Jafar Of All Trades

Thanks for your help guys. The new pressure regulator fixed the issue with the burner going out. I'm working on building a better forge, like what yall recommended. I really appreciate yall being so willing to help.

I was asking for clarification about what your collective knowledge thinks is most likely the problem.

Thank you for all your help. I will be doing more research and fixing the forge I have for the time being. I appreciate all of the wisdom and knowledge held by the curmudgeons (said with respect) here. At a later date I will be taking all of your input and building a better forge using Kaowool or another like material, but for now my only option is to make do with what is available. Please do not think that my Edison quote was meant to say that I am just as knowledgeable as yourselves. I am not. I am a beginner to this craft, and my meaning was to say thank you. You curmudgeons have years of experience that tells you the right thing to do and wrong thing to do. It’s your willingness to share the knowledge gained from that experience that makes it possible for people like myself to learn this craft without needing to reinvent the wheel, so to speak. In other words unlike Edison inventing the light bulb, I do not have to make 10,000 mistakes before finding the correct way to do it. I will inevitably make mistakes, but when I do I can ask for guidance from veteran craft masters, such as the curmudgeons. On the topic of tagging: I read this post, and I took it to mean I shouldn’t tag in my initial post/question. However, I understood it to also say that tagging when replying to specific people’s answers is acceptable. I must have been mistaken. Please forgive me. Just as I am new to blacksmithing, I am also new to using forums. I am always fearful of committing a breach in the forum etiquette. I will learn from this mistake, and strive to do better in the future. Thank you again for all of your help in solving this problem with my forge. If my research (including reading posts here on IFI) for future projects comes up short, resulting in another mistake, then I hope I will still be welcome to return with another post and seek advice from this incredible community and its master-craftsmen.

@Steve Sells and @ThomasPowers Thank you for your help. Just to clarify, my problem is most probably not having a pressure regulator, and not an issue with airflow or size of the forge? Also please don't be sorry about bad news. I am a little bummed that I bought the wrong hose, but not as bummed as I would be if there weren't people like you on here to help me learn these things. "I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work." - Thomas Edison Thankfully, I don't have to make 10,000 mistakes before I can make this work.

@Frosty I'm emailing the maker today, and it is sand and plaster of Paris. @ThomasPowers and @Irondragon Forge & Clay the flame seems to be mostly blue. I dont know that I have a pressure regulator. I just used a regular gas grill connector like several of the people had bundled with the burners they made on etsy. However, I bought mine separately to get a lower price point than etsy was offering. If this burner is too much for the forge, I can always find another with no harm done because I will be making a larger glass forge in the future. It's not staying lit even when it's not in the forge.

Hey, I'm new to smithing (literally not forged a single thing yet). I built a paint can forge today and when I put the burner in and lit it it keeps making an almost whooshing sound like it's about to go out, and eventually, it does go out. I bought the burner off etsy. Any help would be great. I've tried adjusting the angle at which it sits and the depth into the forge. The only thing I haven't tried is drilling a hole in the back of the forge to add more air flow. Pictures of my paint can forge and burner.