adjusting blown forge atmosphere

[Scott Roush]

yeah... I just found em at my hardware.  I'm good to go.  Thanks a bunch Karl.

Wampus... I like how you have your blower up and out of the way.  Mine takes up too much space....

[kbaknife]

After Lin posted that thread about the Li'l Johnny forge, I put mine on pedestals, which I wish I had done years ago.
I can just disconnect the gas line and roll them out of the way when not in use.
As well, I swung the blowers on down below and they seem to run much cooler when they're not absorbing heat from the forge.
For thought:

 

[kbaknife]

delete - double post

[Scott Roush]

that sure looks convenient Karl. Very nice.

If I wasn't planning to build a separate forging shack next year I would consider doing something like that with mine.

Looking at your press got me to thinking....

Next year's big investment is powerhammer or press? Which one first???

[kbaknife]

Press is 1/2 the price.

[osageo]

i was there helping do the demonstration at tanney hill ,showed fogg a few things about building a burner that works great without a blower, the main thing is to get the flame to focus right to the tip of the burner inside the forge. it will be light blue the fire coming out the ports needs to be orange looking , neutral.i have built many small forges , using my burner design for my frinds that will go from you can barley hear it run , to screaming hot in a minute , and don't use much gas.

[kbaknife]

You are correct, Tony. I'm not sure what I was thinking earlier when I mentioned the flame color of blue? I set mine to orange like you say here.
When I'm forging I only run about 4# pressure.
When forge welding I bump it up to about 4 1/2#.
Austenize my steel at around 3 1/2#.
Lot's of control when you are able to set pressure, air amount and fuel amount with the needle valve at a specified pressure.

[osageo]

the runniest part of the sword demo was when i told doc price to go find a big file in the tool room , right before me and him got to see foggs blade he was passing around the croud for show and tell, waited till don wasn't looking and threw that file on the concret floor, fogg about came unglued, everybody got a kick out of him frecking about droping his beautiful blade .

[osageo]

the funniest is what i ment to say

[kbaknife]

Hey, Tony, you can click on that little note pad with pencil there at the top of your post and edit your post for changes and corrections.