apply those extras, then pick up the fork, shove it into the potato and FINALLY dig out a bite and lustfully put in my mouth?

[@maximalinchanel6312]

Ttt

[@maximalinchanel6312]

T5t

[@maximalinchanel6312]

Tt tt tttt

[@DocFixit32]

Nice build, but a machinist you are not! 😀

[@42icee]

Way over fabricated

[@pablolynch1152]

Where is your video? So ignorant

[@АлександрСтепанов-к7ы]

Такое классное оборудование в мастерской, а обыкновенного воротка для нарезания резьбы нет, и вместо ножа какой то огрызок. Что удивительно. И наверно сварочного нет - можно было некоторые операции исключить.

[@bustednuckles2]

Oh yeah, another thing. You were so quiet that a few minutes into this video I had to check to make sure I was watching the right channel. I always liked your running commentary myself. "We'll leave a light on for you" ring a bell?

[@DonBrandt]

Hello Phil, after some bit of absence from making videos, im trying to get back to it. I dont have an assistant and it takes a few hours just to make 10 minutes of video. Im testing some different things to see if i can be relevant here on youtube. There are some spectacular creators out there and the competition is tight. Your feedback is greatly appreciated and i will try to work the commentary in. Thanks for writing!

[@turgutalp5469]

Я подобное что-то делал Ещё лет 25 назад а тут сидел и не мог понять зачем я это всё смотрю самый нудный ролик

[@bustednuckles2]

DA! Der Flammenwurfer Ist Vundebah! So It's been a while and I can't remember. You already have a furnace or is that next? I didn't see one sitting out when you panned the shop. BTW, a clean shop is a sign of a sick mind buddy. I'm a sick puppy and can't even hardly get in mine.

[@DonBrandt]

i Had to run over to translate " THERE! The Flamethrower Is Vundebah!" lol Yes, i do have this torch already, showing how to build it was a video that i thought may have some interest to viewers. I have about 18x22 in my garage, and not even close to what is desired. How do you have all the stuff and tools you want? Well it requires a large degree of organization. When i have a sale, people are blown away by what they see. The other day, someone was here with their girlfriend and i overheard him say to her. See, this is what are garage will look like when i get it cleaned up. It made me laugh because, its the lack of organization that causes a big mess. Thanks for taking the time comment Phil, and i wish you well!