Hello and thank you every body for putting up with me.
Well I did it. It’s a frankenForge but I didn’t rush the build.
The shell is an old stainless brewers pot that I cut down to size.
First a layer of 1” ceramic wool, rigidized and coated with KOL-30 and left to cure before another layer of 1” wool rigidized followed by the last layer of KOL-30. The kastolite is pretty thin maybe 1/4” a bit thicker around the ports and the floor. But I used less then 10 pounds of KOL30.
i used Metrikote over the kastolite and I put it on kinda thick.
if I did the math right I have just over 350cu inches for my 3/4” burner.
I think the opening should have been bigger but it should work
my main issue is the burner in relation to the port. Placement and how close it should be.
i currently have it inserted about 3/8” into the shell. The port being about 2” thick and flaring slightly
I thought it needed an air gap between the burner flare and the forge wall.
Test fired it it for the first time tonight but the nozzle was getting a lot hotter then it did firing the burner by itself.
I know it looks crude but is the burner in a bad position?
