Taylor S

My anvil came in last week, it's the 66lb vevor cast steel anvil. Just got the stand for it finished! Can't wait to forge my first project and try this thing out.

Any suggestions for an anvil stand? I ordered the Vevor 66lb cast steel anvil. I have seen some people using stumps, but I am having trouble finding the right size locally. I would get a welded stand but I don't have the tools for that and I don't know anyone here who does. I am looking for something easy to make and affordable.

Eventually, yes. I have decided to go with 1 burner for now and add a 2nd later on when I want to get into forge welding. I also forgot to account for the volume taken up by the fire bricks, so my vlolume wasn't as far over 350 as I had thought.

I am following Zoellers "Simple Gas Forge Plans" and am using a 5 gallon bucket just like it shows. Where I'm getting confused is that he only uses 1 burner. When I calculate the volume of my bucket (excluding refractory material), it is over the 350 cubic inches recommended for a single burner. So do I go by his plans and do 1 burner, or go by the volume recommendation and use 2 burners?

I have decided to go with the Zoeller side arm burner setup. I found the previous one after getting overwhelmed by so much info online at 3 am last night and the guy in the video had an easy list so I just went with it. After doing more research I figured the Zoeller side arm would be a good choice, and I only need to change a couple fittings from what I have now.

Hopefully this is the right discussion for this. I am working on building a propane forge. I have taken some inspiration from a few videos and instruction lists, and I wanted some opinions on what I've got. I have attached a picture of the burner setup I will be using, it's a screenshot of a video cause I am waiting on some pieces to be delivered. The only thing that isn't in the pic is that I will be putting a mig tip in the square head plug going into the burner pipe. Will this be a good burner setup? Also, I am following a list for the body of the forge that I saw on the Zoeller website and using a 5 gallon paint bucket along with kaowool and firebrick. In his setup, he only had one burner for the 5 gallon forge body, but I have seen some people saying that for that size you need 2 burners. Will 1 burner be enogh or should I go with 2 for this setup? Any help and advice would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!

Thanks, I am new to the forum so I'm still learning my way around. I am located in Ohio in the US by the way.

I have searched online and there are so many places selling touch marks. There are some really nice expensive ones, and some more affordable ones but its hard to tell how durable those are. If anyone knows a good place to order a durable custom touchmark that won't completely break the bank, let me know.