Swamp_Rat

Thank you! I definitely will. I’m still having some troubles, so I think I’ve got a lot to learn.

Mikey98118 thank you for all of the help. I’ll get the bottom of the forge all fixed up. I should re word that when my forge is up to temp I was running 4-5 psi just to forge, not welding heat. I went to around 12 psi when I tried welding. I’ve since increased my psi to 7-8 when forging and I’ll try 15 or a bit higher tonight for welding Thanks again

Thank you for your response and help! I initially had the choke on my burner opened all the way but I was getting bad putting and scaling so I tried it closed up to see if that helped. I was running at 4-5 psi so maybe I just didn’t have enough fuel for the amount of air? I have opens the ball valve fully now and will bring my forge into work and reposition the front doors. Is there something I can do better instead of stacking bricks to take up space? Thank you for the tip on the back wall, I already had cement board to put up it just hadn’t made it there yet, and that photo makes it look a lot closer than it actually is (still not ideal, I know) Thanks for all the help and suggestions *what psi should I expect to run when forge welding? Maybe I’m being to frugal with my propane.

First time poster here. I’ve been forging for about 2 years now and I feel the thing that’s holding me back a lot is not being able to get to forge welding temps. my current forge is a 20lb propane tank made slightly oblong with 2” of ceramic fiber covered with kast o lite 30 and brushed with itc-100 and has a Mr volcano burner in it. I do have fire brick doors on the front and back and 3 bricks to build up the floor and take up space. I used to run at about 5 psi but increased to 8 and noticed a big change in heat. I’ve went to 12-14 to try and forge weld but no luck! Any help or advice would be so greatly appreciated, I work in the metal fab industry so making a new forge isn’t hard to do if needed, I just require the knowledge Thank you.