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  1. I appreciate the advice from everyone. I just got a pint of itc-100 to coat the inside of the chamber and I hope that improves my heat. I was also thinking of adding a blower (although that seems counter to what Andrew is saying above). I have blocked off one side of the forge when working small stock, but i still cant get to forge welding heat. I have even tried closing up the front openning and only allowing a small apeture for air, but no luck. I have an old a/c with a busted compressor and I can take out the front blower, box it, and put a variable resistor on it to control the out put. Has anyone worked with something like that before?
  2. Ok, I rebuilt my forge based on the fire brick design on the Zoeller website. I cut back the nipple that holds the brass nipple in place to allow more air flow. I kept a flange to make it easier to twist in and out. I took off the 90 degree bend in the brass piping. I used regular soft fire brick for the body and placed half cut hard fire brick as a forge floor. I had to raise the burner in the floor plate so that the flame wouldn't sputter or cut out. I ran it at about 7 PSI for about 20 minutes and got a railroad spike light orange. I'm still shooting for yellow, but I can raise my PSI more if needed. I also got one of those little dollys from Harbor Freight so that i could move the forge around. If anyone has any suggestions, I would be glad to hear them!
  3. I appreciate the responses. I'm in SoCal on Camp Pendleton, if anyone is out this way. I guess I should invest in kaowool and itc-100. I do have an anvil and a cross peen hammer. I think my new forge will be made out of an empty ammo can. That will allow me to use the lid. The little nipple on the end of the burner is actually clamping the brass nipple/nozzle in place - I don't have a tap and die set so I can't put screws in the reducer to tighten down on the brass nipple. I'll look into Ron Reils design. Hope I can reuse some of my parts. :(
  4. Hi everyone! I'm new to the site and in need of some help. I built the gas forge picture below. It's a paint can (never held paint) and the refractory material is sand and plaster of Paris 50/50 mix. I have a burner I built following the instructions on makingcustomknives.com. The burner works great, but I cannot get the steel yellow hot - only bright orange. I'm running the gas at about 12 psi, but i would prefer to be lower. What are some things I can do to improve my forges heat? I know that's a loaded question, but I would prefer not to buy Kaowool and itc-100, etc. I'm new to this and don't want to get financially overextended yet. Is there a better forge design? Would a door help? Is the forge opening too large? Is my refractory material no good? Thanks in advance for the help!
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