I'm going to make a small forge.
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I'm going to make a small forge. Chilla 01-03-2009
Posted by Chilla on January 3, 2009, 5:33 am
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Having been royally p*ssed off with the Whisper Momma, I'm going to
construct a small forge for the purposes of forge welding.

Tiny in fact, although I'm going to make a stand for it at a reasonable
working height.

The Whisper Momma will eventually burn out, but I'm tired of waiting for
it to do so.

The idea is similar to a one-bricker alla Wayne Goddard, but I'm going
to use Kaowool, and a hard fire brick inside a 1/4" thick stainless
steel pipe (it was laying around from another project that never happened).

Powered with my trusty JTH-7, in theory it should be sweet.

I will let you know how it turns out.



Regards Charles


Posted by RAM³ on January 3, 2009, 4:20 pm
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> Having been royally p*ssed off with the Whisper Momma, I'm going to
> construct a small forge for the purposes of forge welding.
>
> Tiny in fact, although I'm going to make a stand for it at a
> reasonable working height.
>
> The Whisper Momma will eventually burn out, but I'm tired of waiting
> for it to do so.
>
> The idea is similar to a one-bricker alla Wayne Goddard, but I'm going
> to use Kaowool, and a hard fire brick inside a 1/4" thick stainless
> steel pipe (it was laying around from another project that never
> happened).
>
> Powered with my trusty JTH-7, in theory it should be sweet.
>
> I will let you know how it turns out.
>
>
>
> Regards Charles
>
>

Good Luck!

You may be onto a new design!

Did you consider the "Freon Tank" design on the ABANA website?


Posted by Chilla on January 3, 2009, 7:12 pm
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RAM³ wrote:
> Good Luck!
>
> You may be onto a new design!
>
> Did you consider the "Freon Tank" design on the ABANA website?

Sure, if I wanted another large forge ;-)

I want a small forge, purpose designed for forge welding. The maximum
width doesn't need to be more than 2" for my purposes.

I've proved I can make a small furnace that will melt brass and bronze
in 3-5 minutes (from a cold start :-) ). Powered by the JTH-7.

I'm pretty much going to do the same with this small forge.

It should work out. I need to buy some Kaowool and I should be good to go.


Regards Charles


Posted by smokeyred on January 29, 2009, 10:57 am
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> RAM=B3 wrote:
> > Good Luck!
>
> > You may be onto a new design!
>
> > Did you consider the "Freon Tank" design on the ABANA website?
>
> Sure, if I wanted another large forge ;-)
>
> I want a small forge, purpose designed for forge welding. =A0The maximum
> width doesn't need to be more than 2" for my purposes.
do you have seperate furnaces for ferrous and non ferrous??
In the Navy they wouldnt let us mix, the two cause copper is a bad
impurity
for iron and steel??>

> I've proved I can make a small furnace that will melt brass and bronze
> in 3-5 minutes (from a cold start :-) ). =A0Powered by the JTH-7.
>
> I'm pretty much going to do the same with this small forge.
>
> It should work out. =A0I need to buy some Kaowool and I should be good to=
go.
>
> Regards Charles


Posted by Chilla on January 29, 2009, 6:18 pm
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smokeyred wrote:
> do you have seperate furnaces for ferrous and non ferrous??
> In the Navy they wouldnt let us mix, the two cause copper is a bad
> impurity for iron and steel??>

Hi,

I don't melt ferrous metals... yet, and if I did the process would be
done in a sealed crucible, so it wouldn't matter.

Currently I melt and alloy nonferrous metals and alloys. I am getting
rid of some furnaces and building another (for 20 - 30 kg melts).

My forge is used exclusively for steel and alloys thereof, although I am
getting a piece of bloomery iron, which should be very interesting to
play with.



Regards Charles


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