Fe-Wood

Thanks Frosty- Yeh, he calls for brazed joints. I used solder because thats what I had... Mike's tubes are 12" long with about 4" dedicated to slotting for air intake, leaving about 6" for mixing. I said 14" because thats how much sticks above the forge including jets, valves etc. I would like to reduce that for safety's sake. I'm thinking I will go with "bell" type air intakes. Do you know of any good plans? What do you think of ITC-100? Being the cheep **** I am, I'm always looking to get 10 outa 5. Given that I've only run the forge about a dozen times mostly between 5-10 PSI, I bet if I turn it up, I'll get to weld heat. I just seams to me, at some point the air-fuel mixing with be reduced because of the small tubes. On the last forge I built, paturned after a ferriors forge, I made a (I forget what it called) ring inside the tube to cause turbulence to aid mixing.

For all interested, I think I may have found a supplier- Supperior Flux out of Cleveland, Ohio Superior Flux & MFG. Co.

Thanks frosty! I was hoping you would way in. From some of your earlier posts about hot fires, you sound like a man with experiance. Your observations confirm that. If I understand correctly, a bigger burner chamber is better than bigger jet or more PSI. PSI and intake (combustion air) adjustment will deliver the desired affect. I don't know if you could tell from the pics, but I made the mounting ports out of 2"

Hey Ian- Do you have a supplier for the premixed tin/flux? All I've been able to find is Oatey pipe pre-tinning in 8 oz. containers. Anybody else have suppliers in the US?

Thanks Glen! Worked like a charm!!!! Please see photos...

Hi all- I've built a propane forge using a 12"

Ditto!!:confused: Sounds like a fun idea;) Sounds funny- but sometimes to many options can be limiting:o Glen, did you have something in mind? or taking suggestion?

Hi all- I've been teaching myself how to spin copper with the help of Terry Tynan's DVDs. I have just spun a few bowls in copper and would like to apply food grade tinning to them. I have searched all over the net for supplies and info on this elusive art form. I have found one YouTube clip and very scant written directions... Does anyone out there in net land have sources and info for tinning supplies and techniques? Many thanks for any and all help!!! Peter

Fe-Wood comes from the name of my business, IronWood. IronWood is ALWAYS used, so I turned to the elemental name FE for iron. I came up with the business name because I have been working wood and iron as long as I can remember. Peter, almost as common as John...

Hi All- I am returning to the art of blacksmithing after about 15 yrs. I started in collage while obtaining a fine arts degree. Now, I have built a shop and started the process of building up the tooling. I have built a tunnel furnace about 2 feet long and am in the process of rebuilding a 100# little giant. I am interested in tools of all sorts, collect like crazy... When finished ( Ha, never finished) my goal is to be able to work wood, iron and bronze. At some point in the near future, I will be building a furnace for a #10 crucible so I can pour bronze. I live in the sierra foothills.