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Trillium gate project (flowers on both sides of gate)

pre heat your anvil, use 11018 rod, grind, peen, re-pass cool down slow with an insulating blanket.

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Come to Beijing and just plug it in John.... That Is all we do here..... Mike Wolfe

Here is the Drawing of the Tube forge that would not download yesterday... Thanks ... Mike....

Thanks Steve, Grant, John for your replies. In reading articles on gas forges with blowers the words"flash back or Back pressure"is mentioned, I guess I put in the term "mode" and what i should havesaid is the word "problem"....so what i am talking about is when thefan blower LP gas forge is working fine and every thing is heating up andeverything is sounding good,,, Then all of a sudden a large roar starts and youcan hear that sound that you hear with a acetylene torch, when you get flashback. All I have to do is cut the gas valve for a second and turn it back onand it works till the next time it feels like doing the roar.. As far as the question on what are the "end of theburner tube restrictions" well it is the sane exact design as I have usedsince 1986 when i built my first Hans Peot designed LP gas tube forge.. His burner end uses concentric tubes 3 inches long startingat the outer main tube 2in dia. the next is 1 1/4 then 3/4 then a solid 1/2 rodall are separated with a series of 5/32 spacer rods. The flame at the end of the tube looks great and the forgeheats up fast and gets hot. but you never know when it will flash back.. I have built many of these forges at least 8 over the last 25 years, yes I have had someflash back problems over the years but not like this forge and burner, By the way this is a big forge it is 24 inches long... 12inch in diameter, and uses 2" thick Kao-wool, half thick fire brick floorand fire brick ends, See attached drawing... Again any input would be greatly appreciated,,, Thanks,,, Mike

I have used these burners for many years and at times I have had small flash back problems ... but they have never lasted.. I have constructed two new burners and they work great and the flame looks very good but the slightest change and they go into the flash back mode or Back pressure mode....... by shutting the main gas valve and turning the valve back on the problem temporally goes away. Anyone out there with any experience with the back pressure????? Any input would be appreciated..... Thanks .... Mike....

Hi John. Being here in Beijing China the you-tube is blocked along with a lot of other things. is there any way you can send a non you tube file to me via e-mail of your video, we want to make some hammers using a hydraulic press. Also what is Uri lube. Mike Wolfe [email protected]

Workmanship and ring, flatness, how do the edge's hold up.. Would you buy another one????

The thing is, the”C” frame design is so complicated. The “H” frame seems much less complicated, safer, and cheaper. I probably will have both, but what I really want is a 70 to 100 ton, wide “H” frame that I can do furniture and other projects on. Again I did not know Batson had a second version showing the stress factors for an H frame. So I will buy the newer version… Thanks… Mike… www.designsiniron.com

The book I have is the first books he produced early on, and was only for the "C" frame. The other books I have seen show the "C" frame on the cover. I never thought to look inside the latest ones he is selling....

Thanks for the Info, I do have the Batson book and have all the supplies and a frame built. I would really like to build an H frame press instead and not a C frame press but I am concerned with steel frame stress levels and was hoping someone would have drawing and specs for an H frame like a lot of the knife makers are using...

Does anybody have any plans for an "H" frame hydraulic forge? Actual plans that I can buy or copy. What I am looking for is what size steel components are recommended and of course, foot controlled valve system for about a 40 to 70 ton press. Thanks … Mike…. www.designsiniron.com

The bird is the word!!! Mike Wolfe