[TheForge] propane forges

Tue Apr 9 23:28:00 2002

This is similar to what I do. I weld a piece of sheet in the bottom to get a flat
surface to work from. Then I put down some thin insulating firebrick (the pure
white ones, not the ones from boilers), and pour a fireclay floor over the top.
Filling the bottom with fireclay would work, but you will need to heat all that
mass, and its heavy.

Steve Smith

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> 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...???
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