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Up date: Cured satanite this evening, fired up twice and let cool then the third time i make the entire forge red and now shes sitting. Beautiful spiral, hopefully it stays for the coat of bubble alumina tomarrow, and then the refracery coat and fire brick im going to toss in for a floor. Any one use much bubble alumina? im wondering if i should just coat the bottom and let the firebrick sit on top all disposable or if i might be good off to coat the firebrick into the forge with the bubbles, any thoughts? Thanks for looking!

thanks for the reply. It is pretty heavy, my shop is small and i like it to be pretty open. I can lift it and tote it, but i wouldnt be horseshoeing with it. It was available so i used it, i dont know that the metal will actualy add any insulation or not, being a good conductor... but its probably more than 1/4 inch thick. It was already 9 inches, i recon that is pretty small... and it will have a good flame extension. I figure you can only hit so much steel for you stick it back in, and id like to achieve welding heat in it... dont know if the depth will hold it tho. going to paint it, some very kind people here recamended high heat BBQ paint witch i will definitely be aquiring in the near future. going to cure that cement here tonight i think too. Im working on a longer and thiner walled one, i might make a travel one next, really enjoy making the forges... but id rather be forging.

Howdy, Joined up so i could finally see all of your pictures, only fitting i share some of mine. Im building a new gas forge. It is still in progress, but i just put some satanite on the kaowool. I stick welded it all together, the large pipe is a 12 inch o.d. with 1 inch thick walls, 9 inches long horizontally. feet are angle irons, and angle irons on the back to hold firebrick doors, with 1/2 inch thick steel plates behind them. all the metal is coated in ITC 213, and after curing this satanite im going on with bubble alumina, and refractory coat. My burner is a Rex Price 1" burner. so i really want to see what happens when i put it in the smaller forge... should be interesting.should be hot. Let me know what you think.