macbruce Posted April 16, 2012 Share Posted April 16, 2012 It's been a little slow around here so I thought I'd take the plunge and build one of these ''coffee table'' forges............Anyhow my eye landed on a 12q SS cooking pot I've always hated cause it's too thin, from Wally World I think, and it liked to burn everything........Ya' wanna BURN you.............Ok, now you can burn to you're heart's content...... :wub: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted April 16, 2012 Author Share Posted April 16, 2012 What's that in there Bruce? Firebrick chunks? Yep, soft firebrick. It was made entirely from junk stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironstein Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I like it, looks like it would be good for Damascus. (null) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 I like it. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 very cool!!! be that will teach that ol pot to burn stuff :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice. What kind and where did you source the quick coupler? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted April 17, 2012 Author Share Posted April 17, 2012 Nice. What kind and where did you source the quick coupler? It's a common air coupler.................No lectures please, I've been doing this for decades................... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Hey, thats dangerous. (I think I've got a few around here somwhere, gonna make me some whips). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 17, 2012 Share Posted April 17, 2012 Dangerous? Have you taken a close look at the inside of a blacksmith shop Nuge? I don't know where you could walk in mine without something waiting to get ya at one false step. Good looking forge Bruce, I like SS for the shell as it's more IR reflective than mild steel. Would you mind running me through how you put your cross burner together? I've tried it a couple times but never got it to work well and I have the "T" configuration down and got to lazy to trouble shoot a cross. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bigred1o1 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 ditto for what frosty said and i had no idea about the ss being more ir reflective now i need to go do a few more laps around the scrap yard next week Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Sarcasm no come across? Didn't I say I was going to make a few whips with the aforementioned improper part? I'd like to make all my propane gear quick change, being hardwired in everywherere blows. It will be great to have leads out to a few differernt places and be more mobile. can't wait til I can get at it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 Well, I was gonna make a T burner but I didn't have one and reasoned the cross should work and it did. I couldn't get it to hold the flame at the tip on a trial run outside the box but when I inserted the burner it held. My other T burners have an .030 mig tip orafice but reckoned the cross with two intakes needed more fuel and put in a .035 which still seems a tad lean so I might try a .045 just to see what happens..........At any rate I didn't have to make one flamin' trip to the HW store to make the thing so im my book that's a good day! One nice thing about that pot is when the refractory needs replacing I just take out the 4 sheetmetal screws that hold on the lid and no prob........ Nudge, are you trying to start a hissy about my air couplers? Careful what you wish for..... :ph34r: :lol: In my defence I DO use real propane hose and I use only brass couplers for this. I was told I dunno, 25-30 years ago that the O rings in air couplers would break down if exposed to propane. Me being me, I decided to test this edict and if they're gonna fail they better get started cause I'm gettin' long in the tooth and would like to document this. Aside from getting them crossed up on ocasion which is pretty rare cause the two, air/propane are colored way different I haven't had any issues other than wondering why the.....my forge doesn't light or how come my die grinder stinks. Thanks Nudge..... :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fe-Wood Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I didn't know there was enough pressure to run a die grinder.... You might be starting a trend mac- That crushed fire brick sure makes a nice heat, eh? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted April 18, 2012 Author Share Posted April 18, 2012 The grinder ran but it was real slow, along with the stink I think even the average mouth breather would have stopped to figgure it out.... I love crushed brick on the floor, simple to install or remove if it gets ruined by flux and worn out broken bricks become an asset by doing this. Just install a dam to keep em in..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Sarcasm no come across? Didn't I say I was going to make a few whips with the aforementioned improper part? I'd like to make all my propane gear quick change, being hardwired in everywherere blows. It will be great to have leads out to a few differernt places and be more mobile. can't wait til I can get at it. GOTCHA! Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I don't even try my burners outside a forge, I have a nice torch. I run 0.035" mig tips in my 3/4" burners and 0.045" mig tips in the 1" burners. I adjust induction by moving the tip closer or farther from the throat. (the smallest diameter of the tube right after the intakes.) The farther back the more air it'll induce and visa versa. I'll need to start playing with Crosses again, I haven't moved the lathe into the new shop yet and the snow's still a couple feet deep around the Conex so it's snowed in. Nothing like winter for an excuse to avoid heavy lifting you know. <grin> Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 I was going to use a stack of reducers to make a cross fitting work, but drilling and tapping the Tee was so easy...OK, the cross fitting, with a screw holding the jet, allows for very simple adjustment... I don't need another burner right now though, I have 1 tuned extra with SS flare, and another complete extra burner. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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