CameronSeiger

I appreciate everyone’s input on my thread. As a gunsmith I’ve dabbled into the engraving world along with now getting into blacksmithing (mainly the Bladesmithing aspect) and I feel like the communities around engraving and Blacksmithing are some of the kindest people you will ever meet! Along with forums like these being extremely beneficial to beginners like myself!
 

Thank you to everyone for the information

-Cameron S 

I was wondering if there was a compound I could put over the bricks. This would allow my bricks to withstand a higher temp?

I picked some up from on line

Apologies on the tags! 

Frosty: First step is throw those bricks for the hills.

angle torch nozzle towards the floor to create a spiral flame. 
move torch nozzle to the front of the forge. 
mangle torch head towards back of forge slightly. 
 

i just ordered myself some soft fire brick. Hopefully it doesn’t show up broken… hopefully this will get er done. 

Charles Stevens:   ahhh the learning curves. To a website we go! Thank you for the info

-Cameron 

For starters I would like to say this is not a Paris of plaster and sand mix forge. 
 

i picked up some fire Bricks from a local tractor supply. And laid them in an ammo can. (Basically using the ammo can as an outer shell) I am using a Bernzomatic TS8000 head connected to a 20 pound BBQ tank. This forge can get metal cherry hot when the flame is directly on the metal. For example I can heat up a 3/8 bolt head in two-three minutes but the thread section does not change head. I layered the bottom of my ammo can in some fine sand and then put my first fire brick on the bottom. I filled any of the gaps between the ammo can and the bricks with sand. Maybe this is where I went wrong?  I hope someone can maybe give me some pointers on how to improve my forge.

Thank you guys in advance

-Cameron S