Pictures -- made a mini forge today

Ignoramus30542 · 2008-12-26T00:33:53+00:00

This is a mini forge that I made out of six firebricks. It is usableto me for the little things that I am trying to do. The nice thingabout it is that it is portable and inexpensive and allows me to workcleanly. It was also easy and inexpensive to make and the bricks canbe reused. I used Oxy/Acetylene to heat it.The first test of this forge was restoring a rounded off hexagonallathe chuck wrench. It was almost fully round instead of hexagonal. Tofix it, I heated it up, upset the hex part slightly (made it thicker),and then forged the hex shape again. To make sure that it is the rightsize (1/2" hex), I inserted it into a 1/2" socket, where it was foundto fit snugly after a couple of adjustments.

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Martin H. Eastburn 17 years ago

I have a plasmaCam table and yes it takes a learning curve. I do as I want and cut all sorts of metal. Some takes more work after cutting - some not needing it and some it doesn't matter.

I have a Hypertherm 600 and cut 1/2" armor plate that is pre-hardened. It is rated for normal hot rolled. But I know the machine and ability.

Wish I had a 1000 but didn't have 3phase at the time.

I suspect the plasma cutter you had was a limiting machine. Good for body work and such but not brackets or thick stuff.

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Pete C. 17 years ago

I have a Powermax 1000 and I don't have three phase. The CE country version of the 1000 is three phase only, the US version is single or three phase and wide input range. It takes a 50A 240V 1ph feed quite happily.

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