[TheForge] Re: Buying hardware stores.

[Dann Johnson]

Larry Zoeller sold me all the parts for a burner, from the propane tank to 
my tank forge.  It arrived on Tuesday, and I connected the fittings : like 
magic: it just WORKS. 

Larry's burner was just as "easy fit" installation as my Whisper Momma Forge 
was. 

I know that I saved  a ton of headaches, by ordering everything for my 
burner from Zoeller Forge.  Even though I have access to a great "mom and 
pop" hardware store, that will work with me: it takes up both my time and 
theirs figuring out which odd parts, and looking up part numbers to order. 

A side issue is that I also think that I saved money, especially compared to 
ordering and paying for non working parts. 

I had made up a kao-wool lined "bucket" forge a number of years ago, but 
never got my own version of a Reil home made burner to come up to temp. 
Frustrated: I decided that a commercial model like the NC Whisper Forges 
were well worth the money. 

Larry Zoeller's burner worked the first time!  I intend to use it  today to 
melt a few pots of aluminum for some castings. 

 

Dann 

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Bruce Freeman writes: 

> If you have the appropriate hardware amonst these pipe fittings, you could do propane-forge wanna-bilds a real service by selling the hard-to-find fittings.  See the burners on Ron Reil's site, and also Larry Zoeller's recent posting. 
> 
> Several years back there was a set of instructions publisithed in ABANA Chapter newsletters showing how to use hex keys to make stamps - touchmark stamps, IIRC.  Possibly these could be used also for gravers, but it was cement nails that that set of instructions suggested. 
> 
> It's good of you to offer this stuff out.  Maybe theforge could have some ancillary site for posting "for sales"? 
> 
> Bruce
> NJ 
>