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Sudsii

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  1. 6 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said:

    I teach beginning smithing to folks from single digits into their 80's with lots of college age students in the mix; you are dead wrong that 90% of the time they come up with better ways. How would you know that anyway? 105% of made up statistics on the internet are wrong after all. Shoot I once got called in to help a Metallurgy Professor who's son was trying to forge a project for his school class.

    We have already told you multiple times where to find out what's best for lining a foundry, gave you the links to it, showed how to search for it.

    Perhaps it's time to stop.  Moderators?

    Just stop messaging to me simple

  2. Just now, ThomasPowers said:

    there can be 5 billion wrong videos there---how do you find the 5 right ones?

     You exhibit well the arrogance of adolescence.  Perhaps you could review the youtube videos on the Dunning-Kruger effect. 

    And you display the mind set of a know it all old man that’s past his time. This isn’t just about you I hate the older generation hating on the newer ones for little to no reason say the way we kids do things are wrong, no we do things the way we believe is right and 9/10 times it works just as well or better I’m not asking for something super confusing just tell me what you recommend for gas forges (fire blanket, fire bricks) etc I’m really annoyed with your negativity towards somthing that has changed the way people do things 

    4 minutes ago, JHCC said:

    Volume is no guarantee of either quality or comprehensiveness.

    I understand that but I’m saying everything is on YouTube and for one bad video there’s one excellent one

     

    5 minutes ago, Daswulf said:

    Spend a few years reading on here. Anything and everything. And you will understand what is Not on youtube. Most of yt is a vast wasteland of pointless stuff. There are also videos showing bad information from those with a camera that dont know better and a slim few with Good info. You'll  never know the difference without more knowledge by Reading through peer reviewed sites like this one. ( as far as forging and a little casting) and as you seem to be interested in casting, The site Thomas pointed you to. Watching vids gives you a little info. READING UP On a peer reviewed site lets you understand it better and gives you even more info. 

    At this point I could care less about reading I just want one person to say use this this and this in this sequence and you’ll be golden and that’s all I ever asked I didn’t want info I like learning myself I’ll drill a hole in the side to put the tiger torch in and put coal at the bottom and have a lid with abit of ventilation about the size of a pop can and I’ll be fine for awhile

     

  3. On 7/5/2018 at 3:37 PM, JHCC said:

    If all you know is what is on YouTube, how do you know what isn't on YouTube?

    There is 1.5 billion videos on YouTube what isn’t on YouTube 

    On 7/5/2018 at 4:06 PM, ThomasPowers said:

    And hopefully the teachers know enough to be able to judge between the wheat and the chaff on youtube.

    How do you judge what is right and what is wrong but is portrayed as being right on youtube?   (We have this discussion fairly regularly.) I really would like to know how you figure out that plaster and sand forge linings on youtube  is bovine waste products.

    Do you work for free?   The suggestion that we should work for free seems rather one sided.

    The reason I found it is for cheap forges so that’s why plaster and sand came up cause there cheap and I don’t work for free Walmart (11.35 hour) construction (17.25 hour) driving tractors (25.15 hour) so no not for free and when did I say you should work for free 1 video is easy with the time your spending replying on here you could make a video and get payed from it so what do you mean

    On 7/5/2018 at 4:23 PM, SLAG said:

    Mr.  Sudsii,

    There are a fair number of smiths on this site that are dyslexic. Me included.

    But we manage. Especially, when we want smith and foundry information.

    Beware of you tube.

    ANYONE can post a video on that site. Some of the videos are dangerous.

    We have lists of knowledgeable, reputable video authors That post on you tube.

    Also, the posts on this site are read by many and erroneous information are quickly corrected.

    SLAG.

    Okay so tell me what would you use to line your gas forge

    On 7/5/2018 at 5:00 PM, Ohio said:

    This is very basic and general, but maybe you can find information that will help you safely do what you want to do.

    There's a difference between a forge and a foundry furnace

    if you want to heat steel to forging temperature and hit it with a hammer into various shapes, you'll need a forge. Lots of ways of building one here, as others have pointed out, with photos and detailed descriptions. While there are a lot of steps, the instructions are usually very clear and to the point.

    If you want to melt metal, you need a foundry furnace. Again, you've been given links on how to find instructions on how to build such a tool, make a mold, etc., even though this site is more about forging and blacksmithing than foundry work. You can also buy a small foundry furnace and other tools for aluminum casting from Lost & Foundry or other sellers.

    Either activity is dangerous, especially for the clueless. For example, if you melt metal, how do you know the crucible you're using won't shatter and spill hot metal on your feet? Or what happens if you don't use the correct tools to handle the crucible for pouring? How do you know the metal you're metling isn't zinc, which gives off fumes that can kill you.

    As I recall, you wanted to melt some kind of metal and cast a tool. My apologies if I am mis-remembering. Please be aware that the chances are you won't be melting steel and casting it, not without some experience working with other materials. Most home foundry work starts with melting aluminum, which is still dangerous as you're working with temperature over 1000-degrees F.

    Alec Steele (who is a member of IFI) has youtube videos on his attempts at foundry work, including building a foundry furnace and a visit to a local foundry. Alec is a blacksmith based in the UK and doesn't shy away from showing how hard and dangerous forge and foundry work is, yet retains his sense of humor.

    Finally, I'm a professional filmmaker. If you want to come up with the money to hire my production company to produce the videos you want, I'd be happy to discuss budgets, though please be aware that I don't work with people who are xxxxxxxxx.

    Okay so ya I’m making a foundry furnace then but every time I look people call them forges or even kilns and the tool needs to punch a hole in cans so I don’t need to melt steel aluminum is fine and now finally when did I say anyone needs a professional film company to make a YouTube video you can make it with your phone not hard trust I’ve done it so why would anyone pay for a filmer for a YouTube video 

  4. So I’ll give a little back story on my life so you realize where I’m coming from. I’m 17 I’ve work construction I’ve done sandblasting I’ve worked machanical and I’ve driven tractors for awhile and even worked retail at Walmart I’ve almost fail English every year because I hate reading. Reading is useless in my generation because everything is digital like I buy audio books when I need to do a book report etc so that’s where I’m coming from a person that hates reading and doing this is more of a hassle then anything else and I learn from watching not reading so have this stuff doesn’t help my understanding and I’m trying my hardest but this doesn’t work for me and maybe this forum isn’t for me. I’ll give you guys some advice now, why don’t u go make your own YouTube video show everyone the proper way and link it on here. People hate reading and listen helps a lot and if you made a video and it’s the right way to do it and it’s a good video you could make money easily and that could help you upgrand your forges I’m just saying

  5. Oh okay and by the way I live in Winnipeg Manitoba Canada

    Okay see this is why a lot of people use YouTube. It’s easy to navigate and you can get what you need and see what is happening. I’ve read afew threads now and heard people talk about forge 101 yet I can’t find it I’ve searched up building a gas forge can’t find anything I’ve tried just a generic search of building forge nothing it just keeps bringing up the same ones I’ve seen multiple times over and that have nothing to do with what I want like one was welding in a forge so this is why I try to ask 

  6. Okay so thank you I haven’t even got to the mood yet cause I want to make sure I can melt first but as u can see in the pictures that’s what I first made and I got mad and started to take it apart and in the other two pictures I have a tiger torch and a hot plate so I’m thinking about making the next one a gas forge but still could someone just tell me what I should make my walls out of just a simply one word answer cause I want to start it ASAP cause I would like to move onto figureing out the mold

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    1 minute ago, Glenn said:

    IForgeIron pushes safety first. We can provide information on many subjects. Casting and foundry are specialized processes which can get you injured or killed unless you know what to do. This is a general caution to anyone working with molten metal.

    As Thomas said, Have you checked out the forums at alloyavenue yet?

    No I haven’t I tried signing up to the website but never got email confirmation and just gave up but I have the safety thing covered to a point. My brother n law is a diesel machanic at Volvo and he got my welding gloves and I have a jacket that a buddy used to use while working at custom casting for heat resistance and safety

  7. Thomas thank you for the advice but don’t be give me attitude I never said anyone was a nobody and I am just trying to figure of what’s the best thing to use and I haven’t been on this site for long (1 day ) so I don’t know how to use it that’s why I created a post to see if someone could give me a straight answer on what to use and I’ve read a lot of people use the plaster sand mixture and I already use concrete before I read anything so now I’m trying to restart and figure out what to use/ do

  8. So I looked up a video on YouTube and I watched abit didn’t really pay any attention and skipped most of it so that’s what my first xxxxx up was. So I got concrete and I had a metal barrel that used to hold industrial soap but it’s probably a 20L barrel and I made about a 1.5 inch bottom with a old tail pipe coming through the bottom so I can use air to make the coals hot and I made a 2 inch wall inside and I used a old patio step made from concrete for the top and drilled holes through it. Now my problem is I can’t melt anything not even a Pepsi can so I don’t know what to do can someone help

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