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Here are some pictures of what started this whole thing for me. I find this to be a realy nice set up. I hope to make a version of this over the next few weeks. Now that I have two fuel savers. I think I'm going to leave on set up on the bench for heating and welding and build a mobile one like the one in the pictures. I'd give credit to the builder but I don't remember where I found these photos.

Well, My quest is over, yea!!! Thank you all for the input:) I went to an auction today and for the price of one new smith fuel saver, I got two, but wait, theres more...I also got a fairly new set of Victor regulators, hoses, tank stabilizer, two tourch handles with tips, all mounted to a nice butcher block bench...I am a happy camper:D

Realy nice QuangO. I like the edge and use of copper. Wonderful donation!!!

Call Sid-402-873-6603 He is little Giant and very helpful!

No gloves for me, Although, lately I find myself looking for them more... Wonder what that means?

No jewelery for me, just gets in the way. My wife has finally come to terms with the fact that I will not wear my ring, PERIOD!!! I do put it on sometimes when we go out for special occations as a compromise. I also don't like gloves for the same reason. That would be the hook factor.

I need one of those soooooo bad! thanks for the post/inspiration!!!! Oh, buy the way looks great!

Hi jsurgeson, Welcome! Frosty is right, they do get hot enough to melt... been there done that. I was in a hurry when I put my burners together, actually solder was all I had on site. So, solder I did! First fire-up melted the joint, not enough to come undone just mis alligned. From then on I closed the choke to stop the flue affect. It works but I'm making threaded jets as replacements. My 2 cents...

I'm jealous, Congrats!!! Play with it before repair it, you may find you don't need to...Post a pic?

sound like a job for an air hammer!

Ten Hammers- you bring up a good point, servicability. The other one isn't servicable? Funny, no one has said anything about the other type... Wonder if they are no good or no one uses it. Hmmm. Only reason I continue to press the question is I saw a realy nice stand made with the cheeper version.

Boy thats a good question! My shop is behind a locked gate, on top of a hill, next to a neighbor that wants to kill me because my shop is bigger than his house:) Last Xmas I was turning a whole pile of wooden bowls to give as gifts and running the generator with the door closed:o. I know, I know, stupid idea...It was cold and raining REALLY hard and windy. I figured the building was drafty enough. Boy was I wrong. It took about 6 hours before I started to feel something, then about 1 hour more before I could barely stand up. I can use my cell phone but it'll take 15 min. minimum before anyone can get there. When I told my wife, she said she usually doesn't worry about me because I'm not accident prone. Any more stunts like that and she won't have to worry at all:rolleyes:

Mick, I'm sure you can come up with what they call here in the states a "drill hammer" or what mason's and I call a "lump ammer". Basicly a 2 to 3# short handled sledge hammer. Taking a big hammer head and making it smaller with little to no tools is tough piece o work. Don't want you to get frustrated before you start having fun...

A friend of mine has an old ferriers forge with a trashed liner and 3/4 to1" chunks of high temp fire brick and pieces of kaowool spread all over the bottom. It definatly gets hot. Haven't tried to forge weld in it but it is hot enough. Seriuosly, the only cold spot is the steel that gets put in it!! It is yellow hot in the top back corners!!! It sucks the gas though. His theory is the brick and kaowool bits bounce the heat all over the place....seams true. personally, I like hot spots as long as they are big enough!

Popforge and a movie?

Thanks!, we love it here too. Only been here for about 10yrs though. From our property, we look out at the coast range around Clear lake...did you get snow today?

Bonehead- Try a product called "restore-it" (sp) it is a very thin epoxy resin that will work in a vacuum. The fumes are deadly so have the exaust go to open air. One thing I don't remember is if it is UV stabilized. I use it under paint on wood. It has natural oils that help it bond. Another way would be to submerge it in epoxy and apply pressure. Then cut away the excess epoxy.

maybe he pounds it out... to draw it It always easier to erase a problem in pencil than in a finished product!

Veery intorestink! More cash...All I need is more cash! It would be nice not to have to grind slag before milling. Tips and tricks go under the hat- Thanks frosty

Looking good!! It seems all this stuff takes longer than we like. looking forward to the finished photos...under power!

Dodge- IMO, 15" long chamber should have two burners because you aren't going to get weld heat coverage for all the chamber. I think 250 C.I. coverage for a 3/4" burner is safer number. From your discription, sounds like you want to enter from one end and not a side? Personaly, I would realy reconsider the one burner and go with two. Are you making or buying your burners? My reasoning is that you can always run one burner for small stuff and then two for longer projects. My forge is bigger but has two burners and I run one most of the time, but boy, it sure is nice, when I want to heat something long to have both burners so I don't have cold spots on the work when forging.

yeah, Frosty I have looked on ebay, but not craigslist Good idea! Doing that now... Explain the charger arch start system to me, sounds interesting... ah scary. At some point, I will do a propane rig. Gotta make some money first. I saw a really nice welding cart on another forum. He had a pilot light and gas flux setup, very nicely made and layed out... I'd have the pilot light on its own supply and propane and acetylene with a shared Oxy Harris make a torch handle that has a thumb controlled idle/pilot light, but I'm all set with an old Victor.

Nice work, and Pics!!! I just got big old piece of that type of walnut for a table top I'm building for a show. I wish I had a truck load too. Sells for about $6-$12 a bourd foot out here in Caly.

I know what you mean about the K.I.S.S thing. When I do use my tourch, I'm using it for bending and brazing but mostly bending. Sometimes for several hours for production and the start/stop, relight just takes to long and wastes lots of fuel, Last time I had my tank filled was $80.00+ for a #4. My aplication is a little more than backyard as I use the torch rig once or twice a week. But thanks for your input Hourseshoe182!

Nice set up! Looking forward to seeing it in action!!