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2ballcain357

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  1. sounds to me, just from the description without pics.....this might be a forced air burner running without the forced air
  2. Frosty and Jiffy, I ran out and picked this up today...it is made to hook up two tanks and my regulator will hook up directly to this. it is for a mr heater two tank hook up. frosty, the burners are the same design as shown on youtube by dave hammer...very easy to make and work well. I use a .035 mig tip with a little drop of locktite. thank you again.
  3. And beside the manifold issue.....any thoughts on the forge itself?
  4. Jiffy, first off no worries I apreciate the words of advice and thank you and frosty for the caution to my current set up. I will revise this set up to increase safty, but I do have a question or two. first would one of you or anyone have the time to take a pic or two of your set up and post to this thread? and beside something falling on to the pipe.... What are other problem areas with this set up? It is 3/8 sch 40 iron pipe.. I used it because I have a very large supply of sch 40 black iron and glv pipe... Is this pipe not suitable for the pressure directly from the tank as I currently have?I have used this size iron pipe in other applications to carry liquids and gas at varying pressures and have yet to have a problem. All fittings are properly attached and Have been checked with the trusty bottle of soapy water and gas detector. I may be new to blacksmithing but I am not new at learning, especially from others. I appreciate any comments. The fact two folks out of 821 views of this thread took the time to voice concerns is more than enough for me to step back an re-evaluate this. I really don't feel like blowing myself up anytime soon ha ha. Until I resolve this I think I will hop back to the coal forge. thank you both again.
  5. thank you all for your thoughts and advice on etsy. Just fyi though I am by no means looking at making this my sole source of income, that would be wonderful if I could make that happen but I am not holding my breath. I enjoy blacksmithing as a hobby and tend to put a lot of time in to it. I have been working with metal professionally as a welder/custom fabricator for over 15 years and have been blacksmithing for fun for a little over a year now. I make things for my enjoyment only, i.e. I give most of the things I make away....makes me feel good when somebody looks at it and smiles or they say "you made that"....don't know if I should take offense to that one or not ha ha. Anyhow my point being, I am not looking to make ends meet with this. Just thought it would be nice to maybe pay for the material I use or buy a few tools here and there. I have been looking into a facebook page as well....so who knows where this will end up but I think I will give it ago, worst thing that could happen is I loose .20 cents for the 4 month post on etsy. again thank you all
  6. My wife has been asking me why don't I set up an etsy shop to sell....well I don't really have a good answer for her other than "I don't know". So I figured I would ask and see if any of you have sold on etsy and if so how was or is your experience?
  7. Sorry, for the delay in replying to you all. Wayne, I checked out your site and have to say I am interested in ribbon burners now. thank you for sharing the information. Frosty, yep just a single T and so far it has worked great. the final design turned out a little different than the concept pics form the OP. I ended up just keeping it as simple as I can and l left room for future modifications as I know I will think of something. I have attached some pics of what I came up with and the first project I ran through it. at the moment I do not have a hard floor in the forge so I just used a scrap piece of fire blanket. the burners are running great, however I did have to run tandem tanks to keep them from frosting up. I couldnt see spending the money for a manifold so I built one...a lot cheaper. any how, thank you all again for all of your ideas and advice.
  8. The makers of solidworks also offer a free program called draft sight that can be downloaded and installed on pretty much any type of machine or system. I make my living with solidworks and use draft sight quit frequently
  9. Jimship, I second that question?
  10. Thank you, to all of you for all of this information..I think I have enough tips and wisdom from you all to give this another go and most likely find a few more ways of how to not do this ha ha. Thank you all again.
  11. Jeddly, I didn't even think to look at paracord wrappings thank you.. I searched 550 cord wrapping and found a couple images on how that is wrapped. I will have to try and see if that will work on wire... Not sure on fishing it through the wrap and pulling it back down... But hey I wont find out if I don't try... Thank you
  12. Black frog, yes I have an O/A torch. I know that is copper wire but I have seen pics of other materials as well... This pics was just to make sure I was calling it correctly. I have tried rebar wire and it wrapped ok as well as some galvanized wire that I removed the galvinize from... I just can't get the dang ends tuck in lol
  13. I was wondering if anyone could point me in the right direction to find information on how to wire wrap a piece to hide a weld? I have ran searches on IFI and the web, I have found many pictures of it and a lot of info on chain mail and wrapping with flat stock, which is great info but not really what I am looking for. I have attached a pic from the Internet (this is not my work) of what I am talking about just in case I am calling this process by the wrong name. I tried this on my own with 14ga wire and well... I am too embarrassed to show you that adventure lol. My biggest question is how to get the ends so nicely "tucked"? Thank you
  14. Vaughn, I forgot to mention thank you for the chamber length advice... I think I will slim it down to about 10" to 12"...if I go to 12" I can cut the fire blanket in half and keep it at an even dimension. And waste less
  15. George that is a great idea..I LIKE IT!. I will have to do some re thinking now. Thank you all for your kind suggestions. I am using an old piece of pipe and that is the only reason it is a cylinder.... If before I build, I can come up with some sheet steel the geometry will be changing. Wayne what is your web address? Would like to see the video Again thank you fellows
  16. ok, all...I have had some down time the last couple of days and decided to build a computer model of a gas forge I am wanting to build. this will be my 3rd forge build and second gas forge build. I have taken all information that I have been able to find on IFI and other sources and this is what I have come up with. Dimensions are diameter O.D.of 14" and length of 16". once all ceramic blanket is in place and coated that should give me an I.D. of approx. 10". I will build up the floor to create a flat bottom lined with kiln bricks. front and rear door that will fully open to allow easy installation of the "guts" and for the future make things easier to repair. the doors have small flaps that are easily opened and closed. the Burners I have already made and use on a current forge.. they were built from Dave Hammer's video on youtube and I have proven that they work very well.. so no problem there. I should have roughly 600 to 650 cubic inches of work space which will require both burners to run at a combined pressure of about 10 psi. the blanket on the doors will be held in place with nichrom 80 wire. I have also designed a "plug" system ,I guess you could call it, that will allow me to shut off half of the forge if not needed. this is not shown in the 3D pics. I was hoping some of you could give me some advice as to if I am heading in the right direction or maybe some things that I might be able to add that will help further down the road. I Make a little bit of everything with the exception of knifes and swords....don't really have interest in those. I do some scroll work on gates and hand rails and that is the main reason for making a larger forge. any advice or thoughts would be great...I have pretty tough skin so lay it on thanks in advance.
  17. If it was me, I would give a quick once over then fire it up..then when time permits tear it down give it a good cleaning and lube job...that's just me though. I imagine others will dis agree though. It's yours in the end so do what you wish with it. It's alway fun getting new toys
  18. I think it looks darn good... But then again it doesn't matter if we like it...does your wife like it ? That's all that matters.
  19. DSW, just fyi I wasent trying to say that the diversion 180 could weld the same at 110 as it does 220.... Was just trying to state the big difference between the two. Also miller does not sell on that fact either. The manual that comes with the machine and the spec sheet state the amp output at both 110 and 220... Sorry to you and fiery if what I sad was taken that way did not mean for it to sound like that. Also if I am not mistake I believe miller has stopped making the 165 due to the sales of them compared to the 180
  20. Also DSW hit all of that on the head of the nail....I would stick (no pun intended) with miller or Lincoln.. I'm a blue man myself but have tried the red... All in all most machines weld the same once they are dialed in correctly.. I think it really boils down to your current and future needs. Never hurts to plan for the future...try to not buy for what you need today but what you will need tomorrow.. I know I am quickly out growing the smaller machine and wish I would have waited and went a little bigger. Also in my opinion the ability to add a water cooler is a big to do.. For comfort and to extend the life of your consumables and torch
  21. Fiery, just be aware of the duty cycle on those machines....I have a miller diversion 180..I love it don't get me wrong but the smaller machines do have some down falls. The difference between the 165 and 189 is not much.. If I remember correctly the main difference is the ability to run off 110 or 220. The 180 can run both with an included adapter and I do not believe the 165 can. Also beware you will have no control over your post flow and pre flow...I wish I would have asked more questions before I purchaaed mine because I have wasted a lot of argon.. The post flow is determined by the amps you set. You can somewhat combat this issue with a gas lense, They are nice machines and weld very well.. They come stock with a size 17 torch that is bulky but can easily be switched out for a 9. Also comes with a 12' lead that can be switched as well I.e. Longer. I weld a fair amount of aluminum and stainless with this and I push its limits...a lot of waiting on the machine and torch to cool... Just my .02
  22. Charles, I don't think its all a liability issue... A lot of it has to do with interest as well. It seems to me not that many high school aged kids are as interested in learning a trade as compared to computers and technology. I would like to think some trade schools as hopefully where mr. McPherson works is still thriving within these trades and crafts.... But I understand your point across.
  23. Viewing this on a computer, on the bottom left I can make out buffalo ,NY on the back of the forge
  24. Ran across this picture today, it is from Wikipedia and was captioned "High School Black Smith Class, Salt Lake City, UT 1915. I found it very interesting to look at and figured I would Share. the first thing I noticed was the forges being used....very cool. anyhow what do you all think?. Wish there was a blacksmithing class when I was in High school.
  25. I think they look great!!! My wife has been on me to make something like this for our kitchen... This makes me want to get out and give it a go... Thank you for sharing!!
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