Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns Review

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Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns ReviewFirst, the good news:
Michael Porter's book is one that has been sorely needed by those of us who are experimenting with building our own propane burners, furnaces, forges, and kilns. It is chock-full of detailed plans, with gorgeous, carefully executed pencil drawings showing the parts and assembly of each item. Full parts lists and construction details are provided. Mr. Porter also begins the book as he should, with an extensive chapter on safety. Several burner designs, along with plans for forges and metal and glass-melting furnaces follow. A nice chapter on brazing is included.
And now, the not-so-good news:
I have to admit to some surprise upon seeing all the five-star reviews here. Perhaps it's because it's so hard to find the kind of useful detail one uncovers in this book. (It's certainly been useful for me.)
Unfortunately, the book appears to be rushed to print without proofreading for spelling or grammar, and could surely use an editor's eye to improve its organization and consistency of style. Nearly every page contains an error. In many places sentences are missing one or two words, words are just plain wrong, measurements conflict, chemical formulae are wrong, typographical style changes from page to page, etc. Examples: a project requires "3 linear feet (or 42 inches)" of refractory insulation -- which one is correct? Hydrogen is wrongly listed as "H3" (with subscript [which I can't show here], but on other pages, some chemical formulae appear without subscripting).
There are also frequent cross-references to other chapters, and to a "Notes" appendix so long that one wonders if some of the material would be better placed in the original chapters, either as part of the text, or as footnotes on the citing page. All of which is to say that I found myself constantly bouncing about from page to page or crashing head-on into another outright error, making comprehension of the text unnecessarily challenging.
A revised and corrected edition would be most welcome.
Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, and Kilns Overview"Gas Burners for Forges, Furnaces, & Kilns" is ado-it-yourselfers dream book, showing beginners how to make highlyefficient gas burners inexpensively. These burners use simple gasaccelerators as their central operating principle. All that is neededis a $2 MIG tip and some plumbing parts. This eliminates the need fora blower to supply combustion air, allowing the burners to be built inany size. Burners are featured, which are small enough to be used fora jewelry torch or large enough to heat any ceramic kiln. Becausethese burners are both powerful and portable, they can be combinedwith low cost space age insulating materials and common containers tobuild light compact heating equipment. Also described is ablacksmith's forge that can be carried anywhere and stored under aworkbench; a portable metal melting furnace; a portable farrier'sforge; a portable glass furnace/glory hole; and a mobile hot-workstation that aids in combining several crafts. The burners andequipment provide an inexpensive way to get started in blacksmithing,foundry work, ceramics, or glasswork. General information and specificdesigns are given, enabling the craftsperson to build equipmenttailored to their own desires.

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