Euphorious

cool, thank you for the feedback.

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?