Nathan637

I knew what I was getting into when I made it. I made it as a foundry just to see if I liked it before investing a decent amount of time and money

Definitely! I had already built one out of a bucket for a foundry. It fell apart as I knew it would so now I'm going to make a proper forge for blacksmithing

I hadn't dont much previous research before I built my burner. I simply found a video on youtube, made it like they said, and then just messed around with it. The burner was originally just going to be used in a sand and plaster of paris foundry for melting aluminum. I did try a smaller tip, .30 inch diameter. It was okay but I thought the 1/16" was better. I'm going to do some reading on burners too.

Thank you for the response. I did try reading the forges 101 and after about page 3 I was more confused than when I started. Haha, ig I'll just keep reading and hope it becomes clearer.

So I'm a 17 y/o and I'm working on designing my first forge. I plan on making a tube forge using an air bubble with a diameter of 12 inches. I plan on using ceramic blanket coated with stanite and ITC-100. The burner I have is a 3/4 inch forced air sidearm burner with a nozzle size of 1/16 in. The floor will be fire bricks. The hope for this forge is to be able to reach welding temps. My Questions are: Should I have 2 or 3 inches of ceramic blanket? How should I secure the Firebricks to the floor? Will My One burner be enough or will I need another one? Any feedback about anything would be greatly appreciated as I know only what I've read.