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Any knife smith's out there? I need some advice on building a forge. Can't decide.
I've always wanted to build a forge, but can't decide whato route to go. Watched and read quite a bit, but a lot of thealth articles seem to leave things out. I am thinking about building a small propane forge with fire bricks, but I'm not sure which rating bricks, and what type of torch head to go with.
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I was thinking of this a few years back but was going to build a brake drum forge. Do a google search might meet your specs.
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I would build a vertical forge. A cylinder can be found cheap, most of the money will be in the koawool and satanite.
I use a horizontal made out of a 7 gallon propane tank, lined with 2 inch of wool, covered in 1/4" of satanite and then that is covered in a thin wash of ITC-100. It will reach over 2400 in about 15 mins. The more thermal mass you have the longer it will take to heat up l, but it will hold the heat. For a burner I would do a blown burner, they can be built dirt cheap and go as hot as you want or can do a very low flame for heat treating. |
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I'm planning on building a propane forge. Just waiting for the insawool, and kastolite to show up. My only concern is what kind of burn time I'm gonna get and heat. It's a dual burner, with. #72 holes.
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What is the volume of your forge, and what kind of burners are you using?
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It's made from a 20lb 5 gal propane tank. The burner and basic setup are made from Christ Centered Ironworks design on YouTube.
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As an added note I am using a better refractoryet and coating on the inside
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That should work great. If you want to gain a little more efficiency I would coat your refractory in some ITC-100, it is a bit pricey but well worth it in my opinion.
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A similar question came up on weldingweb.com, maybe some of the replies will be helpful to you.
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php...as-forge-build |
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You tube is your friend.
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