Hoping to get some direction or tips for my forge build. I use a large chili pot, not sure if that's the specific name or not, as of right now it is insulated with a mixture of plaster of paris, ashes, portland cement, then topped with hard fire bricks then about a half inch of my mixture coating the fire bricks.
Its far from perfect and though im proud of it, being my very first build and as far as i know my own design, its just not doing what i want it to do in the form of heat distribution.
hopefully this next build will do better though only slightly different. I don't have much of a budget but i can still add a couple things so any suggestions and opinions are more then welcome.
Using the same pot I am going to make the first layer a thick mixture of plaster of paris and ashes with the thought that it will insulate everything from the outside. Next is a thick layer of high heat furnace cement which i will place firebricks on top of while filling all cracks and gaps with more high heat cement or maybe even add my pop ash mix to it.
any tips or advise is greatly appreciated, but back it up with an explanation, your knowledge is not in question, Its moreso to add to mine. Thanks guys looking forward to some comments.
