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I think the little ones would be better than the longer one

What about a forge that is made up of only mutli port burners(burner ports on all surfaces)? That seems like there would be an issue with exaust size... Im just saying. I dont think ill be trying that but it would be a sight

Thanks for the advice for the lid. I think i will have enough wool to spare a sq foot for lid. So these ss needles.... how about some ss metal chips? I have the perfect chip in mind(maybe). Ill try to get a pic today at work And i have alot of scrap steel to use for the ring... different sizes and shapes but i have a certain type of scrap in mind.... ill try for a pic on that aswell

2"? That seems a bit thick or is that for strength? But i like your idea. Ill have to see what i can find for a "ring". I will probably make a somewhat hybird of our ideas. But we will see I should dampen the board? With water? And should i use the instuff on the board or is it unnecessary? And i will not be using it for casting... forge ports are to come.

PROJECT UPDATE: Cut the top off a 30# propane tank( final decision) today and have all my supplies and ppe(not pictured, but there)... going to machine some 3"x4" and 3"x3" steel tubing tomorrow for the exhaust ports and if i feel like it the burner port Sorry but.... questions And for the lid i was thinking of drilling a few( like 20) holes around the rim then driving nails into the Insboard, securing it in place then tack welding the nails to the shell. Does that sound alright? I dont know of any other way to hold the insboard to the top of the lid. Then come yet another question. Hows kastolite going to like being up side down on the insboard? (How well do they "bond"?)

I feel like your speaking right to my soul... hope you have more great knowledge to bestow upon me about that vertical format

I was planning on using the litter as a consumable floor covering for which the floor would be kastolite(aswell walls) But now you got me all turned around My revised floor plan being from bottom to top: POP base to flaten the bottom, then insboard(1in), then kastolite(~.5in), then a few inches of loose litter(but thats where you got me losing my head) If im picking up what youre throwin down thatll be good.... right?

Ok thanks i was thinking i would just load the things up with just the kitty litter dry... good thing i asked but is plain play sand good for the mix or do i need silica sand? Do you dry mix the litter/sand before adding water? And i got two sq feet of insboard. Im thinking one for the top(hotface covered in kastolite) and the other for the bottom(topped with the clay mix) but do you think the board would sag to fit the bottom(bad) or should i fill the bottom to make a flat base. And i know its a garbage material for refractory but fill the bottom with, dare i say, plaster of paris and sand mix? But that would be the very bottom under the insboard and clay floor. I only ask cause i have the PoP left over from my misinformed days before IFI

Yea your picture instantly cleared up one thing for me i was totally off and was thinking you had a different style burner... my bad( backs away slowly) But the tuning the burner in the forge is probaly a good idea, as stated above, but than style of choke induces turbulence which isnt optimal, if i have that right But give her a shot, with normal cautions of course

I hope im not the only one who thinks this but.... Sticky thread please... im just saying its usefull

So does anyone have a preference on kitty litter brands? And how deep of a layer should i have? And would that be used in calculating chamber size?

Read the page 6 (or all) of burners101 itll help

But that was just put up a few days ago? I think... and that maybe was before his question?

That looks like a quote from burners 101 which i just read yesterday

Yep thats where im at with my forge/burners... pretty common from what i understand

I think he means(maybe) choke from the front of mixing tube moving toward the rear as opposed to starting behind gas jet moving towards flare... but plans should have covered that

Yea i read that you were gonna try to make one and didnt see it here then just stumbled across it

Gottcha this is to likely be a near future project for my extra materials And sorry for the need of clarification.... the op was clarification enough i just needed to give it a second look

Yea... its kinda my thing... waiting for machine cycle to finish.... thinking and having a calculator in front of me I meant for calculating material if you would just use the i.d. of the shell or using the thickness of the wool which you mentioned... because im well aware of D=2xR if thats what that was about

Maybe youre right I just looked up the dia. On the 100# and its ~14.5 and i ran the numbers on the circumference and i dont think id have enough wool but if i had gotten enough id just bring the i.d. down to my desired size... Oh well looks like the little tanks are where its at... But for the circumference would you use the i.d. for the radius or radius+/-.5in because of the thickness of the wool?

Hey frosty how long is the nipple your using for the mixing tube? 6in right? As in you just screwed you tee burner in as basicly a new "flare". And the "flare" being the "multi-port" burner? Why isnt this in the gas forge section?

Ahh spreading possible misinformation Im not testifing to its non toxic status... it claims to be but after a forge heat cycle(maybe even if covered with hard refractory) it may/may not stay true... BE SAFE WEAR YOUR PPE because i dont want anyone getting sick(or worse) because i dont know stuff

Hey man i have no faith that itll stay nontoxic after heat cycles... and ive been told those prices are high Update.... materials should be here friday and tonight im going to get a 100# propane tank for the shell( not going to use all of the height tho)

Oh my bad i missed that it was 25'... i thought 24in x 25in was kinda odd

Yea im just happy i got the stuff in the mail so i can make my forge and im sure brazer is too