[TheForge] propane forge

Tue Aug 27 23:01:00 2002

Ditch the regulator that you have and get a "high volume/pressure" one from
your propane company.
dave m

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Sent: Tuesday, August 27, 2002 5:13 PM
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Subject: [TheForge] propane forge

I built a propane forge according to the plans by Hans Peot
(http://www.abana.org/downloads/education/pipeforge.pdf) and i am having
some trouble getting it up to heat.  Well the "flame holder" gets up to a
very pretty orange (not quite yellow, but above cherry red) and the whole
body gets almost too hot to touch in a few minutes, but it doesn't seem to
do much to heat metal-not like my coal forge.

The pressure for my propane is being controlled by an acetylene regulator,
and the blower provides at least 150 cfm, but I can't seem to get the whole
inside of the forge to fill with that pretty orange flame that i've seen in
other people's forges.  I must confess, i made one slight modification to
the design, i used 12 inch pipe instead of 10 inch pipe for the body of the
forge because I wanted something slightly more all purpose than a small
bladesmith's forge.

If anyone has any ideas on the matter, i'd appreciate them, i've been having
a hard time finding anyone who knows anything about propane.

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