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What's your latest blade look like? Post em and let us see.
Aframe replied to HondoWalker's topic in Knife Making
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What's your latest blade look like? Post em and let us see.
Aframe replied to HondoWalker's topic in Knife Making
I just finished this one up a week or so ago. This was my first time using antler. It was an old Nicholson file. I hammered to shape and hammered the bevels in. All the finishing was hand filed and sanded as I don’t have a grinder.
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So I scored a press at an estate sale today for $75. I have absolutely no idea of what I need in terms of a pump or motor to covert it to electric. Any help would be appreciated. I would be happy to get 20 tons out of it. If it’s possible. Thanks in advance
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The flame actually looks pretty orange to me. I’ll actually get something forged one night this week and see if I get a lot of scale. Thanks for the heads up. I do think it can be tuned a bit better but it’s miles from where I started with it Frosty I figured you meant John at Fucina but thanks for the clarification
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So I drilled the orifices out and put in a plug. I adjusted the depth the price was sitting in the mixer tube and it seems to be working much better. I think it might need some fine tuning but it’s so much better. Thank you for all your help everyone! I also picked up parts to make a manifold for a separate set of burners in case these get weird again.
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Thank you Frosty. I’ll definitely check out the how to section.
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If I were to solder and drill again. What size would you recommend?
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I got it to stay lit without the lighter but it still doesn’t look great to me The flame also extinguished if the choke is open more than 1/8”
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Here is the orifice
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So I tried pulling a burner out and testing it this way. It would not stay lit without a flame being put to it. I also tried taking the choke plate off of one burner and only lighting that one. Immediate chimney effect. My buddy said he bored the jets out to the size the person at fucina said to. Both ends of the forge are completely open. Still stumped but not in a rush.
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So I worked late and was unable to do more testing. I did find out that the friend that gave this to me bored out the jets. I assume they will not work properly again. Any thoughts on whether I should continue to try to tune the burners as is or shop for new propane jets?
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Ok. After work tomorrow afternoon I’ll do some more troubleshooting based on these tips and take photos as I make the changes. I’ll take notes and report back. Thanks again for the help.
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Thanks. I missed that The second photo I had the plates as far open as they go. Someone mentioned that I should try letting the forge heat up slowly before increasing gas flow. I’m going to give it a try tomorrow
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Thank you Frosty. I’m in the Denver area. I’ve opened the choke on each burner to allow more oxygen and saw little to no change. I have the pressure set at just under 10psi in this photo. The friend who gave me this had the same problem apparently. This is also with the chokes more open. I had them open about 1/8” in the first photo. What is the second possible problem?
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Hi there. New member here. I was given a 3 burner fucina forge. I’m trying to run it with a 100lbs tank and a 30psi regulator. I can’t seem to get it to work correctly. I haven’t had this issue with other forges. Thank you in advance for any advice.
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That’s actually a great idea. I should take a closer look at the legs to see if that’s where the gap originated. Thank you
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I’ll try to post some more photos shortly. Thanks for any advice
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I recently picked up an iron city post vise and the jaws don’t close flush. There is a gap in both planes. Do you think it would be possible to heat and bend it into place or am I better off milking it to close flush?
