[TheForge] Gun Burners (AKA fan blown)

[Jerry Frost]

The acet gage will work for a while but unless it's 
rated for propane too the prop will eventually eat the 
diaphram out of it. It may take a year or two but for 
the same money a propane rated gage will last 
indefinitely. 0-30psi is a good range and you can get 
it with large calibration marks too.

Any steel orange hot will make scale outside the forge. 
On the other hand if it's making scale inside the forge 
you have an oxydizing atmosphere and need to do some 
tuning.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

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From: "Grover Richardson" 
<grover.richardson at gtri.gatech.edu>


>A bbq regulator is both low pressure and low flow<G>. 
>Visit the local
> welding supply shop and get a "real" propane 
> regulator.  Also get a
> meter/gauge, one that they use for acetylene works 
> fine (0-30 psi).  I
> usually run 4-18 psi on my regulator.  Mostly the 
> lower end.  But if I am
> pushing a lot of work or using one of my older less 
> quality forges, I run
> the pressure up a bit.
>
> For a long time I thought that my forge sucked.  Then 
> I did some cold
> rolling of hot roll metal and saw the bunches of 
> stuff fall off of the side
> of the metal when it was rolled.  Made me feel much 
> better<G>.  It is
> difficult to gauge a forge by the scale, unless you 
> are putting shiny metal
> into it.  Because the scale that comes off can be 
> manufactured from either
> the hot rolling process or a sucky forge.  It all 
> looks the same, pretty
> much<G>.
>
> All the best
>