[TheForge] ITC 213 and beyond

[Jerry Frost]

My pleasure Chuck, typos get everybody now and then. <grin>

There's nothing like practice eh?

I guess the really large volume and insulation makes for a uniform temp. The 
burner would certainly circulate the heat.

Sometimes I wished I lived where I could get together with other smiths but 
I kind of like my view of Denali. Oh well. <grin>

Frosty
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From: "Chuck Robinson" <robi5515 at bellsouth.net>


> Thanks Frosty.
> Don Fogg and Chuck Patrick put on a marathon clay heat treating demo at 
> the BBS last week. They were heat treating swords using Don's latest 
> design heat treating forge
> . It was a 55gal steel drum with a 2" X 4" door at the top of each end and 
> an atmospheric burned idling at the bottom of one end. The1" kaowool liner 
> was held in place with Nichrome wire, and the kaowool was not coated as he 
> heat treats his 1095 blades at 1425 F.
> Don used a digital read out thermocouple to regulate the temperature.
> He told me that it the interior temp was the most uniform of any of the 
> forges he has built, and large enough to treat the whole blade a one time.
> Considering that he has built more than 55 forges and he tried every 
> variation of multiple burners,this is a pretty good recommendation.
> Chuck