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I'm glad to help. I've had help and need to pay it forward. I don't have an active web site, sorry.

No, once the lining has come up to autoignition temperature it's a nice steady fire. I did not add a flare to the burners since the tip is working inside the forge wall and the flare is built/formed...

Never had a pop on a running forge that worried me. I've had electrically blown forges where the blowers quit and that makes for a largish fire ball that quickly collapses. Pure LP won't burn very...

Yes, balance. You want to keep enough heat in a controlled place to heat the work so you can manipulate it. Fire wandering all over the place isn't useful. Focusing the energy of the fire can be...

The next step is to find some good high temperature firebricks and use them to restrict the "exhaust" at one or both doors. It will increase the time of the burn, increasing that efficiency and...

I wonder how long that 5 dollar thermocouple will last. I'd recommend looking into a more durable piece of gear. Along these lines, but 18-24 inches: Super OMEGACLAD® Thermocouple Probes - Quick...

I want to reinforce the bluesman's variable: some of these forge designs are assembled so that the burner blows straight across the diameter of the tube. This will produce localized hot spots and...

Yes, heat rising up into, or around, the burner arrangement can have an effect on performance. For a venturi style burner, I'd recommend bringing the burner in from the side, at or below horizontal....

Your intended materials will work.

For horizontal tube forges, Cerowool/kaowool (ceramic wools brand named) are intended as insulators but will work well in a lightweight forge designed for...