St.patty Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 In keeping with the other guys who have recently finished theirs, I do believe I'm done. What do yall think? This was my attempt at 2 1/2 Frosty Ts spaced evenly through the forge body. It's a "cylinder" that measures roughly 10" deep by 7" diameter. Ignore the railroad spike that's just something I was heating up while testing so I didnt feel like I was burning propane for funsies. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey98118 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 The flames are fair, but you ain't hardly done. You need to rotate that forge a little less than ninety degrees, and add a cast refractory floor for those flames to be aimed at the near side of. Otherwise, your wall material isn't going to last very long. Then you need to add a movable brick baffle wall about 1" in front of the forge's opening to raise its temperature. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.patty Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 So would you not recommend putting a fire brick in for the "floor"? That was my plan, and when I get said fire bricks I will be building the wall as well; for now I have a crude lid that I have been using to get the heat up. As far as rotating you mean have the burners vertically oriented and on top? I had considered it but was worried about losing too much heat from the burner openings. Edit: picture was taken at 4 psi after ~4 minutes of burn time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey98118 Posted February 20, 2019 Share Posted February 20, 2019 NO to firebrick floors. For very little money you can buy a small bag of Kast-O-lite 30 from Wayne; enough to cast your floor. Hard firebricks are heat sinks (very bad for performance). Kast-O-lite 30 is tough and semi-insulating; much better for performance, and flux resistant too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
St.patty Posted February 20, 2019 Author Share Posted February 20, 2019 Okay thanks, hadnt known that. I already have some refractory so today I will get on making a floor in it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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