What a great time meeting more gasifier enthusiasts. We brought out some of the old school gasifiers and did a group build on the Victory Gasifier. Everyone seemed to like the hands-on approach. Fired it right up and was making a gorgeous flame in minutes. The pull start engine fired on the first try and came screaming to life.

But it wouldn’t be an action flick without an explosion or two. Our stunt man Steve “the engine guy” Unruh provided the theatrics. Steve you are supposed to turn the blower motor off before trying to put out the flame. What ensued was the biggest “puffback” that I have ever seen! By a factor of 10. She took a licking and kept on ticking. The blower was fine and within a minute the engine was fired up. That’s what craftsmanship does for you. What made it all the funnier was that there was a county official sitting right there questioning “What the hell are you guys doing?” In only took a few minutes to win him over.

Here are some pics:

Flare Off

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