Table Forge with Ribbon Burner

Hello Doug,

Thank you for the nice words about the forge design. Advantages of the ribbon burner are many. They do not produce hot spots in the forge. Run much quieter, can be run at very wide range of temps and use less fuel. Switching between propane and 1/4 psi natural gas is no problem. Both will get to the 2400F range or drop as low as 1400F if needed. I mostly run off of natural gas. The top shell can be made any size you want. In the picture above I had a large shell for a big project. For most knife making I use a much smaller shell. It is very configurable and my preferred forge in the shop.

Eric Fleming
www.flemingknives.com
 
It hadn't occurred to me... but you probably have several different sizes of shell for this table, huh? That's great.
I know since this thread was new, that you've moved to a lot more kerosene welding... have you been doing a lot of that using this forge? Any notes on particularities of this forge for damascus production?

More and more I'm thinking about taking my little venturi out of service, the bigger vertical forge gets used for almost everything now... except for items that can better be worked in a forge with a floor, or items that need lower heat.

It would seem that I am almost obligated to retire the little forge, thus making room for a table forge like this one... I think I'll actually do it ASAP. Well, after, I finish my darn press and move the big mill in.
 
Salem Straub said:
It hadn't occurred to me... but you probably have several different sizes of shell for this table, huh? That's great.
I know since this thread was new, that you've moved to a lot more kerosene welding... have you been doing a lot of that using this forge? Any notes on particularities of this forge for damascus production?

More and more I'm thinking about taking my little venturi out of service, the bigger vertical forge gets used for almost everything now... except for items that can better be worked in a forge with a floor, or items that need lower heat.

It would seem that I am almost obligated to retire the little forge, thus making room for a table forge like this one... I think I'll actually do it ASAP. Well, after, I finish my darn press and move the big mill in.
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Hello Salem,

I've actually switched from using kerosene to using nothing. My success may have to do with the type of steel stock I am using. About 2 years back I went in with a few other folks to get two coils of steel. One coil of 15N20 and one of 1095 (a few hundred pounds of each in my lot). These are both about 4.5" wide and about .040 thick shipped to me in 8' lengths between 2 X 6 X 8s. Now trimming little rectangles off the coil stock at 3.5" wide and stacking for example 4 layers of 1094 and 4 layers of 15N20 alternating to get the thickness of regular stock works pretty well. Each end is sandwiched by used HT foil (keeps from sticking to the mild steel) then with 1/2" sacrificial mild steel. Clamp tight and weld down the corners (credit Owen Wood with this technique and the opportunity to get in on this steel purchase). These little sheets need no prep and they clamp down so tight that they have been working fine without any flux or other shielding chemicals. If you click on my shop tour of my web site www.flemingknives.com then click on the ribbon burner forge picture, you will see the build pictures. I did an instructional build at Josh Smith's hammer-in a few years ago. Shane did a 4 way bar with no flux weld in it. Came out great! Let me know how your experience goes after you make one.

Take care,

Eric Fleming
www.flemingknives.com
 
I know this is a very old thread, but was curious if you had any updates, things you would change, etc. Also what brand of blower did you use to power this monster? Also how would you compare the stability of this to say your verticle for heat treating and such? Many hot spots? Thank you for the detailed build thread and pictures!
 
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