Fishgod

Thanks Frosty,

We just moved from Palmer to Talkeetna about a year ago.  Both kids are graduated and we found a place we love.  After the nastiness with covid-19, I would love to swing by and chat.  Thanks for the info on burner placement.  So if I get you right it would look something like this.

Just trying to do it right.  I have 100# propane bottle but with inefficient as the old forge was we burned through it pretty quick.  We made a ton of hooks, leaves and then I finally made my first tool.  A pair of tongs.  channel lock plyers just wasn't cutting it.

Hello all, 

My name is Michael. This is my first post but I have gone through this thread and many otheres.  My son and I started forging last summer.  The forge we have we  bought off Etsy.  Its not the best and not very well insulated so I am building a new one.  I have read this thread along with many others and want to make sure I am on the right path.  My main question is about burner angle.  I get that you want the flame to hit something that can take the abuse and yet still circulate around the forge.  Below is what I have and what I plan to do.

Party Helium tank (approx 9.5 diameter and 12.75 long outside measurments)

 I purchased my forge supplies and burner from Larry Z. 

1@ Z burner 8# 1in Insulating blanket

Enough HarbisonWalker International INSWOOL to do two layers

Ins-tuff Ceramic-Fiber Rigidizer

Kast-0-lite 30

Plistix 900F

Here are a couple quick pics I drew up.  Not to scale, just eyeballing.  Do either of these burner angle look correct? I am planning on pouring a Kast-O-Lite floor and putting in fillets so there are no sharp edges on the floor.