Burners 101
I've just missed commenting on a discussion that has been closed a second time, and can't help but agree that it was probably the best course, but it brings up a recurring problem; and that is perhaps a need for the discussion on burner design as a general topic. I haven't seen any other topic that gets heated any where near this fast in the Gas Forges section.
I don't no why egos get so quickly bruised on this subject; there are lots of other details that can ruin a forge build; perhaps i
That first flame looks a lot like the flame in this post on page 15 of burners 101:
If you look at the very next post, Mikey talks about that flame and how it might be improved. A few posts later, an updated shot of the same burner with a better flame.
Here is another example on page 19:
Three posts later, Mikey going into a bit of detail on reading a flame and correcting problems. Further down the page, another updated flame shot with a better flame. Mikey's post