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I've just completed my journey of building my first gas forge. I've bought a 2 lb cross pin hammer at Ace and dressed it up along with a 1lb small ball pin hammer I allready owned. I polished the 1lb for finishing work. I'm bitting at the bit to start on knifes and hammers but I personally know I'm not ready yet. So that being said I planned on practicing the basic 8, then when I feel I've got the basic 8 down I'm going to try my smithing and make all types of tools. Until I'm sick of making tools. Hopefully by next fall I'll be good enough to hammer out a few knifes as gifts. Gator

Today, I used up the last little bit of satanite refractory I had left and now I'm over my 1hr mark on this burn. Playing with tank regulator, that is a 0 to 20 psi have it set around 12 psi also needle valve open about half. ALMOST READY FOR ITC - 100 AND THEN IT'S HAMMER TIME!! 20170125_203445.mp4

YES SIR, ONE WORD - OOPS!!! I have another tank end, and planning on making another door later with a much smaller opening. Both doors have one pin that's easy to remove. So one door for large work pieces and one for small work pieces.

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Buzkill Thank you!! For giving me a cool idea for the use of my extra amo cans laying around. I've already built my forge, thanks to you I'll have a cool looking quench tub with a lid.

Ok, Last week I've started on the inside of fordge linings. 2 layers of 1" ceramic wool using sodium silacate as a adhesive on door wool. Then several applications of InsTuff rigidizer on wool. Then started with satanite refractory layers. I bought 10 lbs and I'm half way there. I've allready used 5 lbs I'm going to try and shoot for a 1/2" thick layer of refractory before I finish up with ITC - 100. Here’s a video of my first 30 minute cure burn. Before I did several 30 second then 1 min then several 5 minute burns between coats. I'm at 4th coating and still going, trying to get to 1/2" refractory wall thickness. Please let me know if my burners don't look right. I'm willing to learn. thanks Gator Down below is pic of another coating of refractory along with split brick floor. Have about 3lbs left of satanite refractory. So a few more coats before ITC 100.

Ok, Last week I've started on the inside of fordge linings. 2 layers of 1" ceramic wool using sodium silacate as a adhesive on door wool. Then several applications of InsTuff rigidizer on wool. Then started with satanite refractory layers. I bought 10 lbs and I'm half way there. I've allready used 5 lbs I'm going to try and shoot for a 1/2" thick layer of refractory before I finish up with ITC - 100. Here’s a video of my first 30 minute cure burn. Before I did several 30 second then 1 min then several 5 minute burns between coats. I'm at 4th coating and still going, trying to get to 1/2" refractory wall thickness. Please let me know if my burners don't look right. I'm willing to learn. thanks Gator

Thank you for the help.

Latticino, you said " seal blanket with colloidal silica, or equal, before refractory coating. " I take it that it's use is to keep blanket from soaking up water from the refractory coating? If so then It should be ok to use rutland cement floor sealer? It is 100% sodium silacate. That's all I could find as a sealer and adhesive that would also help to hold blanket on my door also with small finish nails welded on door as studs to impale blanket up and act like litle anchors to hold the weight of blanket, refractory and ITC 100. Latticino, Ok I decided to go with 2 torches evenly spaced. Should torch location be at 12 o'clock, 1 o'clock or horizontal at 3 o'clock?

Thomas Yes you are correct, but as a beginner. I plan on using the forge I have for treating my work also. Right now not only have no business trying to attempt such a project I have no desire to jump into.

Thank you for the split brick ideal now I understand. I may be using my words wrong sorry for the green. But when you are done forging a blade don't you use the same forge to temper or harden the blade or whatever you need to change the metallurgical forms??

I would like to do heat treat and forging. Nothing to large or complicated to learn at first. Welding maybe later on. My torch design is from rushfireforge Jarem Rush My torch design came from rushfireforge

I don't have a issue with using 2 burners. I would rather have enough than not have enough. I will research the colloidal silica application before refractory and use. I have extra fire brick for doors. ** I don't understand when you say split fire brick on floor. Are you talking about cutting brick long ways or something else?? ** I have room for a thicker refractory coat. Thank you for the help.