Hammer and Tongs

[Brian C.]

Pault17- I never really checked to be exact. When I had the NC whisper daddy it seemed to do quite well. The last 3 burner I had (in the photo) was a real gas hog, even just running 2 burners. At Quad State I bought a new single burner, mid-sized, forge from the nice folks at Chile Forge. I havent got to use it but once yet so I cant say, it can run on a much lower pressure so I expect it to be quite a bit better on fuel.

I realize that was a long post & still didnt really answer the question, just my experience.

[ThomasPowers]

My double aspirated burner pipeforge ran a bit under a gallon an hour when I had it turned up for teaching a class recently

[Jmercier]

for small work I use an NC Tool Co Whisper Baby single burner venturi forge, and it's about the most frugal propane forge i've ever seen. After getting it up to temp, I can turn it down to ~4 to 5lbs pressure and I can get around 20 hours of forging from a 20lb tank.

My welding propane forge (single burner, blown forge) however freezes a 20lb tank right up after 10 to 15 minutes.

As for holding tools... I'm using a mid 1800s blacksmithing bench I picked up for 40$ this spring. the whole top, and the bottom shelf are each one massive 2 foot wide by 2.5 feet long boards. You just dont see boards that size anymore.

http://www.tharkis.com/images/toolbench.jpg

[Quenchcrack]

Brian, I like the cart, too. In fact, I made on exactly like it about 4-5 years ago! I even have the hammer rack in front. Great minds think alike! Of course, my gasser is a single burner and now I have forge envy....

[Brian C.]

Bob- it should look familiar, I emailed you for directions on how you made the rack on yours at the time. That 3 burner is now on stand-by duty while I use the new mid-size single burner from Chile Forge, it is a dandy.