Savage
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That there my friend looks like its going to serve you well. Just hope the nipple doesnt seize in place once it comes to shut down time. Happened to and mine wasnt even threaded but either way looks nice.
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Ordering 2 fire bricks at 25mm thick tomorow.
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Lol thats the thing, i didnt have a fire brick floor. It was just kao wool coated in fire cement.
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Sounds big
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Ah ok il try that then.
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Wow i didnt realise how fast flux eats through refractnry cement and kaowool, question, will it be fine if i just put more cement over the holes on the forge floor to cover up the damage the flux made or do i have to reinsulate the whole forge again?
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So true what you guys are saying, i recently just fired up my 1st ever gas forge with the help of frosty, its tiny, 64 cubic inches inside, one 1/2 inch burner and i works perfectly besides the fact that i have no rear exit for long stuff to pass through. So please dont make the mistake i made lol and make a rear exit, and dont let the excitement to forge hot steel over take your safety because i too did that and forgot to use thread tape and had a floor of flames and no more leg hair. Good luck fellow forger ;-)
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From what ive read about 3/4 inch burners the rule of thumb is one 3/4 inch burner for every 350 cu/in of inside chamber.
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So from you just said in order to get dragons breath pinker i should attach a flat on the air intake and cut it off abit and i right? Some of the layers delaminated probly due to the not having enuf heat as it was i mixter of ban saw blade, pallet strapping and mild steel. I did the touch test to make sure it was at welding heat.
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Metal fume poisoning
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Last question, is the flame meant to be coming out of the entrance so much? Not sure if moving the gas tube into the burner housing more or less to adjust correctly. The red bar is an attemp at damascus but need an opening at the back to slide through. I tried putting the burner into the port closest to the entrance of the forge but the heat of the flames exiting the entrance kept igniting the gas in the venturi part so i had to move it to the rear port but the problem i had was that all the heat was concentrated right at the back of the forge so i couldnt get much heat into the full billet, the front of the billet seems to be welded pritty gud.
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What can i say guys? Im so happy to finaly have a working forge. As you can see its fully capable of welding heat. Still need a set screw to hold the gas jet tube in place.
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Thank you Frosty for all the help you gave heres my latest progress, i finaly got a nice blue stable flame and man is it louder than i expected.
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Haha this time its for showing respect to a fellow hammerer.
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Doubled post. My bad.
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Very clever Mr.Frosty i might try that in the future. I will see if i can put it on a lathe. If not i will have to go the drill press way rather than a hand drill and make another small hole on the side for a set screw. I was thinking of having 2 set screws so that i am able to adjust the gas tube if the alignment isnt correct enough to work right. I will keep you updated once thats done.
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Haha excitement time. So im contimplating getting my uncle to machine the hole in the plug but 1st wanna know if you think it can be done with a normal battery drill? The reason i thought of drilling it on a lathe is because it would be more center than a hand drill or drill press would get it.
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All the thread protectors here are plastic so i got this instead. Its just a short section of 1/2 inch nipple which wil have the flair on it and a stainless nipple with threads on inside to hold it on the rest of the burner.
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I see your point but the hose, fittings and regulator are all brand new only got yesterday. Ive spend to much cash on this to tttrn around and buy one. I tried doing it out of my head and it didnt work so now im using the same plan as the z burner.
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Wow man i didnt think of that 1, thanx for warning me about it. Yea ill get a set screw and tap in that case.
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Heres the pics of the plug i meantioned, the white stuff is cement glue and the paper is my design i plan to follow
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Sorry, what i meant about the plastic cement was that i will fit the plug with it. Ill upload a pic of it and a drawing explaining it visiualy as i find i hard to explain. And also i looked through my tool box and found a .035 mig tip(.9mm)
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Thanx frosty for the help much accepted. I was planning on filling the hollow part of the plug with sum cement glue for pvc pipes so the tube i slide in it wil have more material to hold it center.
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New 1/2 in burner
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Got this at lunch for 13 bux all up. Not as much as the 3/4 inch stuff, hope the reducer will work as a flair as i dont have a forge or gas torch to forge a nice flair. Planning on drilling a hole in the center of the plug and use my 10mm stainless tube to slide in and out the plug to be able to tune it better.