[TheForge] propane forges

[Dave Brown]

At 19:11 04/09/02 -0400, you wrote:
>i am looking at building a propane forge using an old water heater tank (
>innards )...
>what i'm thinking about doing is pouring the bottom of the forge with a
>castable refractory and than using koawool around the rest... my idea is this
>will keep the bottom of the forge more rigid and less likely to suffer from
>flux break down ... hummm ... what do ya think...???

I think that great minds think alike.  I did just what you suggest this 
past weekend, and for exactly the same reasoning, except that I used a 
freon tank not a water tank.  Pictures available on request.  One thing I 
did wrong ... for me it was an afterthought and I had the Kaowool in place 
and trimmed back to where the refractory would fill.  I left the Kaowool in 
place when I put the floor in.  Should have taken it out. and laid the 
floor first.

Dave Brown