[TheForge] Gas Forge Recommendation

[Dann]

I love my  NC Whisper Momma.

Building your own blacksmith widget, vs buying has been hashed over a 
few dozen times on other subjects as well.  For example, forge  your 
own tongs vs buying tongs.

  Five years or so years  ago,   Charlie Orlando was 
demonstrating  basic blacksmith for UMBA  in Baraboo Wisconsin using 
his  purchased  2 burner gas forge.   A month or so later  I was the 
proud owner of a new "Whisper Momma" :  I was super happy because  I 
could turn on  the  LP, hit the igniter, and have cherry red steel in 
a few minutes,  EVERY TIME.  My whisper momma turned out NOT to be 
the brand that Orlando  praised, but  it sure works.

  My 20 / 20 hindsight   would have me buying  a good gas forge  back 
20  years ago.  I am not a Ron Reil nor a furnace man.   For me 
trying to build my own  "working" gas forge, was a  frustrating waste 
of time.   Best way for me  would  to be  part of  a blacksmith 
"hammer-in " kind of event where a demonstrator coaches  a group 
build , so each participant comes home with  new "home made   "  gas forge.

Dann