So after reading lots and lots of articles about different methods of getting your banjo/hurricane (I still haven't figured out which is which) burner converted to natural gas, I decided to go with it. I took the least expensive method which is:
1. Cut the regulator off the hose that supplies the fuel to your burner.
2. Get a natural gas ball valve and an appropriate connector (in my case a fip to mip reducer that attached to a barbed fitting) to connect to the hose.
3. Start up your burner and open your vents 50% and see what your flame is doing.
4. Start boring out the hole at the end of the fuel line (the one that delivers fuel to the burner) in small increments, then hook it back up and see what your flame is doing. Once you start getting a yellow flame it is looking for oxygen and you are done. I started with a .063 bit and ended on a .094 (I think, close to it) bit.
There you have it. Less than 20 dollars in parts because I already had a gas grill hooked up in back. I just pull the hose off the grill and put it on the ball valve for the burner. 8 dollar for the ball valve and 8 bucks for both of the brass fittings. Already had the teflon thread dressing.
The goods:
Everything, minus the drill press, that went into this. Quite simple actually:
Thanks for those that helped me out. Hopefully this clears up some questions. I wish I had clear cut instructions like this. If they are out there, I just missed them.
1. Cut the regulator off the hose that supplies the fuel to your burner.
2. Get a natural gas ball valve and an appropriate connector (in my case a fip to mip reducer that attached to a barbed fitting) to connect to the hose.
3. Start up your burner and open your vents 50% and see what your flame is doing.
4. Start boring out the hole at the end of the fuel line (the one that delivers fuel to the burner) in small increments, then hook it back up and see what your flame is doing. Once you start getting a yellow flame it is looking for oxygen and you are done. I started with a .063 bit and ended on a .094 (I think, close to it) bit.
There you have it. Less than 20 dollars in parts because I already had a gas grill hooked up in back. I just pull the hose off the grill and put it on the ball valve for the burner. 8 dollar for the ball valve and 8 bucks for both of the brass fittings. Already had the teflon thread dressing.
The goods:
Everything, minus the drill press, that went into this. Quite simple actually:
Thanks for those that helped me out. Hopefully this clears up some questions. I wish I had clear cut instructions like this. If they are out there, I just missed them.