Witchgrass

I’m slowly building a propane tank ribbon burner forge, and thinking it will be 3-4 weeks before it’s finished. But.... I immediately need to buy a Venturi burner to put in a temp forge do I can work. Which Venturi burner would you suggest? The temp forge is 10”x18”x6”. I don’t need Damascus forging heat, just need it hot enough to work small pieces of steel, horse shoes, tongs, and such. I really think one good burner will be enough. Reason I want to buy, is partially cause I’m not sure about how to set one up, and what a proper flame consists of. TIA Craig

Ok, thanks Frosty. After running the burner for about 20 minutes, I’ve come to the conclusion that the whole thing needs to be rebuilt! I had to turn the pressure down to 1-2 psi to keep it from blowing itself out. When I turned it up the blue flame kept disappearing, possibly up into the tube no sure. It was making all sorts of sounds. I was hoping to be able to use this one till my my proposed ribbon burner model is done. Need to get my grocery list of supplies ordered and just built it....

I got the forge fired up for a little bit today. Just wanted to heat up something to see how the burner worked. More of the insulation stuff chipped off. It’s very soft! Should that stuff be considered hazardous to my breathing? I blew a bunch of the dust out with the air compressor. It really needs to be relined. I might be able to use some fire bricks inside it just to be able to do a little work until I get my new materials to reline it. Thoughts?

Should I just chip all that stuff out?

I picked up forge today. Here what I’m dealing with. Should I just redo at the bad area with refractant? Also, Should I be worried about how far the bell extends down into the chamber?

I ran across a decent deal(I think) on a small gas forge. It’s a steel (looks shop made) frame box, with hinged doors on front and back. Has a single burner, (might need some work) but looks to be in decent shape. There was a small piece of the fire brick that had fallen off the wall. Maybe 4x4x 1” piece of brick that was just laying inside the box. How do I go about re attaching it to the wall? The owner wants $50, so I told him I’d take it, should pick it up this week. TIA

I also got one of the Quick tong bundles. Working on plans to get my forge finished up soon so I can hear up some steel.

Any guesses as to the make of the smaller (100 pounds or so) unmarked anvil?

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Here is the unmarked(as of today-still trying to get paint off) anvil that I bought a few days ago. And here is the Hay-Budden that’s on lone from my BIL.

Those will have to wait till tomorrow...... but in the meantime, I also picked up this chunky thing. Don’t see any marks on it, but then again it’s covered in paint. Might be worthless, but I bought it anyway, just in case my BIL “needs” his back.

When I first graded the anvil to remove it from my BILs truck, he and I both noted the prominent “105” stamped on the side. I just assumed it was 105 pounds. WRONG. So, what does the 105 mean? There is a also a 2, and 3 stamped in different locations as well. Maybe those are meaningless?

My BIL just loaned me an anvil that he got in a house purchase. Best I can tell, It’s a 215 pound Hay Budden. Serial number is 191104. Can someone verify what year it was made? It’s also got several other numbers on it as well. The first one stamped on the heal. 105. I assumed that was the weight, but when I picked it up, I thought that “that’s the heaviest 105 pounds that I ever picked up!”. I did find 215 stamped under Brooklyn. To the far right side of the serial number, is stamped the number 2. Under the horn-the number 3 is stamped. This is the first anvil I’ve used. Thanks,