3-30 PSISo you have an adjustable regulator on it now? How many psi?
Any worries about freezing up a 20 Lb bottle?
How long to do a pizza?
I ran it for a half hour today right after putting the bottles there. When I shut it down they were ice cold. It's a really good point though and defintely something I'm going to keep an eye on.How much heat do you expect where the shut off valves are? From an aspect of safety wouldn’t it be better to have the tanks located a further distance from your fire box?
I ran it for a half hour today right after putting the bottles there. When I shut it down they were ice cold. It's a really good point though and defintely something I'm going to keep an eye on.
About half way through this thing I was wishing I had done something like thatMy brother made a small forge himself. He wanted to make his own bronze (from copper and aluminum), to make sailboat parts for his wood sailboat. He used fire bricks and fire mortar, but no metal surround. then for torches he used 2 Tiger torches, aimed diagonally into the forge which created a swirling heat inside. He bought a crucible to heat the metal in. obtained 2600 degrees fairenheit to melt the copper, added the aluminum and poured his bronze castings. those tiger torches are loud.
I hope your machine is a great success. Looks good.
Well I finally got the anvil in last week. Ordered it through a local Ridgid dealer and it was custom made to order, shipped from Milwaukee or something. A buddy hooked me up huge and I got it for less than half price. Still a big ticket item at $1300So? Have you forged anything yet?
you will be looking for a power hammerWell I finally got the anvil in last week. Ordered it through a local Ridgid dealer and it was custom made to order, shipped from Milwaukee or something. A buddy hooked me up huge and I got it for less than half price. Still a big ticket item at $1300
This is what I came up with to keep it pinned down tight. The extra chain wraps are to deaden the PING.
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So the day the anvil arrived I actually tested out things by hammering out this little guy. Made it out of 7/8" round bar.
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I got some crops of W2 from a bolt making shop a friend works at. It hardened well but as you can see when I tried to take a wobble out (after quenching) it snapped. It only took an hour to get to where I did and to be honest I was pretty tickled. It's a lot of funWhat you see in the pic is 100% shaped on the anvil. The only shaping with the grinder was on the butt end after I cut it off.
SO TODAY THOUGH I got REEEALLY confident and cut a chunk of 1-1/4" round bar about 7" long and starting smacking it.
Jesus Christ is that a whole lot harder. I managed to get it down to a 2-1/2" x 12" x 3/8" bar after getting a buddy to hold it while I gave my all with an 8 lb sledge. When my arm recovers I'll get back to it... honest.![]()
Who are you? I'll have to kill you now that you know my secret.Nathan showed me pics of your forge John. I didn' know it was you lol