I have not gotten the book, but I very well might at some point.
I made 2 t burners for now, and figure I can play around with the others because these work quite well. I can always swap burners if I make a really nice one to change out.
however, I did have to remake one of my t burners as the hole wasn’t completely straight. Ever so slightly crooked and didn’t perform as well as my other one. So I did that today and both work great, but I did have to use an 8” pipe nipple instead of 6” and a .030 instead of .035. Those changes is what gave me a nice clean blue/blueish white flame with very little orange. It performed well all the way from maybe 4 psi up to 15 maybe even 20, got a fair amount more orange on the outside of the flame after that. But all in all, I’d say they work well enough for me for now. I did the math on the propane tank I’ll be using to make the forge, and 2) 3/4” burners is what I’ll need. Figuring how much cubic inches after I added the ceramic blanket and the refractory 1/4” layer all around with 2 fire bricks at the bottom, I’m looking at probably 600 cubic inches interior. I’m havinga front door as well with a smaller opening on the door and I’ll be able to block off the rear and part of the front openings with fire brick if need be.
the big door I’m putting on the front is more for future maintenance. It would be a lot easier to redo the lining and stuff with full access. Once I actually start going on it, I’ll start taking pictures and make a new thread with the build.
im definitely a novice, but with what I’ve learned in college, here, my career, I feel pretty confident about this build. I think the only thing I don’t have in the plan is itc 100, but I saw something about a kiln wash I think it was A mix of sand and clay to put on last over everything else.