WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith

I like to have the forge high enough that I don't have to squat to look at the work. I have mine at eye level and just do not stand and stare into it.

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web-site. You can find the url and contact info on my Profiles page.

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web-site. You can build a better, cheaper, more efficient forge than those commercially available. Couple the attachment with the Frosty T Burner instructions on this site. Let me know if I can help you. You can find my url and other contact info on my profiles page. I prefer e-mails. Wayne

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment on my web site. This will give you information you need to build a tough, efficient, long lasting forge. Let me know if I can help you. You can find my url and contact information on my Profiles page. I prefer e-mails. Wayne

Best thing I ever did. I feel like a kid again. Don't put it off if you have the problem. I insisted on the Direct Anterior Approach. That is with about a 6" incision on the front of the leg/hip. No muscles cut and quick recovery. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web site. You don't need heavy wall pipe, it will only make the forge heavier. I like using 20# Propane tanks or Freon bottles. You can cut out the openings in front and back as per the instructions in the attachment. The wrapped around ends help contain the blanket and casting and makes for a better finished product. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

Attend the meetings of the Az blacksmithing group and learn there. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

Check out the Build a Gas Forge at the Forge Supplies page at my web-site. This is a good, economic way to build a forge. What you suggest will be very expensive both to build and run. At least until you have more experience try to follow methods that have proven to be good. Let me know if I can help you. You can find my contact info on my Profiles page. I prefer e-mail. Wayne

I teach to carry a 3" X 5" spiral note book (it will slip in a shirt pocket) to make notes and sketches when at conferences or demonstrations. When I started I tried to carry an 8 1/2 X 11 graph paper note book but I found that I would leave it in the truck and would not have it with me (to cumbersome to carry all the time). Now I teach to carry the little note book in your pocket and make quick notes and sketches, then when you get home transfer those notes and sketches onto the graph paper. You will not be as rushed so will transfer better notes and the graph paper helps make sketches to scale. Make a work book (note book)! Any time you make something new write down the original stock you started and then step by step how you made it. Later when you want to make that again you don't have to figure it out all over again. It also helps to take pictures. I have taken pictures of projects for years. Then years later I would be looking through the pictures and say, "I didn't remember making that!:" Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

When I make those I call them "Jack Hammers". I have carried one for "Show and Tell" to SOFA for years and had many people ask to take pictures, asked if I minded if they tried to make one. I always told them to go ahead but send me a picture. I have gotten a number of pictures in return. Try taking another hammer head and forge the face flat to about 3/8" thick and 2" wide and make a "Hammer Head" shark.

Mikey, if anyone follows the plans written by John Emmerling at the Ribbon Burner Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web-site they should get a good , efficient build. Let me know if I can help you. My contact info is on my Profiles page. I prefer e-mail. Wayne

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment on the Forge Supplies page of my web-site. You don't need the thick pipe for strength, it is heavy and harder to work with. A 20# Propane tank or a Freon bottle make a good size forge. You should be able to get an old BBQ Propane tank bottle for free because they have old, unfillable valves or a Freon tank for free from any HVAC shop or any auto repair shop that does AC work I don't recommend that you cut off the ends of the tanks, the curved over metal helps protect the blanket and casting. I recommend Kast-0-Lite for the castable. Let me know if I can help you You can find my contact info on my Profiles page. I prefer e-mails.

When I first took a smithing class the first day we made some J hooks, the second a poker and the 3rd day tongs so I don't rule out tongs as a beginner project. Check out the North West Blacksmith Association, which is in your area and attend their monthly meetings. You will learn a lot there, meet other smiths and get plenty of help and advise. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

I hope to see you in June. I think that you left early and did not eat the lunch. BTW every body, I have started calling Kevin "Bob" (Big Ole Boy) I didn't ask but he must be about 6'4". I had to look up to him. Wayne

I would just use the Metrikote to paint the interior, paying particular attention to the cracks. Metrikote, when mixed according to the instructions will absorb into the cracks and give you good results. It is not a "glue" but will fill the voids. Let me know when I can help you again. Wayne.

You can not forge more than about 6" at a single heat. All heated to forging temps over that is wasted gas, excess scaling (thus wasted metal and detrimental grain growth) The only time you might want a longer forge to heat a sword or other item would be for heat treating. In addition you will be spending lots of money for materials to build the forge. The 30# tank is to large also. To many beginners want to jump in and get everything they think they want or need and wind up spending lots of money on items they wind up never using. To get started and then learn what you will need, get an anvil or serviceable piece of steel (maybe even a piece of RR track or piece of plate steel) a pair or two of tongs (maybe just a pair of vise grips) and a small forge Let me know if I can help you. I prefer e-mail. Wayne

Off site link removed. As a beginner you probably don't want a forge more than about 12" long (a 20# Propane bottle or a Freon tank). Don't cut off the ends. You don't want the burners at 45 Degrees but almost horizontal so that the flame will swirl around inside the forge. Let me know if I can help you. You can find my contact info at my Profiles page here. I prefer e-mail. Wayne

For mine I bolted 2 pieces of angle iron to my table flush to the edge of the table and punched holes for bolts to hold the vise bracket. I rounded off the corners of the angle for a better appearance. Let me know if I can help you. You can find my contact info on my Profiles page. I prefer e-mail. Wayne

1/5 hp motor is probably all the motor you will need. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne Mod note: Off site sales removed

I want to thank Thomas Powers for his kind words. I suggest that you study the Build a Gas Forge at the Forge Supplies page on my web site. As to the burner I think that the easiest, cheapest and over all burner you can build is a Frosty's T Burner. Let me know how I can help you. You can get my contact info on my Profiles page here. I prefer e-mail. Wayne

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web site. You can find the url and my contact info on my Profiles page here. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

I used to sell Kast-0-Lite 26 as well as Kast-0-Lite 30. There is so little cost difference that I dropped the 26. I weld in my Ribbon Burner forge at +- 2300 degrees F with out flux but I find that if I am not careful the temps can get up near 3000 degrees F. Keep in mind that Kast-0-Lite is resistant to flux. Let me know if I can help you. You can find my contact info on my Profiles page. Wayne

FIF is entertainment. It bears little relation to actual use. They bought a bunch of forges with not consideration to the normal shop and use. View that show as mere entertainment and nothing more Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment on the Forge Supplies page on my web site. Let me know if I can help you . You can get my contact info on my Profile page. wayne

As for the forge build and the size you want check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web-site using a Freon tank. You can probably get a Freon tank for free from your local HVAC company or any auto repair shop that does AC work. You can get my contact info on my profiles page here. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne

Check out the Build a Gas Forge attachment at the Forge Supplies page on my web-site. You can use bolts and bend tabs on the burner tube so no welding required. You can find my contact info on my Profiles page. I prefer e-mail. Let me know if I can help you. Wayne