Forge Building Input

Ya, I know it's low for forging. That's the whole idea for my mad scheme. I have no doubt in my hillbilly mind that I can easily reach forging temps with the setup. My goal is the other way...I want to run it at the lower temp so I can use it specifically for heat treating. The other two forges I built are for forge welding and general forging so I've got that end of the spectrum well covered. Like I mentioned in a previous post this is just an experiment. If someone with more experience in this area tells me I'm an idiot and it will never work...welllll...I'll probably try it anyway just to see if they are right. What the heck! It gets me time in the shop and something to play with.

Ken
 
Gotcha. Jes' making sure! Being OCD, details like that drive me bonkers, so I had to ask.
 
I agree with Gregory.
Ken,
Why would you want your forge to max out around 1500f.If you build it run at welding temps you can always cut it back for other applications? Cost differance would be minimal.
If you are building this forge for a specific purpose and I am out of line just smack me.
Curiosity thing!
 
sharpeknives said:
I agree with Gregory.
Ken,
Why would you want your forge to max out around 1500f.If you build it run at welding temps you can always cut it back for other applications? Cost differance would be minimal.
If you are building this forge for a specific purpose and I am out of line just smack me.
Curiosity thing!
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Well, I reckon just because. Yes, I do have a specific purpose in mind for the lower temp forge. I already have a welding forge powered by a Darren Ellis inspired forced air burner. I can get it run at the lower temps for heat treating but I have to throttle that big burner back a long way to get there and piddle around to dial in the exact heat I want. It's like flying an F-16 at the edge of a stall or driving your dragster to the post office. With the smaller burner in a forge of similar capacity, my thinking is that I can get the lower heat I want while running the burner more in the middle of the range in its operational parameters. I can go lower with it than the lowest setting on the big burner or I can probably reach forging, if not welding temps with it running at a higher level. Ideally, I would want to run it at the optimum temp for heat treating the 1084 and 15n20 I work with most of the time, hence the goal of 1450-1500.

Makes sense to me and I think it's doable. But I've had some good ideas before...1) Marrying my first wife, 2) Joining the USAF with the intention of getting out after my first term...and staying in 25 years, 3) Thinking I could easily jump to that big rock in the middle of the stream without falling in, 4) Snug up that bolt just a littttle bit more before it snaps. This may be that sort of good idea.

However, even if this doesn't work like I think it will I won't be out much except for my time since I already have the materials on hand. I'll use a bunch of the inswool scraps I've accumulated from building my other forges and I get the freon bottles from a friend. If nothing else, I'll lay it down and make a horizontal forge out of it. I've got one but it's only one freon bottle long so the chamber is kinda small. Most of all, I enjoy puttering in the shop whether I do anything useful or not. Entertains me and gives the ranch dogs some company.

K
 
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