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I'm thinking SAK is Swiss Army Knife.

Copper pipe flare tool. There should be another piece that goes to it though.

Aye, many thanks to our veterans. I appreciate the freedom you all strive to safekeep for us.

I'll keep that in mind! Looks like it should be here in another 2-3 days.

Certainly! I took your advice on Cream Earl Grey and Irish Breakfast. I also snagged Black Dragon Pearls, Blackberry, Peach Oolong, Peach Rooibos (my wife loves peach, thought she might enjoy), Strawberry Fields, Sweet Nectar, and Wild Strawberry.

I just bought 2 oz of each to try out. Didn't want to commit to a lb (my wallet really would have cried) until I know if I like them.

I bought 9 different teas from that site to try. I'll be in tea for a while.

I could not possibly spend enough money to have a tea collection rival my alcohol collection. My wife and I have amassed quite the bourbon selection on our bar (30+ different bourbons last count I believe). What can I say... I like options in what I drink. The cheap bourbons go great in my hot tea in the winter after work too, though I do use a cheap tea for that. No point wasting a good tea or a good bourbon for those.

I'm browsing this site Chimera posted... I think my wallet is going to cry when I'm done adding things to my cart.

I do a little sugar in my tea. Have never tried any teas with cream. Maybe someday.

Ooh.. Teas... I love tea. Thanks for that site Chimaera! I enjoy a couple of them from Ekon Teas too (even though they are a weird company as they advertise their tea is for men). But I do like a couple of theirs.

That looks amazing Alexander. I didn't take photos, but I did finally get my kaowool into the forge and have it drying from rigidizer application last night. Hoping it dries enough to fire it tomorrow (would love to tonight, but not sure if it will have set long enough) and then I can start prepping for kastolite!

Buzz, When things settle down and it's safe to do so... I'd love to visit your shop since we are pretty closely located to one another!

A quick google search shows somewhere in the 2.27 to 2.44 mm range. I did not measure my tank when I cut it for thickness, but I have a 30 or 40 lb tank I cut up, so it may differ slightly.

I ended up just ordering 15 lbs from Glenn. Figured it would give me extra to play around with for making door/baffles/another forge/etc.

My wife got a Cricut this week. So tonight we made me a decal for the truck.

I originally bought a "cheap" ($40ish?) set from my local big box (Menards) and they did not work well. I ended up at my local Ace Hardware (Looks like you have one in Erie according to their website). They had both of the taps I needed in stock (I believe they are Irwin Hanson brand), and even sold me the accompanying sized drill bit for the one I didn't have a bit for at home. I had purchased a handle from Menards because the one that came in my set was super small. I believe the two taps were roughly $10 each and the tap wrench I picked up was around that price too, maybe $15? I only kept the set I picked up because I might want to use the dies that came with it, I'll just be purchasing taps as I need them going forward!

Glad you are recovering! I finally managed it with my hand drill and a hole saw bit for metal.

The cylinder is 13 inches long. It might get shortened to 12 in my cleanup. Doing my calculations at 13 just to make sure I have enough though. so 11.78 cu/in per linear inch would then be 11.78x13 = 153.14? I'm guessing that is then divided by the 19.2 from JHCC's post? Or not sure really where I go with it once I get that number.

So, my understanding is that kastolite is 90lbs/ft3. Trying to figure out how that equates to what I need to cast the inside of my forge. I'm guessing that's 90 lbs makes a solid cubic foot of hardened material. So I was getting some weird calculations... like 26 lbs needed to cast the inside of my forge for 1/2" of kastolite. I did find this below post from JHCC about how to figure it out. So if that would be the case, because my diameter of my cylinder after Kaowool would be 8", that makes a 4" radius, which gives me a surface area of right at 425. 425 x 0.5 = 212.5 212.5/19.2 = 11.07 or 11 lbs. Rounding that up, might as well buy 15 lbs since I can get it in 5 lb increments from Glenn? (This would also leave me almost 4 lbs to make baffles/doors) Does that look right to people or am I just way off on my math skills today?

I'm thinking I'll screw/rivet a flange for my larger pipe that will hold my burners. So I can put set screws through it to hold the burner. Wife might shoot me if I buy a welder since I've already bought a drill press for this project!

Thanks Frosty!

I started with this And ended up with this. My cuts when I cut the ends off were a little crooked. So I need to clean that up. But ending up with 12" diameter by 13" length. Now I need to go order some supplies from Glenn!

So I managed to finish up 2 3/4" T's today. I also managed to get my old propane tank cut open and cleaned up (man my arms are tired and numb after running the angle grinder that long!). So I have questions on burner attachment. What is the best way? How big of a hole do I need to drill in the shell? Should the burner just barely slip into the hole or have some space? Can I bolt/rivet/weld a flange where the burner will attach and just screw it to that or does it need to go into the shell? If so, how far? And can I do the flange idea but using a bigger pipe to act as a holder then? Thanks!

I have one like this from the local box store. No plastic tip on it though and the shape is not round obviously.