78sharpshooter Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 I am doing more forging of items to sell and now that I have my 88lbs self contained hammer I am forging 3 to 4 billets at a time. With my homemade 2 burner forge (2" of wool, sodium silicate soaked, mortar coated, and kaolin/zirconia silicate coated with standard mig tip burners with milled slot air intakes) I came to wonder if the burners for sale from companies such as chile forge are really worth the money in terms of heat generated. Basically, my question is would I notice a significant reduction in the time it takes to heat my billets if I bought professionally built burners? I would just like to hear observations from you all before I drop $400 on 2 burners. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 12, 2015 Share Posted July 12, 2015 Are you using Mike Porter's burner design? I believe type 4 was his latest.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 (edited) A Smith up at 7000' uses a ribbon burner for his forge. Using it for heating some 2.5" sq stock the forge was hot enough that another user of it accidently welded a piece of 3/4" round stock to my 2.5" sq by just pushing their piece up alongside it.I might also suggest you ask Mr Hrisoulas what his set up uses as he does the next 50' of billets... Edited July 13, 2015 by ThomasPowers Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted July 13, 2015 Share Posted July 13, 2015 Or go with a gun burner, you can force more gas and air in a small volume so it's hotter. You need a blower/gun to make a ribbon burner work. Or so I've heard.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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