Iswhatitis Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Hey guys, I just wanted to post a couple pictures of where I am at with my forge build. I just finished firing the rigidizer today and tonight I will put on the Kast-O-Lite. After the KOL I will be putting a thinner layer of Bubble Alumina on just the bottom of the forge to improve its flux durability. Finally, I will apply a coat (or 2?) of itc-100. You guys have been such a huge help both reading old threads as well as directly answering my questions. Anyway here are the current pictures: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mikey98118 Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 The mixing tubes on those burners look kinda long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iswhatitis Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Yeah they are but I wanted to have one coil partly to keep the valve cool and if you try to go tighter than that then the tubing kinks. It may look stupid but it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frazer Posted October 8, 2021 Share Posted October 8, 2021 Not the copper pipe leading up to the Ts, I think he's talking about the air/fuel mixing tube (black iron pipe) going into the forge.. According to Frosty's T burner instructions the length to diameter ratio should be 8:1. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iswhatitis Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 Oh well if that’s the case then all I can tell you is that I bought them from Etsy(don’t have a drill press) from a seller that had hundreds of great reviews for this specific item and that they seem to work really well so far although all I have done is light them inside and outside the forge. They are about 7” long not including the flare or the t. There are a couple things different from frosty’s original design but the reviews seem to indicate that they still work fine. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Iswhatitis Posted October 8, 2021 Author Share Posted October 8, 2021 (edited) Ok guys, I just finished putting the KOL in the bottom half of the forge, and now of course I go back to read stuff and for the first time I have found some people saying that you should wait a full day before you flip the forge and put the top half on. All I had seen up to this point was “wait a few hours until the KOL starts to harden then flip it and do the top.” well now I don’t know which of the two I should do. Before I read where people were saying that it’s best to only wait a few hours so that the first application is getting hard but still a bit wet so that when you do the top it bonds better to the bottom, but I don’t want to do this and have my floor sag upwards because I flipped it too soon. Every xxxx time I do something I research the xxxx out of it, but when I start doing it I do a bit more research and always find conflicting info to everything I had previously learned causing me to doubt myself. I am also wondering if I am supposed to have it in the bag with the wet towel before I put on the top or wait to put it in until after the whole thing is done. What I am going to do is go put it in a bag with a towel because it probably won’t hurt and when you awesome people wake up you can advise me what to do. Anyway current pics: Edited October 8, 2021 by Mod34 Edited for inappropriate language Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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