Cyrilak
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Thanks for the help, it must be somewhat forgiving then if it's been mixed in different ways, I was planning on curing it with my burner to decrease the drying time
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Hello all, I bought some fumed silica and it is to my understanding that I just need to mix that with tap water to make my rigidizer for my kaowool. What consistency should it be? I read somewhere where someone was using a spray bottle to disperse it so it must not be that thick? Thanks In advance.
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Thanks for the advice guys, I'll do the 2 one inch layers with the rigidizer then the refractory on the final later
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Thank you those of you that actually helped Why not put bricks on the bottom?
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Hello all, I am going to start building my forge and I am just finishing ordering everything, I have a few questions about insulation. From what I have read, it seems like using ceramic wool is the easiest way to insulate a gas forge, I know it needs to be replaced once in a while because it wears down. Is it best to have 2" of insulation? And are you supposed to line the wool with refractory cement? Or just use straight wool? I know the stuff is bad for your lungs and I was wondering if it lets particles off in the air while it's burning. I plan on laying fire bricks on the very bottom of my forge. Thanks in advance.
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Thank you for the advice, no I haven't bought those
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Thanks I plan on it, I think I'll just use one tank and then add an opening in the back with a hinge so I can close it to keep the heat in. My biggest concern is getting a nice even heat treat when I do swords. But obviously that won't be for a long time. Until I feel comfortable with my knives. I know there are a lot of tricks of the trade some people do. As I said I'm new and I'm just looking for as much advice as I can get. I will probably just buy a preassembled burner because I have been pretty busy and building the forge is already going to be a nice project in itself and I would like to get going as soon as I can. I will look at what kind of stones I can get for my bench grinder and see how the knives turn out, if I don't like it I'll just have to suck it up and buy a belt grinder.
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Hello all, new to this forum and I was hoping I could get some advice. I am really interested in Smithing and I would like to pick up this hobby, and I have some questions. I am going to start building my forge. I was thinking about welding two 20 pound propane tanks together. I plan on making knives and small swords/machetes and the likes. I plan on lining it with 2 inches of kaowool with firebrick on the bottom and adding a door and all that. It is going to be a propane forge. My first question is will this forge need 2 burners? Or just one? I know there are different kinds of burners. Am I going overkill on size? Should I just use one 20 pound tank? What size anvil should I be looking for? And I am aware that a belt grinder is the best tool for grinding the blades, but I'm trying to save money because I'm buying a pistol soon. Would a bench grinder suffice if I use a softer stone? Sorry for all of the questions I just want to do things right.