[TheForge] Crowdsourcing Question

[Jerry Frost]

Perhaps I misread your post and over reacted, heck, over reacted anyway. 
Bury the hatchet? Your call.

This is a burner build by a friend of mine who did a far better job of 
describing the process and listing the pieces of my "T" burner design. 
It requires moderate skills and precision with tools but nothing too 
advanced.

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/12176-i-pumped-frosty-for-information-and-made-this/

This next is a link to drawings and discussions we had when I was 
designing my variable volume forge in 2008. I've posted pictures of it 
burning on IFI but can't find them. If you' like pics let me know I'll 
send them on the side. My operating burner orientation is different in 
it's current configuration, the burners didn't like pushing the air fuel 
mix around the 90* elbow. One 3/4" ejector type burner properly tuned 
will easily bring 350 cu/in to welding temp. the 3,000f hard split fire 
brick I use for the floor is melting under one burner every time I run 
it for more than about 20 minutes.

http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/5712-variable-volume-propane-forge/

There are a number of versions of the ejector type burner, some easier, 
some harder to build but all are about as efficient. Size can be varied 
as well, Off the top of my head I can give you the specs for a 1/2" 
burner and a 1" burner.

There are also gun burners that use a blower to supply combustion air, 
my main interest is in naturally aspirated burners but I can help you 
trouble shoot and tune either main type.

Propane like any other high energy source has it's hazards but once you 
understand them, if you take them seriously the hazards are manageable. 
I could list them now but am talking too much already.

In short, if you want I'll be happy to help you design, build and tune a 
gas forge. I can help with coal or charcoal forges too but I'm mainly a 
propane forge guy.

Let me know.

Jer



On 6/24/2013 6:35 PM, mazrim at comcast.net wrote:
> Thank you for the information. I will have to think about how I want to start, I have just been leery of building my own. Most things i prefer making my own, just not certain about the forge because of the propane.
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> Lloyd W. Giddinge
> mazrim at comcast.net
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