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03-02-2019, 01:40 AM #1Senior Member
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Actually, Jerry's work clothes are more appropriate than ours for work in the forge, but I get your drift.
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Just change out of your work cloths before going out and firing up the forge!
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Vic's work clothes ARE his forging clothes!
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I recall him saying something about if the holes don’t line up they’re still good. Originally Posted by sharptonn
Vic's work clothes ARE his forging clothes!
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Looking forward to seeing what you bring to Charlie's next year, John!
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Man I sure hope I can make it. It would be nice to be a little more social than I was. I couldn’t have asked for more. Great company and awesome instruction.
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Originally Posted by sharptonn
Man I sure hope I can make it. It would be nice to be a little more social than I was. I couldn’t have asked for more. Great company and awesome instruction.
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That was worth saying twice and then having it repeated. Originally Posted by jfk742
I may not be as old as dirt, but I do remember when the Dead Sea first begin to feel ill!
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For a burner lookup ron reil and read his info.
The basics are a pipe with and end cap.
Drill a wire gauge 60 hole into the end cap. 3/4" pipe will be fine. This will be your burner.
You will take another piece of pipe large enough to slide over the 3/4" burner. In one end you will drill out numerous holes about 3/8" diameter. These will be your venturi where the air will be sucked in and mixed with the gas.
You will also need a short piece of pipe to fit over the venturi pipe. This will function as a "choke" to control the amount of air being mixed with the propane. It will help in setting a neutral
flame.
This just a rough outline.sharptonn likes this.Randolph Tuttle, a SRP Mentor for residents of Minnesota & western Wisconsin
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03-08-2019, 09:42 AM #9aka shooter74743
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I had typed out a nice long reply and lost it.
Upon recommendation by Howard Clark, I picked up an Atlas Mini Forge. I already had a thermocouple. It is a handy little forge, you can forge weld with it, forge simple steels, and can heat treat with it.
Just something to consider.Southeastern Oklahoma/Northeastern Texas helper. Please don't hesitate to contact me.
Thank you and God Bless, Scott
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I have mostly got my ceramic wool and cement from other smiths who bought a whole box or sack full.
I have bought some also,
HarbisonWalker has a center in Dallas
and online from
High Temperature Tools & Refractory | Welcome
I have always put the cement on pretty wet when coating ceramic wool, Like thick ketchup but not as thick as peanut butter.
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