Feelthefire

It's an old mankel forge with 2 burners. And I'm not sure I need more air because I get better heat on low on the blow dryer than on high?

This is as hot as I can get it

Just cleaned all the tubes out the other day so I don't think that's the problem.

moderator could you move this back over to the problem solving section?

Here's some pictures of the forge. Can't see inside of it right now because of how sunny it is out

Alright I left the metal in for 25 minutes and still only cherry red. The forge is blown by a hairdryer right now because the original blower turbine grenaded on me. The steel is junkyard steel but appears to be mild steel. It is 3/8 inch thick. also I am unsure of exact pressure there isnt a gauge mounted on the old school regulator.

Hello all! Im new to the forum and this is my first post so if im in the wrong section feel free to move me. Alright so a friend of mine just loaned me a forge thats been in his family for a lot of years. he used it for ferrying. It sat around in his barn for a loooong time and now that I have it I cant seem to get it to heat my steel hot enough for more than 3-4 swings before it needs to go back into the forge. The metal gets to around a cherry red color. The forge is a two burner propane forge and the flames coming from the nozzles seem to be a nice blue color. Could it be my firebrick needs to be replaced? if you need anymore info please ask ill figure out what I can. Thanks in advance!