Charles R. Stevens

Thus the “no” to $350 for the liner! Lol

Yep, expecting negative single digits Thursday-Monday nites!. I would really apretiate if Jerry would come and police up his Alaskan weather!

Yep. “What the market will bear” is the American way!

We use two street lights for shop heaters, lol.

Then I guess it’s time for a trip to the dime store…

Yep, volcano is who I got mine from.

Exercise some google-fu, do a site search of IFI for oil burner, furnace burner etc. then search for oil burner forge or melting furnace in general. If nothing else you will see what not to do.

Welcome the max house, medication on the right, strait jackets on the left! appropriate your SO’s (or other appropriate female relation) finger polish remover, wal-la! Acetone.

Sounds like the molten flux puddle on the old bottom plate. We will see what it dose in the next few days, lol.

I know Steve uses a rolling mill to refine and stretch his pattern welded billets, but I think he hand sets the initial welds.

What they charge at a hospital they could put up it a five star resort for a month!

This product isn’t sticky dry, but it helps. Thanks to you and Jerry.

I imagine they are eager to see you to the door as well! glad your on the mend, I need you to sign my Journeyman curmudgeon papers!

Well the satanite is providing mechanical protection for the liner and the ITC is coating the whole thing, floor plate included. The burners are directly overhead so the floor plate or the work .takes the flame. the ITC came the consistency of corse grogged clay, with directions to cut with 1 part water to two parts ITC. the directions for the Satanite made a thick pancake batter wash. at this point everything is green ware hard baked at 550f. After I clean up and remount the burners (mud dobbers) I will fire it up for an hour or two to try and vitrify the coatings. Then we will see if I wasted my money.

Mike, how well dose ITC-100 hood up as a flame face? In the pro forge the floor plate takes the abuse from the burners. I coated it with ITC-100 in hopes that it would help with borax erosion.

The V handled tri fold isn’t great in a fight. Hard to learn to swing a tool 90d out of plane. I chopped a few wrist thick pines building improved fighting trenches (broke a few before I learned finesse). Just E-Z-tool…

Z-tool…

Ever seen a Russian E-tool? Lol. E-tools have trumped bayanets In trench warfare for over a century.

Lucky for me the wife is sick in bed and Dad is out of town visiting. After two coats of ITC 100 (1 cup product mixed with 1/2 cup water) I am drying her out at 200f. now I have to decide if I am going to use the new isolation pad of the new one. I am leaning toward the old one as it has already taken a set. This allows me to coat it with rigidizer and drying it with out it sticking to the bottom plate. The door was a PITA with cling wrap as a release (slow to dry).

Three coats of satanite later and an hour at 170f fallowed buy an hour at 200f to make sure it’s dry. now for the ITC 100…

Thank you for bringing back some of the blue prints Glenn

So I found a recliner kit for $175 as apposed to the $250-350 generally quoted. I think they had put the wholesale price on their website, and when I went in to pick it up they tried to charge me $350. So score. the new liner is of a different material, the original seamed to be chopped fiber in a soft matrix, wile the new one seams to be ceramic wool that has been rigidized. The new liner also has a gasket for the burner assembly. I will have to cut a hole in the one end plate, as my forge has two end ports one of which was blocked buy a wad of cool wool. I ordered some goodies from Mr. Volcano. Sorry Glenn free delivery from Amazon was their trump card. so I am now in the proses off applying Satanite to the liner. After drying for an hour I put it in the oven at 170f for another hour. next I will hole saw the other port and ally the next coat. The new hole will get its second coat when I coat the door gasket.

I find a cover over the slack tank to be a nessisity, seams like when ever I have flying steel it ends up in it! as to the air, I actually divert some to cool the smith! improving the tuyere would help, but even a shallow sink is real enugh to add clay to deal with dropping a 2” flange

I think blacksmithing and the general DIY attitude leads to being more prepared. their are a surprising number of shelf stable heat and eat meals to be had at the world of Wally to include options for heating water for food, drinking or washing