scrap phil Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 Iv seen forge plans that have top and angled burners im building my first square forge (old tool box) and want to use a ribon burner is there a good rule of thumb for shape to placement? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MonkeyForge Posted April 4, 2016 Share Posted April 4, 2016 I have no experience with ribbon burners, or much at all. Still the answer to your question will depend on the size and shape of you forge. ( volume, depth, hight, lining, etc. ) I am relatively new to forges and burners in general so I am curious about the answers in this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrap phil Posted April 5, 2016 Author Share Posted April 5, 2016 Thanks Wayne i went to your page good stuff. I have a friend that is an air flow specialist who is going to help with my forge setup. He has looking into doing some efficiency upgrades to make my build even better. I plan to keep updates from start to end of the build. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 5, 2016 Share Posted April 5, 2016 Oh joy. Is your friend an expert in high temperature distribution in an enclosed space? A word of advice from an old curmudgeon, don't get fancy before you know what and how a thing works. A LOT of guys get discouraged and find different hobbies because they jumped in with an "improved" version without knowing enough to evaluate why tried and true versions are tried and true. Maybe let your friend design your third forge. Maybe he'll get interested enough to give smithing a try, then YOU can help him make his "improved" forge work properly. A hint fro an old fart, lose the "improvements." It's no joke, just pick a set of plans and FOLLOW them. There's always time to experiment once you have a tool up and working You'll get to spend all that time blacksmithing instead of trying to figure out why the forge isn't working. Believe me tinkering a new tool into a working tool is a series of exercises in failure analysis. Been there done that. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
natenaaron Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 I'm going to offer a piece of experience. Follow ONE plan. Don't do what I did and put together a forge from a couple different plans taking what YOU think is better. Learned that lesson the hard way. I am now building my second forge. Oh yeah triple check your math. I will be the first to say I screwed my forge up because I thought I knew better. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AnBello Posted April 6, 2016 Share Posted April 6, 2016 On 4/3/2016 at 11:20 AM, Steve Sells said: Glenn told me he sees it as being a lot like baking a cake, While you can fiddle around little bit adjusting the components, If we get too far off the basic recipe, you should not be surprised if you have no cake, only a mess. Its best to follow establishes guidelines until after you gain a lot of experience baking cakes. I don't personally have any authority on the subject, but I though it would be useful to post these words, said by Steve Sells, who was quoting Glenn. Names big enough to warrant some attention. I'm sorry if this is out of place, but I'm just sating that I stand with the crowd of "first try until it works, and then modify/experiment". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrap phil Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Thanks for all the words of wisdom. I have found a set of plans to use thanks to the link to your page Wayne! My friend is an airflow specialist for HVAC. He is helping with the blower set up to get an even heat, I showed him the burner Wayne has on his page we are going with the same basic design. Forge size is (od) 10w x 10h x 24l finished should be 6x6x24 aprox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted April 7, 2016 Share Posted April 7, 2016 Do you know HOW to calculate volume? You keep telling us the OD and ID but not the volume. I'm not going to do simple arithmetic for you. Good luck improving the forge performance. Please post pics when you get it up and running. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scrap phil Posted April 7, 2016 Author Share Posted April 7, 2016 Yes i do know know how to do volume. The reason im uusing id and od is because its a square and im more worrid about langth and width than a volume Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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