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Hey all, thanks very much for the quick responses and for your thoughtfulness. Frosty are you suggesting, regarding shortening the forge, that I could stick a thick sheet of kaowool or insboard halfway and just use the front half of the forge? That's a very interesting idea. Do you think I could leave a small gap under it to slide longer work in, while leaving the back side of the forge unworked? It might be difficult to get satanite on the back side of that sheet as I don't have great access into the back side of the forge. but I'm sure I could make it work somehow. Would it be safe to use the back side of the forge along with the front, if they were separated, with another burner perhaps for a heat treat on a longer piece? I have the two burner ports on the front that I could use with the shorter tube. I would still probably like to reduce the internal volume, and I appreciate the recommendation of more wool versus more brick. I think I will try my hand at building burners eventually, but for now I will likely pick up two of them online from someone who is more experienced than me, just to get started. You have all been very helpful. Thanks so much for the welcome and information.

Hello, I'm new to the IFI community. I'm getting into blacksmithing and picked up a second hand forge, cutting a few corners to get started. But as I am working on it and learning more I'm wondering if I should start anew and change designs. I'm looking for some commentary and guidance on the design of this forge The forge is quite large. The internal cavity is approx 7.5" x 7.5" x 21". I don't like the burners, so I'm either going to machine or buy some Frosty T type. However, the internal cavity is so large that I think even three burners would be too little BTUs. I have sealed the interior kaowool that was in the furnace with satanite but I'm thinking I might need to wrap another layer of kaowool and another coat of satanite to reduce the internal volume, or insert some firebrick to reduce the volume. Do you see any major issues with the design here that I should be weighing? I am at the point where I feel like I might want to scrap and start with something smaller.