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Mike, Thank you it helps to know the direction to go looking for supplies. link removed I found this place quickly I'm sure there are more. I'll have a look and call around Monday. Frosty, I like the simple design if the forge. is a interior of 14" x 18" x 6" too much?.....do the chicken or egg come first right? So let me ask this what is a good cubic size for 1 burner. like your T Naturally Aspirated Venturi Forge Burner and also what about a 2 burner? I could see building a brick style first then moving on to a more complex build after more time and research . thank you

SO I have been doing more reading as suggested. I'm going to see if I can find a local supplier of cast-able refractory and Kaowool in the Greater Vancouver area. If anyone has suggestions that would be good. We figured using a larger form may be better at this point. There's lots of good information here but its hard to find whats right for someone that's new to forging. We like the idea of a ribbon burner possibly. We are going to spend some more time to see if we can figure out a good design. LOL says the guy with no clue! Keith

Frosty, Thank you for the reply. I was going with that forge design because a guy at work has the same forge basically I'm more or less copying his design and size. I guess that's not the best route. We have looked in to forge design in the past but thought this could work as a starter forge. I'll have a look at the Forging 101 and try to figure out why its not useful? thx Keith

Just thought I would add I was thinking on using 2 Frosty-T Naturally Aspirated Venturi Forge Burners for the gas forge I'm not sure if 2 is too much or... thanks Keith

Hello, My name is Keith. My son ( Mackenzie 18) and I would like to build a small forge. I'm here for some advice. We have some 3/16" plate. 8" x 20" x 2 8 1/5" x 20" x 2 and 8" x 8" The Idea was to use the plate weld it in to a box and add refractory bricks 9" long, 4½" wide, and 1¼" leaving us an approximate hole in the center (fire box) of 6 1/2" x 6 1/2" x 18" the face of the box would be open. The Door would just be 2 bricks we slide to close off the opening if needed. The back with be blocked off with a rear plate and brick. The fire box would be 760 cubic inch. We are unsure of the type of burner or burners we should use, any suggestions on the forge and burners would be greatly appreciated. The purpose of the forge is so we can start doing smaller blacksmithing projects. thank you! Keith