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Fire brick online purchase MatthewK 01-15-2007
Posted by MatthewK on January 15, 2007, 8:18 pm
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So after research and researching. I've decided my first forge/heat
treating "oven" oughta be a high temp firebrick.

The old hands are right, you can't have an all purpose setup......well I
suppose you could come close. Either way I'm not willing to commit to
building a "proper" forge yet. Thanks to everybody who answered my
original query.

Would someone be so kind to offer a good online source to purchase from.
I've checked the google archives to no avail.

TIA,
matthew
ohio

Posted by Ecnerwal on January 15, 2007, 9:19 pm
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> So after research and researching. I've decided my first forge/heat
> treating "oven" oughta be a high temp firebrick.
>
> The old hands are right, you can't have an all purpose setup......well I
> suppose you could come close. Either way I'm not willing to commit to
> building a "proper" forge yet. Thanks to everybody who answered my
> original query.
>
> Would someone be so kind to offer a good online source to purchase from.
> I've checked the google archives to no avail.
>
> TIA,
> matthew
> ohio

As the google archive should tell you if you ask the right question,
(nearly) any pottery supplier. How hard did you really try asking it?
Several online ones easy to come by, one physically local to you would
save on the bother of shipping. Check the yellow pages for refractory
and pottery supplies.

Not having anywhere in particular in ohio to look, here are a couple
from the first page of yellow-page results looking for refractory in
ohio that have web pages. Many don't have web pages. One may be in your
town...

http://www.allenrefractories.com/

http://www.wahlref.com/Wahl/default.htm

And just to give you what you asked for, here is a pottery supplier (not
especially near ohio) that definitely does on-line and phone sales, and
has bricks. I've pointed you at the soft bricks, which are the easily
bored out style.

http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/SOFT-BRICKS-Insulating-Firebrick-s/372.h
tm

Kaowool and a tin can also work. They have the kaowool, the tin can you
supply.

--
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Posted by MatthewK on January 16, 2007, 12:38 pm
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On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:19:02 +0000, Ecnerwal wrote:



>
> As the google archive should tell you if you ask the right question,
> (nearly) any pottery supplier. How hard did you really try asking it?
> Several online ones easy to come by,

I asked the wrong questions. :)

I would just buy locally, but as far as I can tell it's atleast an hours
drive in a gas guzzling pickup.


> http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/SOFT-BRICKS-Insulating-Firebrick-s/372.h
> tm
>
> Kaowool and a tin can also work. They have the kaowool, the tin can you
> supply.

Thanks again, I'll search a little more asking the right questions too.

Matthew
ohio


Posted by Jim Downey on January 16, 2007, 7:00 pm
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I got my fire brick a Tractor Supply. The kind you get in a coal
stove or furnace. Didn't cost too much.
MatthewK wrote:
> On Tue, 16 Jan 2007 02:19:02 +0000, Ecnerwal wrote:
>
>
>
> >
> > As the google archive should tell you if you ask the right question,
> > (nearly) any pottery supplier. How hard did you really try asking it?
> > Several online ones easy to come by,
>
> I asked the wrong questions. :)
>
> I would just buy locally, but as far as I can tell it's atleast an hours
> drive in a gas guzzling pickup.
>
>
> > http://www.sheffield-pottery.com/SOFT-BRICKS-Insulating-Firebrick-s/372.h
> > tm
> >
> > Kaowool and a tin can also work. They have the kaowool, the tin can you
> > supply.
>
> Thanks again, I'll search a little more asking the right questions too.
>
> Matthew
> ohio


Posted by spaco on January 18, 2007, 12:49 pm
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I have read the other posts so far and I suggest that you get the fire
brick locally. Shipping firebrick is going to cost a lot more than a
one hour's drive in a gas guzzler. Also, you can be more certain of
getting the right stuff. Tell the folks at the brick store that you
will be heating things to as high as about 2600 degrees.

Firebrick is not as efficient as kaowool would be. Consider it for the
sides and top of your forge.

You may find that the Fleet Farm firebricks (which, I bet, are only 1"
thick) are not "high temp".

Pete Stanaitis
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MatthewK wrote:
> So after research and researching. I've decided my first forge/heat
> treating "oven" oughta be a high temp firebrick.
>
> The old hands are right, you can't have an all purpose setup......well I
> suppose you could come close. Either way I'm not willing to commit to
> building a "proper" forge yet. Thanks to everybody who answered my
> original query.
>
> Would someone be so kind to offer a good online source to purchase from.
> I've checked the google archives to no avail.
>
> TIA,
> matthew
> ohio

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