ironsmith Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Ok, so 70 bucks and 12 hours later, finished up two propane forges, painted , leak checked and tested... will post some picks if I can get off the couch later! ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweany Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Teaser! :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DennisG Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 you are not supposed to do that. you make it, you take a pic and post it. darn tease! Glenn, can you do something about this? LOL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted October 8, 2010 Share Posted October 8, 2010 Get off that couch and get us a picture.. you should know by now the blacksmith breed is to our equipment like zombies are to brains. I think I have even seen a couple of them in a daze limping down a path moaning coal...uurgg propane....steel. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsmith Posted October 10, 2010 Author Share Posted October 10, 2010 hehe , sorry to tease you guys, but i sure was tired that day, then i stayed up some 20 hours straight to go see Mark Aspery last saturday at our guild meeting. will try to get the wife to email the pictures of the forges to my work to post them :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted October 11, 2010 Share Posted October 11, 2010 T E A S E E A S E Tease! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsmith Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 ok so better late than never, here are some pictures of my forges Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sweany Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Looking Good! Thank you for the pics :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Very professional looking! How do they work? Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Very professional looking! How do they work? Phil phil, they work by pumping propane into one end, and lighting the gas once it is inside the big round part. then it makes things hot. lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsmith Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 well as stated in a different post the forge got so hot it destroyed the reducers i had on the ends of the burners to help with flame shape, It seems these are not needed anyway for the forge to operate so no big deal. the guy i sold one to is really happy. and the other may be sold this weekend. thanks for the comments too! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pkrankow Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 phil, they work by pumping propane into one end, and lighting the gas once it is inside the big round part. then it makes things hot. lol I feel pied Thanks. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 I feel pied Thanks. Phil Wow, Edge is Soooooo helpful isn't he Phil? We'll have to be sure to return the favor. Thanks for the pics, they explain a lot. That's a lot of burner for that volume so it's no surprise they're melting cast fittings. Will you be putting individual valves on them so you can adjust heat? Nice looking work, well done. Frosty the Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted October 12, 2010 Share Posted October 12, 2010 Wow, Edge is Soooooo helpful isn't he Phil? We'll have to be sure to return the favor. Thanks for the pics, they explain a lot. That's a lot of burner for that volume so it's no surprise they're melting cast fittings. Will you be putting individual valves on them so you can adjust heat? Nice looking work, well done. Frosty the Lucky. now phil you walked right into that one. sorry I'm in one of those moods today, just overlook me. roflmao Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironsmith Posted October 12, 2010 Author Share Posted October 12, 2010 Wow, Edge is Soooooo helpful isn't he Phil? We'll have to be sure to return the favor. Thanks for the pics, they explain a lot. That's a lot of burner for that volume so it's no surprise they're melting cast fittings. Will you be putting individual valves on them so you can adjust heat? Nice looking work, well done. Frosty the Lucky. I like to use the KISS method when building these things, and i felt since the regulator is adjustable and you have a shutoff valve at the burner there is enough adjustment there... I'm thinkin the next one's i build i/m gonna round out the outside of some kiln brick and shape it to fit inside the shells to see how that works. any predictions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toreus Posted October 14, 2010 Share Posted October 14, 2010 That's how they line the interior of the huge rotary limstone kilns (to make quicklime). Because of the small diameter of these forges, I'm thinking you'll have to shave a lot off the bricks to make them wedge-shaped, or stick in a lot of castable/high-temp cement between the bricks. Hope I understood it right! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I was going to ask if you were going to coat the wool with cement. I coated mine and it made quite a bit of difference in how fast it got hot. B) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
edge9001 Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 I was going to ask if you were going to coat the wool with cement. I coated mine and it made quite a bit of difference in how fast it got hot. I need to coat mine. and paint the shell. I figure a nice nean purple will do nicely, what do you guys think? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lordcaradoc Posted October 29, 2010 Share Posted October 29, 2010 well as stated in a different post the forge got so hot it destroyed the reducers i had on the ends of the burners to help with flame shape, It seems these are not needed anyway for the forge to operate so no big deal. the guy i sold one to is really happy. and the other may be sold this weekend. thanks for the comments too! Hey, how much do you charge for those? Those are really nice. I'd be interested next week after I get paid. Regards, Tim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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