November 21, 20187 yr Hi all, I'm a 28 year old, IT Networking admin located in the Netherlands. I have been reading this forum for quite some time, but didn't have anything to contribute or give you guys back. After running into some issues I can't quite put my finger on (pun intended) I decided to create my account to ask a few questions and learn even more from this great community. As for my background: I am someone who wants to do a lot of things himself, to learn the details of the work. I wanted to expand my general skills and started with an arc welder. Since then I have picked up a mig/mag welder with which I have made myself comfortable. I also have always had great respect for blacksmithing and casting which I wanted to learn myself. I have gained some experience using coal for a forge and foundry and want to expand this. For now I used a small traintrack as an anvil, with which e.g. I made myself a planthanger using bending and welding. My girlfriend and I followed a blacksmith course in which we created the base (heating, drilling, sizing etc) for our own pattern welded wedding rings which was absolutely awesome. This lighted my interest into building a propane forge and that's how I came to creating my account.
November 21, 20187 yr READ THIS FIRST Pack a lunch and a cold drink and welcome to the site. If you have questions, ask.
November 23, 20187 yr Welcome to IFI... Several members here are from the Netherlands. The best advice I can give after the thread Glenn posted is to pay attention to the pinned (stickies) threads at the top of every section. Tons of information in them.
December 10, 20187 yr Author Thank you Irondragon Forge and Clay. At the moment of writing my introduction, I was having trouble with my DIY propane burner. After having a few good reads on these pages, I came to a few different solutions (or parts of one). After learning and experimenting some more, dare I say it's working very nicely now. I will be adding this to burners 101 if allowed. My design sketch and results are included in this post: - DIY burner, to screw in my: - DIY forge using firebricks and a steel cage, so I can hammer on my: - DIY traintrack anvil (now completed with pritchel hole, in this picture it wasn't completed yet) Thanks all for this great community.
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