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  1. It does forge. It is harder to move than mild steel of the same size. I have forged out the beginning of a knife blade with it. Might just have to experiment more to get a better feel for what it is.
  2. I have a constant supply of worn out and broken pipe wrench jaws and hooks. They are ridgid brand. It says steel alloy on the side but does anyone know what these are made of? They are off of pipe wrenches ranging in size from 24 inch to 60 inch. It looks like there are casting marks on the hook part but it does forge with lots of effort but when broke it looks like cast iron. Has anyone used these for forging before?
  3. Can't give much advice for getting in shape but I also have a long work commute and spend most of my day in the truck when I'm at a rig. To strengthen my grip and forearms I keep a "Captain of crush" hand gripper and some "Iron mind" hand bands in my truck. I started doing it as something to keep me from smoking as much but it has really improved my grip. Its just like the little black grippers everyone used to have but a lot higher resistance. There are four sizes with one being the easiest. Buy a No.1 that's what I have and it burns.
  4. The 20lb tank was just for first test burn. Everything after has been done on a full 100lb tank maintaining constant 7 PSI at the manifold.
  5. Thanks. I think it is 25 inch tall overall. Anvil sits just below wrist height for me. It didn't cost me much to build. The blind flanges were scrap and the pipe was just a bunch of cutoffs I had from building fence panels. It did take a lot of welding rods to seal weld the whole thing so it would hold sand though... It isn't on the boards anymore, those were just for building.
  6. This is my 124lb Foster 1855 I just picked up. Built this stand for it out of 2 3/8 pipe in a circle on two blind flanges. Filled the centre and the pipe with sand and chained tight.
  7. I have just completed my first Propane forge. It's made from an expired air tank (because that's what everyone does, eh Frosty?) It is a 2 burner using the "Frosty T" burners. I built it too big for my needs (because that's what everyone does) Build details are, two one inch layers of ceramic fiber covered with 1/8" refractory cement. Kiln shelf for floor. I fired the forge and trimmed the tips to tune it as it was a very yellow flame in the dragons breath. It worked great, nice blue cones and hardly any dragons breath from 5-10 PSI. Got forge up to operating temp and used it a bit, still nice flame. Ambient temp in my shop was -18F Brought the forge into the garage and gave it a few coats of ITC-100 let it cure for 3 days. Last night I went out and the temp in my shop the ambient temp is up to about 14F. I fired up the forge and got it to temp. Dragons breath showing bit of orange. As I went on forging the dragons breath had more and more yellow in it. This was the Hottest I had gotten this forge. The problem with diagnosis is that I changed three different variables when tis happened. ITC-100, ambient temp,foge internal temp. Any guess on which one is the culprit? Here are a few pics of forge, Its only running one burner @ 3 PSI in the pics because I was freezing up before switching t the 100lb bottle. Also, the side pic of the forge it isn't hooked up or running, incase anyone noticed the lighter and hose hanging by the forge.
  8. That sounds like a pretty good idea, I was trying to think of how one could protect the tank without enclosing it so much as to make a hazard of trapped gas. Do you have a picture of cart?
  9. That is kind of what I was thinking after it was finished. I just wanted to build a stand with scrap I had on hand, had a bunch of cutoffs to use up. Took a few rods to seal weld all the 2 3/8" tubing together.
  10. ThomasPowers, it's a 1855. Sorry for the highjack but here is a pic of it on the new stand, stand is made with pipe and filled with sand.
  11. I am in the middle of building a stand for my forge, Wondering what the options are for mounting the tank? I am considering mounting in below the forge, Forge is a 2 burner with the door at about chest height. At first I had the tank away from the forge because it seemed 'Safer' but between the tripping hazard and unprotected hose on the floor it almost makes more sense to have it mounted on the unit. Tank is a 30LB but I will probably be going to 2 30lb tanks soon. If anyone has any pics of there forge stand/propane tank set up, I'd like to take a look.
  12. I was in the same boat, trying to find a good burner in Canada for a good price. Did a bit of reading, picked up the parts to build a Frosty 'T' burner. I still have to finish tuning it but even without a final tune it gets one inch stock to yellow in very little time. I choose the Frost 'T' because of the simple design and limited tooling need to make it. If I could do it again I would not have wasted so much time looking in to built burners for my needs. With the money I saved I was able to buy a 124lb Foster.
  13. While I am not 100% it is cast iron. I drilled a small hole in it with a sharp bit and the shavings were very fine, powder almost. Similar to lathe/mill cuttings from cast Iron. Does cast steel do this also? I hammered on it and it had the "thump" that I always thought was an indication of cast Iron with maybe 5% rebound. These are heavy, was going to weight them just out of curiosity.
  14. I Hope this works. I have never posted a picture before. Anyhow, I was given 2 of these pieces of cast iron. They are just about 3 inches thick and about 3.5'X 3'. I think they are counter weights off of a pump jack. I have no idea what to build with these. I would like to build something shop related as I am just starting to get set up for forging. My only idea so far is to drill different sized holes near the top and then cut it so only half of the hole is on the work surface and maybe put some different radius and bevels in it. Build a stand for it to stand it on end, kind of like a stand alone swage block? Anyone have any other ideas?
  15. What was this made from? It looks like a counter weight of some type.
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