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Hmmm. Ok thank you everyone. You have given me much to think about. I think i am going to go with my original blower idea. And build a 2 burner forge out of SS stove pipe. If i make the burner section removable I will be able to transfer it to another forge in the future. I will look into getting Kaowool or a substitute. I will probably end up with a castable layer over the wool. Sigh. I can't do anything now except plan becasue I am at work for 4 weeks more or so, away from home. Oh well. I can chase down sources and stuff from here anyways. Thank you everyone!

Hmmmmm. Being my first forge maybe I should follow the KISS rule and go with an atmospheric burner system. That way i can just get hammering more quickly. Thanks for your comments.

Hi Larry and Frosty, thank you for the information and the welcomes! Larry: I think I understand the principle of the burner flare. It is kind of like a venturi opening and slows down the fuel yes? Blanket material with a coating it is. I was just thinking of cast refractory because I have used it before to re-brick a boiler, so I am familiar with it. It sounded more durable and I know where to get some. But the quick heat up of the blanket/coating system sounds better. I will look into where to get Kaowool in Vancouver. Frosty: Thanks for the tip on the forge plans. There are so many on the Internet, can you tell me if you were me, what plans you would go with? I got most of it figured with the actual forge but the burner design, what design would you suggest? I chose the blown type because it appeared to me that you could play with the draft settings more than just relying on the venturi effect of the atmospheric burner. Is this an incorrect assumption? Awesome tip with the SS pipe. I am definitely going to do that! I would like to make the most versatile forge I can make. Something to knife make, weld, do ornamental work, tools, etc. Something I can learn on for a while. I only have a 60LB anvil (or so, I forget) so I don’t think I will be poking anything too big into it for a while. What sort of burner design/forge size would you guys recommend? Cheers, Michael

Firstly Hello to everyone. Been lurking here for a while and decided to give it a go. Been interested in blacksmithing as long as i can remember but never got around to doing it. Pretty cool stuff you guys have been doing. Anyways, I plan to build Plan #1 off of this site: Free Gas Forge Plans Pretty much exactly like the plans except i am going to go with a cast refractory I think. I may increase the diameter to allow for the thicker walls or perhaps go with the freon bottle idea. Are there any comments on this design? Has anyone built this type of forge and what was the experience with it? Also what is the purpose of the concentric rings in the burner? Please any comments you all have would be most welcome. Cheers, Michael Fearn