jsurgeson Posted December 11, 2010 Share Posted December 11, 2010 Ok after lots of bug squashing and messing about here is my final freon tank based forge with 3/4" burner. The original version of this forge had open front and back with a 1" burner, the 1" proved to be a bit too much for this forge capacity, going to a 3/4" burner of same design shows zero loss of ability to reach welding temperature in well under 10 mins at about 50kpa (7psi) Now thats done thought I would try and weld a motorcycle chain, hmmmm.... Man I have got to get a press, this is hard work, and this is after 2 heats Thanks for all the advice on getting my forge right. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maddog Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 I've never tried to make Damascus but I can tell you it's going to be tough to get that back on your motorcycle! I hope you have a spare. Looks like the 3/4" was a better choice. Is that a homemade burner? If so, I'm interested to know how you made the cage? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsurgeson Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Yes the 3/4 defiantly does the trick I can not believe just how well they work. Yes the burners are homemade, essentially I modeled them on the t-rex style burner, as I have always thought them to be the best of a great bunch. And going by the comments on this forum that style of venturi appears to work very well. Being in Africa its unfortunately not cost effective to ship one out. Not too sure if I understand the question, by the cage I am assuming you mean the burner chamber? Till my milling machine arrives, by hand with lots of sweat and tears. If you need specifics on design give me a shout, but there is nothing new or revolutionary in them. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted December 14, 2010 Share Posted December 14, 2010 Hi Jeff, You have some nice knives on your website.I got a peice of that s/s down from JHB. It's yours if you want it(free of course).Egough for about 10 knives and it holds an edge well! Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jsurgeson Posted December 14, 2010 Author Share Posted December 14, 2010 Hi Ian Well in that case Give me a shout on 073 422 8490 and we can make arrangements to collect or drop off or whatever. Jeff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BRad704 Posted January 12, 2011 Share Posted January 12, 2011 Hi Ian Well in that case Give me a shout on 073 422 8490 and we can make arrangements to collect or drop off or whatever. Jeff I could sit and watch that forge run all day long... :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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