LeeHene

Good idea! One more question... At the moment the ceramic blanket inside of the forge is coated with Hellcoat 3000, as that's what it came with. Is that sufficient to protect the floor or should I add some Cast-O-lite 30?

Mikey, THANK YOU! I'll certainly do as you suggested with the floor of his forge. Again, I have full intention to build a better one in the future when life calms down. November - end of December is always crazy busy with my wife's business, holidays and my son's birthday. I'm looking forward to a ribbon burner and I've got an empty tank waiting! I've been trying to figure out which refractories to use. Lee

Thanks a bunch guys!

Thank you, great to know! Any ideas to stop the sputtering when the regulator is turned down and/or the back is restricted?

Thank you for the words of warning. I do need to get my son a leather apron and a cotton shirt for safety. As for position of the forge, that is temporary. I was very careful to monitor temps of all surroundings and there are some firebricks behind the forge too. I'll get a better arrangement worked out very soon!

Hey guys, I've been reading through posts on here for a while and it's about like drinking from a firehose. Great knowledge base! My 12 year old boy has been interested in smithing (I am too) so for Christmas we got him a Hell's Forge single burner. I plan to build a nicer forge with a ribbon burner if he sticks with it. I have a question in relation to the jet size. The manual mentioned it being .035" I found that the regulator doesn't have to be opened much to heat the forge enough to work steel. (Which is good, because I'm making him buy his own propane.) However, in order to keep the flame from occasionally running back up into the 3/4 burner tube, I have to open it up more for the sake of velocity. There is a fair bit of dragon's breath as a result. Would a smaller jet help with this? I'm tempted to update it with a Frosty T-burner. Also, when I try to partially cover the back to reflect heat, it also has the same effect on stability of the burner. Thank you in advance, Lee