I'm going to make a small forge.

Chilla wrote in news:495f3ee5$0$20808$ snipped-for-privacy@news.optusnet.com.au:

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

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