Ironhawk

5 hours ago, Mikey98118 said:

Yes, the blacksmith group will certainly do him more good overall; however, when it comes to burners and heating equipment, the casting group will probably be more valuable to  him. Of course, nothing prevents him from using both sources.

Mikey- I agree, I think I would find both groups helpful. I will be in contact in the next day or so. Thank you for all the info and the offer! 

On Monday, February 01, 2016 at 4:03 PM, swedefiddle said:

 

Swedefiddle- I would definitely enjoy getting to go to a NWBA meeting. Do you have contact info for whoever I need to talk to about going to a meeting or is it something I just show up to? Unfortunately I wouldn't be able to make this month's meeting due to a busy work schedule and low finances but I should be able to make the march meeting.

Mikey98118-

That would be great. I definitely could use some contacts up here. It would be good to have some experienced folks to be able to get together with. When and where is the meeting? I would appreciate the chance to meet up with a good group. Also if you wanted to get together sometime just let me know. 

Currently I have decided to use 1" superwool 607HT and green patch 421 kiln cement to line my forge. I am Currently building the body of the forge and will be putting the burners together in the next few days. Hope to fire it up in the next month after my wife and I move into our house. 

Thanks for all the info! This gives me a better understanding of the direction I want to take. I wasn't sure about the use of refractory like that and had seen it done but was unsure of its efficiency in that use. I will price some different ways to go in my area and see what will be readily available and go from there. Definitely think I will rethink my layout though. 

that's why I was asking. I wasn't sure about the use of refractory like that and had seen it done but was unsure of its efficiency in that use. So I would be better off using kaowool wrapped around a thinner shell of refractory or just using kaowool with a stiffner. Thanks for the info.

Frosty-

Thanks for the info. Yeah I will definitely be casting it. My plan however was to cast it directly into my forge body using sonotube for the ID and casting it 2"thick and forgoing any koawool.  Not sure if that's a good way to do it or not, that was the way I saw it done recently.  

Cool deal. I'm fairly new to the area. Been living up here for close to 4 yrs now. It's real pretty but there is a few too many people. 

What did you use? I plan on using kast-o-lite 30. Supposed to have a good alumina mix and has a 3000deg. Rating. 

Mikey98118 I'm also in the puget sound area just fyi. 

Don't mean to jack this thread but it looks like a good one as I am also currently building a propane forge. I plan on using refractory cement for my lining and dual homemade venturi burners. Is the refractory cement a good go to or should I just stick with koalwool? I plan on forge welding Damascus so I figured the cement would last longer. I am basically following another puget sound smith's design for my forge.