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I do apologize to the forums and moderator, if possible just wipe it and Ill call it a day, been a real bad year, I never make demands, but may be overly inquisitive, sorry for that, I have been dealing with Twitter and I DO take offense if insulted for being inquisitive, or just trying to learn from those who are learned in arts and ways others consider to be boring, I love nature and find the art of casting and blacksmithing to be not only an art, but something which has always fascinated me.
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Greetings any and all,
Im about to start a new project, Gas fired forge/foundry, its going to be a bit on the larger size, 50 gallon barrel, 2 layers of 1 inch regractory blanket, 1 layer of refractroy cement, I m trying to get some information how many burners I might need once the forge is finished, I hear a few saying to guestimate, but I dont trust that, thats why I am here, why so large you ask, well I have 1k pounds of aluminum , scrap prices suck right now, so I thought what a great time to make some blocks and cylinders for my milling machine, most likely some ingot molds as well. Am I understanding that a good portion depends on the cubic inches of the forge ? I also understand that ribbon burners are a better use of propane, efficiency and cost wise, and finally, I have seen two different setups for a ribbon burner, some using forced air, some using a venturi system which is hotter and which is most efficient. I do understand that the cubic inches are obtained measuring the inside diameter , width and height. I would also like to create a baffle system if you will, so if forging, I can lower the amount of space I need to heat, the baffles will be created out of refractory materials. so any and all experts in these areas are welcome to give me a heads up on what is what, if you are only going to criticize , move along , I have no need for BS in my life.
Thanks in advance :)
Input welcome
in Smelting, Melting, Foundry, and Casting
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Good to know, Im kind of a jack of all trades, I never took an inside job for long, it just didnt feel natural, For the aluminum, Im just looking at smelting a large quantity into usable blocks, cylinders etc for my milling projects, Free is good :), but the blacksmithing, well its always fascinated me, my great uncle on my dads side was a blacksmith and my great grandfather on my moms side was an artist who worked with a lot of different materials, I doubt if any know his works, but it is possible that some may. I have always had to make things work which were supposedly un do able since my boss was a bit tight , we always had to think on our toes and it did make mad, but also inspired me to make tools necessary for jobs and figure work arounds for impossible tasks. I truly want to learn , I had a teacher who told if you can learn one new thing every day, no matter how trivial or small then it was a very good day, I have always taken that to heart and try to always learn something new on a daily basis, this is an art and skill that will stay with me for the rest of my life, even if I never get that good at it.