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I fixed the aim issue. They hit the center of their respective floor tiles. When i put the Plastech 85p floor in place it broke and would not stick back together so the one floor is now 2 square tiles each. The back is curved but goes all the way to within 1/8 inch of the floor. I guess that could be the issue. I will see tomorrow when I get the 1 inch burner replaced with a 3/4.

Wife went to phoenix with this past saturday with both boys. I sent them in the Car because the Van is iffy in the heat and the car, a 2000 Alero has never had a problem. I prepped the car Friday. Oil and Anti Freeze were good, tires correct insurance and registration correct (I don't trust her around speed limits. SOmetimes they are treated as minimums. ) Saturday was drive down then visit different friends' houses that live no where near each other. Car ran like a champ with the AC on high the whole time and temp stayed just below middle as it always does. After Wet and Wild on Sunday they were going back to Flagstaff to spend the night then come up the rest of the way after seeing my Brother's Family. Car Over Heated at the Bloody Basin exit. After an hour in "hell", according to the oldest son, they dumped water in and limped back to New River. The coolant was empty. She put in a gallon and they were off. Just outside of flagstaff oil light came on and car "ground to a halt". Thank goodness a Ziggy Marley concert just finished because there were a lot of folks stopping to help. Everyone comin out was in a good mood. Dip stick was dry. SOmeone went to get some oil for her and they got it started. Over heated again in Flagstaff and another gallon of Antifreeze got them to the hotel. My son, 14, decided they should not take any chances and more oil was needed no matter what the dipstick showed. I so need to get on the how to maintain the car program. I picked them up and towed the Truck back yesterday. Coolant was empty, but oil was still in there. Probably two quarts over full. Engine makes a funny sound but starts and idles. Hopefully all is not lost. Wife and boys are fine which is all that matters to me. All I can figure is the heat opened a leak in the coolant and oil. My youngest, 10, said he was never, ever, ever, going to Phoenix in the summer again. Then asked if teachers made enough money to move to Telluride.

That is how it used to be around here Kozzy. Good prices and you could find what you needed. Not that way anymore. $180 dollars for a rail road track anvil circa 1975

If you have a family don't. If you are single, go for it.

That is going to be like lifting an oven. When you are on a roof there is NO escape.

Steve, if there is one thing us desert dwellers know it is how to stay hydrated. That was a joke. Lawnjockey. After roofing (my second least favorite activity) a beer is most welcome.

SOuthern AZ folks. Gonna be a hot couple days

Awesome

Then that is what I will do.

Yes the water danced in the middle. This was a lot cooler than the inside but still. are my burners too big this time?

I just finished my second one. It is running a 1 inch T burner and a 3/4 inch T burner. It is 1/4 of an air compressor tank lined with 2 inches of ceramic wool, and a 1/2 inch or satanite. After running with both burners for 15 minutes I sprayed water on the outside and the drops danced off. The welds holding the burner supports on blued as well. The picture is prior to the first lighting. There are 620ish cubic inches inside the forge after accounting for liner. How hot does the outside of your forge get? Should I be worried?

I'm running the next size up from BBQ tank. I think 30 pound. I have two of them. I hooked up the full one and it ran a lot better for longer at a much lower pressure. I still don't have a pressure gauge. I will run a longer test tomorrow. I have run it up to temp three times, as I was supposed to, to cure the liner, and letting it slow cool. I have 2 inches of ceramic wool and about 1/2 inch of satanite and the outside is getting screaming hot. The welds around the burner holders blued. I am somewhat concerned about this. That Gas Can in the background was moved before the forge was lit.

I end up scratching my head. Just went browsing for a bigger propane tank and there it was, the tank of my dreams, a "Vintage" tank, circa 1954.

hmmmmm. Do I run each off its own tank? I have 622 cubic inches I want to get to welding temp.

Got the gas plumbed, checked for leaks and installed both 1 inch burners. neither would stay lit no matter what I did. Replaced one of the 1 inch burners with my 3/4 to make sure the flat floor was not the culprit. It fired up. I adjusted the remaining 1 inch so it was further into the lining and it fired up. I ran the forge on both the 3/4 and the 1 inch at the same time and hoooollllyyyyy cow it went to town for about 10 minutes then it was like it lost pressure for some reason. The flame in the 1 inch crawled up the tube and went out, came on went out. The 3/4 remained on. If I turned the 3/4 off the 1 inch stayed on but at reduced pressure. My tank was cool but I would not say it was cold. It is getting toward empty but not empty yet. Could this have caused the drop in pressure?

Thanks. Hadn't thought about the tube length. I got the 045 tip.

Decided to go with 1 inch T burners in my forge. I can't find the measurements for a 1 inch burner so I am upsizing based on the 3/4 inch T. 3/4 inch T has 1x1x3/4 connector so 1 inch will need 1.5x1.5x1 T SInce going up in air then should go up one size in mig tip or does the mig tip stay the same size?

Cool dark place. No such thing here in the summer except the fridge or the freezer. Data sheet says 10 to -21C.

After a lot of reading and a few questions here I decided to take the plunge on some Plastech 85P. The plan was to use it to reline my waste oil heater for the shop and the left over for the floor of my new forge I am building. I got the box climbed up to the heater to get a brick out for a template and the heater is in worse shape than I thought. Relining is not going to be all it needs. I did use a slab to make a floor though. Now I need to store it properly for the coming summer as I take down and see if the heater can even be saved. It says to store it in a dark cool place. I put it in the freezer. Is that alright? So far the forge is coming along. 720 inches cubed. Door is not made yet and only one layer of Satanite liner. Can't decide on if I will just put two 1 inch burners in it or not. As Frosty said better to have it and not need it.

I am sure frosty will pop in here but I had the same problem until I took some length off the tip make sure you get the bur out. With as long as it is you aren't getting a good fuel air mix. at least that is how I understand it. Somewhere frosty has a length mentioned but I just took off a little at a time until it ran right. You might try a flare on the end too mine will not stay lit outside the forge unless I put the flare on.

Thanks. Interlibrary loan will have wait a week or so but there are some places close by who have it

That's why I want to purchase the book. What do you have nd what do you suggest I begin with? thanks for your help

Would those be the Ferguson and midget books that are over a hundred dollars each posted in 2014? is there anything in print Steve? but thanks for your help

Our local community college has no offerings for this stuff. I am limited to books and the public library is totally lacking, so I am hoping someone here could point me to a instructive book on Mokume. I am not looking for a Mokume guide for dummies type book. I can handle harder stuff. I want a good instructive book. Anybody know of one they want to suggest?

Bummers.