[TheForge] Gas Forge Recommendation

[Rick]

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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