[TheForge] Gas Forge Recommendation

[Chuck Robinson]

Thanks Rick,
It looks worth trying for large projects that won't fit in  my gas forges. 
Any idea what maximum temps generated?
Chuck
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Rick" <rick at smokyforge.com>
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Sent: Tuesday, July 12, 2005 11:17 AM
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
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> 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
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>
>>
>>
>> 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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