[TheForge] Gas forge Question

[Kevin D]

I'd like to point out that we often like to overbuild stuff, forges being no
exception.  But I've noticed that if the forge is adequately insulated the
shell  only needs to have sufficient structure to hold it together.  I've
seen (and been guilty of) gas forges with a heavy outer shell that acted as
a heat sink and  prolonged the time it took to come up to heat.  I think
that if chicken wire could offer enough form it'd be the best to hold the
insullation, then the problem might be mounting the burners and such.
Probably the best bet would be a stainless sheet tube like a heat duct.

I'd thought of using an old beer keg, but it's heavier steel and too
valuable as a quench tank.

Kevin D.

 -----Original Message-----
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 [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net]On Behalf Of
 Steven.Walker at its.state.ms.us
 Sent: Tuesday, September 27, 2005 10:49 AM
 To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
 Subject: Re: [TheForge] Gas forge Question


 >He describes how to build a propane tank based forge. Now seeing that I 1)

 >have no forge and 2) have two old propane tanks that everyone wants $$ to
 >dispose of, just how difficult is this really?

 Eric,

 Peter gave you some good pointers on safely cutting the tank.  Check out
 the two websites listed below.  They provide very detailed step-by-step
 information that will be very helpful for in building your first
 freon/propane tank forge.  I used a freon tank myself because it was
 readily available.  Have fun!

http://www.frontiernet.net/~gnreil/minifor1.shtml

http://fredlyfx.com/freon.htm

Walker


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