meco3hp Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 Hello, I've got a job comming up that is going to be very repetitive. I'm forging mild steel and some brass pieces that are about 4"x1/4"x3/4" in size and I'm wanting to make a small freon tank gas forge to heat them in. I'm thinking a gas forge will be cheaper with the volume I'm looking to forge. I'm building a Ron Reid burner and I'm thinking one will be enough. But does anybody have a formula for figuring how many burners you'd need for a given area. If this works good I'm thinking about making a big forge for regular forgings maybe a working area of 24"x12"x24". Just depends on how I like the little one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted August 18, 2005 Share Posted August 18, 2005 From IForgeIron.com > tricks > miscelaneous It takes 450 BTU's of heat per cubic inch of volumn to heat a gas forge. A little math and you can reverse engineer to get your needed propane volumn. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
meco3hp Posted August 19, 2005 Author Share Posted August 19, 2005 Hello, Ok that'll get it for me. Thanks, Glenn Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
T-Gold Posted August 19, 2005 Share Posted August 19, 2005 Also, a Reil burner can generally be relied upon to heat 300 cubic inches to forging heat or 250 to welding heat. Assuming you have a decent regulator, that is. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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