Mikek
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small 55 to 60lb anvil nice ring and somewhat nice flat face, -
dual venturi burner setup, with 2" kaowool lining and coated with satinite(sp?) refractory with a 1" thick hard kiln shelf cut into the bottom. with bung for a pyrometer, would reach 2000f and maintain it on 3-5lbs of propane pressure, with idle valve and shutoff valve for the rear burner, -
according to my dad, who is a potter a green flame is a sign of running in reduction (which i always took as being better than an oxidizing flame correct me if i am wrong)
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a few years back the first time i heard of these flat rate boxes they told me that there was no weight limit, i thought this was great, they said that you couldnt fit more than 70lbs in one anyway... so i mailed myself one full of lead... they dont like me in the post office anymore lol
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are all firebricks create equal?
Mikek replied to jeep4x4greg's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
greg, probably not the same pallet since i picked up all they had left a couple months ago while rebuilding dads kiln you really need to use the "soft" firebrick for the inside of the gasser. ill check with dad on where he got his at, i know he got a discount as he bought 2 pallets worth tho.. -
technically the dmca is null and void by a prior supreme court ruling about vcr's
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ive done some welded maille, more butted maille than you could shake a crane at.. welded maille is part of how i got into bs in the first place. what i did was take an insulated firebrick and hollow it out and put a hole in the side. then i took a mapp torch and pointed it into the hole on the side. use a really heavy duty (prefferably cheap) set of needle nose pliers and use those as your tongs, pick up ring stick it in the "forge" get it a good orange color. dip into borax, put back into heat until it gets that butter look to it pull it out hold it where just the overlap is on the piece of plate (what i had at the time) and wack it with the hammer. drop into a bucket of water, 90% weld success rate on them, making the 5-lets was a little harder but once you got the hang of it it went pretty fast. helps if you preheat your plate because it will suck the heat outa the little rings really fast! i used bailing wire, close as you can buy to wrough iron wire. i tumbled the rings between initial welding and assembly to get rid of flux residue, made 1 shirt... it paid for my junker 4x4 lol
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1ve got a 100amp buzz box, cant get 5/32" rod to hold a spark with it, 1/8" and 1/16" work well... my next box is going to be 220volt and 200 amp ;)