Tock Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Can’t get it to dial in what to do? Not enough oxygen and I don’t have electricity in garage or a air compressor. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tock Posted January 20, 2018 Author Share Posted January 20, 2018 Can’t get it to dial in what to do? Not enough oxygen and I don’t have electricity in garage or a air compressor. Any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Daswulf Posted January 20, 2018 Share Posted January 20, 2018 Well first off you need to be very specific in the detail of how your forge is built. Second, pictures help. Third, did you go off specific plans? Fourth is that any usual forge I have seen or heard of uses the same air you breath for its oxygen. So specifically saying " not enough oxygen" should just say not enough air, unless you live in an extremely high altitude. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Turn down the gas! What's your regulator set to? You are using a regulator right? If not get one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Note this is the third post on this issue I've read. Moderator can we get them combined into one! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tock Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 I did not use any plans I kinda seen a few and just wanted to go for it. I think my hole in my 1/4” nipple is kinda big but it blows and when I turn it up it goes out in the stem of the burner. But on the bench it was a beast. Soon as I drop it into the 8” forge i have to babysit and can’t get Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tock Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 No. And ok it kept blowing it out it was a hose from a rose bud burner and didn’t have one on it but I have one I was just trying to get going rushing it and using anything I could scrounge up I’ll throw one on hopefully that will do lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 6 minutes ago, Tock said: i have to babysit and can’t get You need to ridgidize the wool insulation before you do anything else and read this thread. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Well you should wing it till you get it right---may take years; but hey why follow known good plans when dealing with dangerous materials! Asking other people to fix *your* plans is known as consulting; in my field we charge US$100 an hour with a 4 hour minimum. Folks here support their own designs for free. And you still have not answered the question about the regulator! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tock Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 No regulator thought it would be easier to just take scrap pipes and fittings from work and go to town but I am realizing that it is not that simple. Coal was easier and I wanted a fast cheep propane forge I am a pipe fitter so virtually everything was free!!! Paid for one fitting and that was the 1 1/2”x 3/4 “ bell reducer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 THERE'S YOUR PROBLEM! Take off the regulator from the O-A torch at work and see how well the torch works without one. Note may cause death for everyone around! Think of driving your car with no gas pedal. Try to find a 0-30 propane rated regulator, (Acetylene ones rated "For All Fuel Gasses" will work too BUT NOT PLAIN ACETYLENE REGULATORS as propane destroys the seals over time and shop you destroy may be your own... Also see the thread about coating your fibrous refractories! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tock Posted January 21, 2018 Author Share Posted January 21, 2018 I will! thank you and I should have just looked into it before grabbing a bunch of scrap and thinks no it would be as easy as building a coal forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 No harm, no foul (and solid fuel forges are a lot easier as they have VERY wide working criteria and have been in use thousands of ye)ars all over the world! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 Now that that's out of the way, you should edit your profile to show your location. Many answers are location dependent and you just may find some members are near enough to give you hands on help. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 (I have a fellow coming over tomorrow after I get off work to go through his first project...my Pastor gave him my name, they are on the volunteer fire department together...Should I wear my in rust we trust or the hold the cold in and hit the hot end shirt...) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 5 minutes ago, ThomasPowers said: hold the cold end and hit the hot end shirt... I would wear that one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted January 21, 2018 Share Posted January 21, 2018 It always reminds me of Jim Green a friend in Ohio that used that phrase a lot with the "and get it right next time" kicker. I was so glad when I could get it as a shirt! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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