[TheForge] Gas Forge Recommendation
kevin donahoe
flyinpig at go-concepts.com
Wed Aug 17 08:24:24 EDT 2005
Thanks Rich,
Been away for a few months, forgot about the photoaccess site.
The third picture is of a blower, but the burners look atmospheric. How's
the blower hooked up?
Kevin
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Interested?
I posted them on the list website in the 'forges' album.
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Cheers,
Rich.
Richard Maynard
rich at maynard.org.uk
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> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Kevin Donahoe
> Sent: 17 August 2005 12:38
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>
> Rich,
>
> Where did you post them? All I find on your website is a 'Rover
for sale.
>
> Kevin Donahoe
> Flying Pig Forge
> Morrow, OH
> flyinpig at go-concepts.com
>
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> -----Original Message-----
> From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Rich Maynard
> Sent: Wednesday, August 17, 2005 6:19 AM
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>
>
> I posted the pics. They're of a commercially available blown forge
> that runs
> off mains natural gas made by HME in the UK - a competitior of
Flamefast,
> mentioned by Mike.
>
> HTH,
>
> Rich.
>
>
>
> Richard Maynard
> rich at maynard.org.uk
>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net
> > [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of Rick
> > Sent: 12 July 2005 17:18
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> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Gas Forge Recommendation
> >
> >
> > Some one put some pics of a ceramic chip forge on our picture
> site under
> > forges. I would like to know who made the one in the pictures as
> > I cannot
> > even remember who posted it. But the pics are there.
> >
> > Rick Crawford at Rafter Lazy C
> > Home of Smoky Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
> > In the middle of Northern Illinois
> >
> > http://www.smokyforge.com
> > rick at smokyforge.com
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: <Keporter at aol.com>
> > To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 10:38 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Gas Forge Recommendation
> >
> >
> > >
> > >
> > > In a message dated 7/11/2005 6:55:15 P.M. Pacific Standard Time,
> > > robi5515 at bellsouth.net writes:
> > >
> > > Hey Mike,
> > > Do you have a picture or better yet a diagram of a ceramic
> chip forge.
> > > I'm having a hard time visualizing it.
> > > Chuck
> > >
> > >
> > > Chuck
> > > There isn't very much to visualize. Just think about the
> > construction of
> > > a
> > > regular coal fired forge, replacing the coal with broken
> > refractory brick
> > > (home made ceramic balls of castable refractory are better),
> > change out
> > > the
> > > tuyer for a refractory portal and gas burner, and then make a
> > few other
> > > changes,
> > > like making the forge body out of heavy kiln shelving (or castable
> > > refractory) in order to take the heat, and your in business.
> > You can find
> > > photos of
> > > ceramic chip forges on the Flamefast UK site, but they won't
> > tell you all
> > > that
> > > much. You can also find diagrams of ceramic ball furnaces on
> > English and
> > > German sites. The central principle in both uses is the same;
> > hot gases
> > > rise, but
> > > when they rise through ceramic refractory chunks, a lot more of
> > their heat
> > > remains behind. It is sort of the best of both worlds--coal
> > fired, and gas
> > > fired. When turned down low, the forge can act as a brazing hearth,
> > > providing
> > > secondary heat for gas welding.
> > > Is this design the be-all and end-all of forges? There ain't no such
> > > animal.
> > > Wishing for the ultimate forge, or torch, or furnace is a
> classic trap,
> > > confining imagination in a closed loop. It is better to
> spend a little
> > > time
> > > studying the underlying principles, and build two or three different
> > > forges for
> > > different tasks. This will become a necessity as fuel prices
> > continue to
> > > climb.
> > >
> > > I will be building such a forge as part of the hot-work station
> > for book
> > > two
> > > this winter
> > > Mike P.
> > >
> > > My email address is changing to keporter. at comcast.net
> > effective 7/15/05
> >
> >
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