Came out great. I used two .30 mig tips in my home made burners. Welding is no problem. Only two burners and I Forge between 8-12 psi. I start high and go Down as the forge heats up. And when I want to weld I turn up the propane any where from 12-18 psi. But I have ran at 30 just to heat up the forge faster. My forge is 24 inches long two burners 10 x 10 square tubing. 1 inch koawool on the sides and top and brick lined bottom Still a work in progress I need to line it with more kaowool and tci 100 maybe I wound use a little less fuel. A 100 lbs tank reallly doesn’t last long. Around 8 hours. I don’t no if that is the norm I am New at this field...thx Tim. Great work and videos ....Paul.
Really enjoying your videos I heard you say you paid 80cents a pound for your scrap. I guess I'm pretty lucky the yards in RI/CT. Charge 32cents a pound and then if you have a bunch left over they will buy it back. This makes it very reasonable to build presses and power hammers and the like. Thanks for the videos
Thanks for watching Justin, wow that sounds like an awesome deal on scrap, since I made this video the scrap prices have actually dropped around here to 72¢ a pound which is good but man you've got the screaming deal going. Thanks for tuning in and take care.
BIG DOG FORGE I actually bought 700 lbs today for 200$ including a 3x5.5 ar plate 14" long for an anvil I'm building so it dropped here too less than 30 cents. I also picked up the h- beam for my forging press
Hey Tim - love your videos and ironically I am in the middle of building my propane forge so timing was helpful. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your new burner.
Thanks Rick, I'll be posting videos on rebuilding both forges this weekend, if there's any thing I can do to help let me know. Good luck and take care my friend, by the way the coil spring hold downs were awesome to keep up the good work.
mine works best on 030 035was a bit much and as always thank you for your time in making great videos for us to enjoy and learn from.how you did the choke was great thanks again Tim
Thank you Rick, I'm going to give it a try the way it is but I'll probably have to step up to 030 I think you're probably right it will work better that way, but we'll figure that out when we get there. Thanks for tuning in.
My friend! You keep saying your are not an expert on this and that, well... You always do a damn good job in what you do! This was also very well explained :) I'll keep this video in mind for when I'll build a gas forge, this is way better than the one made by the king of random! Awesome mate. Keep it up!
What I lack in expertise I make up for in determination and dumb luck, but thank you for the kind words I do appreciate it, I wish you all the best luck in building a gas forge, from what I've seen of your work it will be a piece of awesome functional art work without equal, thanks again for watching Black Beard, take care of yourself my friend all the best.
Was thinking the same B.B.P, that knife he made with the bone in it was way better or as good as what I have seen pro's do. I hope he stops thinking of his stuff as inferior. It ain't!
Hey just wanted to check in again to see if you would be willing to build and sell a couple of these? this build is awesome, and I wish I had the equipment to do this level of precision!
Hi Brett I am not currently building or selling burners. but a good friend of mine can take care of you. His name is Mike and he has taken these to the next level, he sells them out of his shop. you can email him @ oldsarge@gmail.com and you can find the burners on his web site. www.ironcreekmetal.art/shop/forge-burner?category=Blacksmithing good luck with your build Brett, and let me know how it goes I would love see some pictures. take care and be safe.
I just run coal/coke, but I can respect this endeavour. Nice job on the burner. I'm not much of a fan of Alec S., the guy just seems to be like the kind you see on the home shopping network. To much of a silver spoon in his mouth for my taste. I prefer 'real people' like you and HoJ
Thanks I'm kind of stuck with a propane forge it's difficult to burn cold and my part of the country local authority kind of frowns on it, I like HoJ as well very down to earth, thanks for checking out my friend take care of yourself.
great vidoe build check out Michael Porter's book on gas burners for Forges n kilns great reference material I use a extra piece of kio wool and a fire brick as a disposable bottom then there's no need to reline after damacus work keep the videos coming my friend
Good info Wade I appreciate it, the wife said she found Michael porter's book on Amazon and ordered it for me, hope she got the right one. I guess great minds think alike the plan was to come up with some sort of replaceable bottom but you've given me a starting point thank you sir and thanks for watching.
Tim, I may have missed it, but whats the MAX Pressure on the regulator? I've saved about 10, videos on how to build. Yours is the finest! One thing I think I'd do is put a spring on it to hold tension on the air inlet just to keep it from turning on its own. :)
The spring is a good idea, I have the genuine gameco burner and the choke does like to wander a bit! I fixed it with a bit of loctite after setting to the desired pos.
Being 4 yrs ago, probably ready for a new rebuild, 2 things I think might help, a two part paint under the name "Thermo-Guard", supposed to be able to insulate an egg from cooking while a torch applied. And a couple of castable refractories, one is a mix of portland, sand, clay, and red brick broken down into pea gravel and dust. The other is aircrete, concrete mixed with a foam made from dish soap and water, can find out recipes for both easily on youtube.
Excelente trabajo BIG DOG FORG aré una réplica para mis trabajos de cuchillos estoy haciendo una pequeña forja y este trabajo que hiciste me fue de gran ayuda gracias por compartir tus conocimientos estoy suscripto al canal saludo desde Bariloche Argentina 🇦🇷
Hi Guys, (Aussie) I am the new kid on the block as I am about to try and build my first Forge. I have an old Acetylene cylinder that I am going to use as a shell, sealed at one end an completely open at the other. It will be lined with 2 thicknesses of insulation 1"thick. The open end for access, is a worry in how to close it. Can I use clay bricks covered in insulation to form a flat based inside? After watching this vid, I feel a bit hesitant because of my skills or lack of them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Happy heating Troops. Garry
First time I've seen a clear demonstration of a burner build! Thanks, this was way better than reading and looking at pictures. Not getting rid of my side blast forge any time soon, but I plan on building a propane forge some time this summer I think.
Hello Louis I hope things are going well, thanks for the kind words, and if you get around to building your propane forge I hope things go very well for you. Take care and be safe.
Here is an old machinist's trick from an old machinist. Never, ever, leave the chuck key in the lathe chuck after removing the workpiece. Tricks like this are how young machinists become old machinists.
next burner you build, use the lathe to remove the threads of the bell end and smooth the radii of the bell.... excellent work, just something I thought could be improved
Brill build, the mig tip was positioned right, it's real important that the gas is shooting down the pipe central, that's the good thing in using a lathe everything is central and accurate, it's pulling in so much oxygen coz it's 1.5" opening, 1 1/4 better, but coz it's choked it's fine, again great job.
LIKE COMMENT SUB Well done Sir . Your casual manner as you throw together one of the BEST forge burners (10th video) I have seen on my mission to Blacksmith with my son is a testament to just how skilled you are. Were just getting started and I was going to buy a burner for the 75 Gall propane tank I have turned into a foundry. But after watching this I am absolutely making my own. Again well done Sir !!
You are inspiring. Time to build a burner! Best build and simple to understand the basic configuration of parts! Won't be wasting any money buying an inspirator for myself--trip to ths scrapyard is in my future. Thanks brother!
Thank you K Mac, I appreciate the kind words good luck with your burner build I hope it goes well, if I can answer any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for watching and take care.
I've found any threaded joints down stream from the valve don't really need to be sealed. After all, whenever the valve is opened, the gas is freely flowing out the orifice, hence no real pressure builds up to be contained. The teflon tape used near the heat actually melts and is drawn into the threads and past by capillary action. This is where that mysterious wisp of tape comes from. You may notice it being colored grey, when the initial color was white or yellow. I am going to copy your design, thank you Big Dog.
Thanks for the information I do appreciate it, this is the best burner I have ever built for myself I hope it works out as well for you. Thanks for watching and have a good one.
First off, OMG! a blacksmith who knows how to use a mig welder! Most of these I watch their welds look like chicken crap deposited from 20 feet. Second, thanks for showing that this stuff does not need to be rocket science or engineered out to thirty decimal places. A little knowledge of what you want to accomplish and an understanding of how things work is often enough.
Thank you Leo, I'm not really a welder I just play one on UA-cam, lol. I agree with you 100%, keep your eyes open move forward learn from your mistakes, that's about all it takes. Thanks for tuning in and take care of yourself my friend.
I love your lathe, I moved to Colchester in the UK back in 1968 my father actually built those lathes. I never realised till recently that these lathes were sent all round the world 👍 Great video
Love the lathe. I have a 15x48 Colchester. The chuck looks to be a reversible jaw , adjustable Buck Chuck. The 4 way tool post is correct for the lathe. Nice work on the burner build.
I like the idea of re-bricking and I certainly have plenty of bricks but I also have 1/2 dozen bags of castable refractory. So I'm kind of on the fence. But I do agree it would be much easier to rebuild in the future, going to have to puzzle over this one for a while. Thanks for the input Scott take care and be safe.
Tim just sent you another email about your help with something that I hope you have not forgotten my request. I thought id leave this post here on account this is what it pertains to. stay safe,as always thanks,Martin at M&S Blades and Blacksmithing
From what I understand defusers are simply for a more it even heat distribution, I've never used one on any of my burners and the seem to work fine, it is possible that people are using them to minimize hot spots in the forge but I'm not completely sure. Thanks for checking out the video.
Teetering on the edge of 53k! 👍⚒️❤️😀. Was an absolute honor, to shake you hand &get a "smithing hug" in person in September. One of the best times of my life. ❤️👍
I am curious, I have never forged with gas, the occasional rose bud on Acty. Coal and charcoal here, and just minimally. How much fuel do these gas forges use? An 18 - 20# tank here runs about $20.00 US. How long of a fire can you get off one? Thanks.
freaking GENIUS Tim! i cant believe it worked first try! im totally jealous haha, everyone seems to have a lathe :( mines about a 15 hour drive away. gotta get my truck going, test drive it, make sure im gunna get there, then go get it. the only thing i dont like is ive noticed my tools are rusting in the shop pretty bad... thinking its from the forge creating condensation from cold to hot and back to cold, too quickly... gotta wd40 and scrub my drill press especially! im wondering if insulation would help that issue... in any case Tim, cheers bud! i think i need to make a couple burners like that... would definitely cut the noise level down, and maybe use less propane...
A Brother how have you been hope things are going well, the other forge has a T. Rex style burner and makes a lot of noise this one seems much quieter and it looks like it may actually put out more heat can't wait to get the forge put together and test it out, good luck with a truck I hope the runs OK, man cannot live on drill press alone. Take care man will talk to you soon.
it's a DRAGON!! IN MY EXPERIMENTS,I found that the orfice size is not as crucial as most would think....i believe pressure and air feed are VERY important
Outstanding. I like this design...I'd had nearly the same thing in my head but watching your build nailed down a few blurry thoughts in my mind. I've read where you're considering a larger fuel jet (makes sense) but would tapered air cap for finer adjustable air flow be overkill? That was one of the thoughts I had bouncing around...that and an adjustable/tunable chamber flare. Once again, outstanding! You produce excellent tutorials and you're videos are quite addictive. New subscriber, Kenny
Hey tim, nice burner ! I am in process of building the alex Steele's forge..and like you I've checked out gameco... expensive! Would you be interested in build 2 of those burners for me and how much would the cost be plus the shipping to indiana ??
Great build! To Roger Pemberton, a burner needs a flare for the combustion to stabilize. I just finished a two burner forge modeled after Alecs, but these burners are brilliant Tim, and they burn a lot better than the ones I made, which are Ron Reil copies. Looks like I'll be pulling them apart to copy your build... It looks like yours will reach welding temps easy with a slight bit of tuning! Keep up the good work, loving the videos!
Thanks Mike and thanks for the input I do appreciate it I agree a little bit of tuning and this burner should do pretty well, I guess we'll find out in the forge rebuild video stay tuned, and thanks for watching
I think you could have taken off the threads on the intake bell for smoother air flow, but that is all I have to say, nice build. I actually like the intake design, nice and big, overly large but good for air intake. This design of burner is my favorite.
That is bad ass I would have never thought that would work lol very clever and good way to not buy oxygen... would that work for oxygen/acetylene torch
Borax works well as a steel flux??? Asking because borax is easy to get but I have no idea where to get actual steel foraging flux or what I would be looking for...
Nice job! I built a similar one to Alex's using tubing instead of pipe with a stainless burner and an .030 mig tip. The placement of the tip is adjustable longitudinally the entire length of the tube, it does make a big difference in the placement. I do believe when you get that stuck in the forge you will be able to open the air intake WAY open without it going out. I was able to melt metal with mine. Thanks for your efforts in making your videos for us 👍
Thanks for the information I think what I'm going to do is build a longer threaded stem so that I can adjust the gas inlet up and down a little more to test it out, another subscriber suggested I make the flair adjustable as well, so many good ideas I don't know where to start. Thanks for checking out take care.
BIG DOG FORGE Yes, I would guess your mig tip is a little deep in the tube. You could gain a little by dumping the pipe cap and weld a 1/4 inch nut on the end of your pipe that the mig tip screws onto. I made mine adjustable in all aspects so I could use this burner to develop a baseline for each individual forge when I build them, then build a fixed burner on the specs that I saw worked for each. I could send you a pict of mine if you wanted. Your flame pattern looked pretty good to me. I found that a 7 degree flare on the flare tube worked the best in the flame pattern, but now we're splitting hairs.
Van Der Hoof man, do you have a video of your burner?? I really love this one from big dog, but I want one that is more reliable, so I can use it on every day forge and to make Damascus steel as well... cheers!
I would have went and made the mig tip height adjustable as well to find what gives the best flame. Would have put a swivel elbow on the end to allow for this and a longer threaded pipe for the mig tip/choke.
Great job on the burner. I've made a few now and each one has been a little picky and needed fine tuning. I like your adjustable choke. May have to do that on the next one.
That sounds like a great idea hadn't really considered it but it makes a lot of sense, I think I'll take a second look at it thank you for the input it is much appreciated and thanks for watching.
Thanks Paul, just started using it but the flair seems to be doing pretty well it's built out of some heavy stainless pipe. Thanks for tuning and take care.
Excellent work! You won't have to change anything on your burner.. it will stay lit once it's in the forge and you can open up the air to its potential. Blown burners have the same issue.. Won't stay lit outside the forge. Thanks for the video. ..
..Thanks for this Tim! I am going to make a Gas Forge later on and will use your Burner design, if you don't mind? Now you are going to be busy turning out Tongs and Burners !!!...
Thanks Ol James I hope your build goes well I'd love to see a picture when you're done, I don't know about burners but the tong orders are backing up. Good to hear from you my friend take care of yourself.
I do love that lathe it works really well and it looks cool just sitting in the shop, I also build a David Hammer style burner I could never get it quite right I got it to work but it just never produced the heat that I needed in comparison this one seems to be light years ahead, but I'll just have to wait and see until the forge is rebuild. Thanks for watching and take care
you have done an amazing ability to make things im impressed i made a burner out of barbeque parts and my air compressor as i cant afford to buy a forge burner as well nice work
Good job on the burner grayem, necessity is the mother of invention and I love to hear about how people overcame a problem to continue moving forward using what they have at hand, good job. Thanks for watching and have a good one.
Came out great. I used two .30 mig tips in my home made burners. Welding is no problem. Only two burners and I Forge between 8-12 psi. I start high and go Down as the forge heats up. And when I want to weld I turn up the propane any where from 12-18 psi. But I have ran at 30 just to heat up the forge faster. My forge is 24 inches long two burners 10 x 10 square tubing. 1 inch koawool on the sides and top and brick lined bottom Still a work in progress I need to line it with more kaowool and tci 100 maybe I wound use a little less fuel. A 100 lbs tank reallly doesn’t last long. Around 8 hours. I don’t no if that is the norm I am New at this field...thx Tim. Great work and videos ....Paul.
nice build brother....I want a lathe like that. Need some dedicated space in the garage - maybe after the kids leave...
Really enjoying your videos I heard you say you paid 80cents a pound for your scrap. I guess I'm pretty lucky the yards in RI/CT. Charge 32cents a pound and then if you have a bunch left over they will buy it back. This makes it very reasonable to build presses and power hammers and the like. Thanks for the videos
Thanks for watching Justin, wow that sounds like an awesome deal on scrap, since I made this video the scrap prices have actually dropped around here to 72¢ a pound which is good but man you've got the screaming deal going. Thanks for tuning in and take care.
BIG DOG FORGE I actually bought 700 lbs today for 200$ including a 3x5.5 ar plate 14" long for an anvil I'm building so it dropped here too less than 30 cents. I also picked up the h- beam for my forging press
thanks for making this video! Ive been wanting to make a propane forge and this will help a lot.
Hey Tim - love your videos and ironically I am in the middle of building my propane forge so timing was helpful. Thanks for sharing and good luck with your new burner.
Thanks Rick, I'll be posting videos on rebuilding both forges this weekend, if there's any thing I can do to help let me know. Good luck and take care my friend, by the way the coil spring hold downs were awesome to keep up the good work.
Thanks Tim.
Very nice!
Thank you.
mine works best on 030 035was a bit much and as always thank you for your time in making great videos for us to enjoy and learn from.how you did the choke was great thanks again Tim
Thank you Rick, I'm going to give it a try the way it is but I'll probably have to step up to 030 I think you're probably right it will work better that way, but we'll figure that out when we get there. Thanks for tuning in.
My friend! You keep saying your are not an expert on this and that, well... You always do a damn good job in what you do! This was also very well explained :) I'll keep this video in mind for when I'll build a gas forge, this is way better than the one made by the king of random! Awesome mate. Keep it up!
What I lack in expertise I make up for in determination and dumb luck, but thank you for the kind words I do appreciate it, I wish you all the best luck in building a gas forge, from what I've seen of your work it will be a piece of awesome functional art work without equal, thanks again for watching Black Beard, take care of yourself my friend all the best.
Was thinking the same B.B.P, that knife he made with the bone in it was way better or as good as what I have seen pro's do. I hope he stops thinking of his stuff as inferior. It ain't!
Hey just wanted to check in again to see if you would be willing to build and sell a couple of these? this build is awesome, and I wish I had the equipment to do this level of precision!
Hi Brett I am not currently building or selling burners. but a good friend of mine can take care of you.
His name is Mike and he has taken these to the next level, he sells them out of his shop. you can email him @ oldsarge@gmail.com and you can find the burners on his web site. www.ironcreekmetal.art/shop/forge-burner?category=Blacksmithing good luck with your build Brett, and let me know how it goes I would love see some pictures. take care and be safe.
I just run coal/coke, but I can respect this endeavour. Nice job on the burner. I'm not much of a fan of Alec S., the guy just seems to be like the kind you see on the home shopping network. To much of a silver spoon in his mouth for my taste. I prefer 'real people' like you and HoJ
Thanks I'm kind of stuck with a propane forge it's difficult to burn cold and my part of the country local authority kind of frowns on it, I like HoJ as well very down to earth, thanks for checking out my friend take care of yourself.
For those without a lathe, you can use threaded lamp pipe for the nozzle holder. They have external 1/8 IP straight threads.
Excellent I had no idea thanks for the input, you learn something new every day. Thanks for tuning in.
Nice build! Will heat some steel alright.
Thanks Torbjorn I appreciate the kind words. Thanks for watching and take care.
Hi Torbjörn!
That is the smoothest burning burner I have ever seen. It’s even better than all the Bunsen burners in the labs!!!! Nice and quite!!!!great job
Awesome, thank you!
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One thing about making the bridge so tall, if you need to raise the tip, can always put a skirt on the airgate.
great vidoe build check out Michael Porter's book on gas burners for Forges n kilns great reference material I use a extra piece of kio wool and a fire brick as a disposable bottom then there's no need to reline after damacus work keep the videos coming my friend
Good info Wade I appreciate it, the wife said she found Michael porter's book on Amazon and ordered it for me, hope she got the right one. I guess great minds think alike the plan was to come up with some sort of replaceable bottom but you've given me a starting point thank you sir and thanks for watching.
Tim, I may have missed it, but whats the MAX Pressure on the regulator? I've saved about 10, videos on how to build. Yours is the finest! One thing I think I'd do is put a spring on it to hold tension on the air inlet just to keep it from turning on its own. :)
My regulator goes to 50 lbs,
The spring is a good idea, I have the genuine gameco burner and the choke does like to wander a bit! I fixed it with a bit of loctite after setting to the desired pos.
Nice job. I hope you're not offended, but you are the "Bob Ross" of blacksmithing. Much respect.
Being 4 yrs ago, probably ready for a new rebuild, 2 things I think might help, a two part paint under the name "Thermo-Guard", supposed to be able to insulate an egg from cooking while a torch applied. And a couple of castable refractories, one is a mix of portland, sand, clay, and red brick broken down into pea gravel and dust. The other is aircrete, concrete mixed with a foam made from dish soap and water, can find out recipes for both easily on youtube.
Excelente trabajo BIG DOG FORG aré una réplica para mis trabajos de cuchillos estoy haciendo una pequeña forja y este trabajo que hiciste me fue de gran ayuda gracias por compartir tus conocimientos estoy suscripto al canal saludo desde Bariloche Argentina 🇦🇷
Muchas gracias por mirar y por las amables palabras, cuídate y mantente a salvo.
@@BIGDOGFORGE gracias igualmente
Hi Guys, (Aussie) I am the new kid on the block as I am about to try and build my first Forge. I have an old Acetylene cylinder that I am going to use as a shell, sealed at one end an completely open at the other. It will be lined with 2 thicknesses of insulation 1"thick. The open end for access, is a worry in how to close it. Can I use clay bricks covered in insulation to form a flat based inside? After watching this vid, I feel a bit hesitant because of my skills or lack of them. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Happy heating Troops. Garry
First time I've seen a clear demonstration of a burner build! Thanks, this was way better than reading and looking at pictures. Not getting rid of my side blast forge any time soon, but I plan on building a propane forge some time this summer I think.
Hello Louis I hope things are going well, thanks for the kind words, and if you get around to building your propane forge I hope things go very well for you. Take care and be safe.
Here is an old machinist's trick from an old machinist. Never, ever, leave the chuck key in the lathe chuck after removing the workpiece. Tricks like this are how young machinists become old machinists.
next burner you build, use the lathe to remove the threads of the bell end and smooth the radii of the bell.... excellent work, just something I thought could be improved
Brill build, the mig tip was positioned right, it's real important that the gas is shooting down the pipe central, that's the good thing in using a lathe everything is central and accurate, it's pulling in so much oxygen coz it's 1.5" opening, 1 1/4 better, but coz it's choked it's fine, again great job.
"What’s the worst that can happen...?" Begins plumbing a highly combustible/splodey gas XD amazing job all the same :)
I really like you channel its wholesome
Ive been watching for about a year now. Keep up your great work ❤.
put a sacrificial stainless pan in the bottom when forge welding to keep the flux off the floor
do you sell these burners for us deprived poor folks who can only dream of the fancy things in your shop.
Great job using commonly available parts. What would you have done differently if you wanted to use it for welding?
what gas pressure do you use on your regulator?
LIKE COMMENT SUB Well done Sir . Your casual manner as you throw together one of the BEST forge burners (10th video) I have seen on my mission to Blacksmith with my son is a testament to just how skilled you are. Were just getting started and I was going to buy a burner for the 75 Gall propane tank I have turned into a foundry. But after watching this I am absolutely making my own. Again well done Sir !!
Thanks 👍
You are inspiring. Time to build a burner! Best build and simple to understand the basic configuration of parts! Won't be wasting any money buying an inspirator for myself--trip to ths scrapyard is in my future. Thanks brother!
Thank you K Mac, I appreciate the kind words good luck with your burner build I hope it goes well, if I can answer any questions don't hesitate to ask. Thanks for watching and take care.
I've found any threaded joints down stream from the valve don't really need to be sealed. After all, whenever the valve is opened, the gas is freely flowing out the orifice, hence no real pressure builds up to be contained. The teflon tape used near the heat actually melts and is drawn into the threads and past by capillary action. This is where that mysterious wisp of tape comes from. You may notice it being colored grey, when the initial color was white or yellow. I am going to copy your design, thank you Big Dog.
Thanks for the information I do appreciate it, this is the best burner I have ever built for myself I hope it works out as well for you.
Thanks for watching and have a good one.
First off, OMG! a blacksmith who knows how to use a mig welder! Most of these I watch their welds look like chicken crap deposited from 20 feet. Second, thanks for showing that this stuff does not need to be rocket science or engineered out to thirty decimal places. A little knowledge of what you want to accomplish and an understanding of how things work is often enough.
Thank you Leo, I'm not really a welder I just play one on UA-cam, lol. I agree with you 100%, keep your eyes open move forward learn from your mistakes, that's about all it takes. Thanks for tuning in and take care of yourself my friend.
honestly, your setup looks better made than what Alex Steele has. the disk on Alex's burner wobbles, maybe I'm being picky. another great build!
Thanks Wade, thanks for the vote of confidence I appreciate that ,and thanks for tuning in
Wonder if you could make knife scales from the flux 😂!!! Great video as always bud!!!!
Oh great now you got me thinking about how I can turn burnt flux into knife scales.
You can do it Tim you are the master
I love your lathe, I moved to Colchester in the UK back in 1968 my father actually built those lathes. I never realised till recently that these lathes were sent all round the world 👍
Great video
Very cool!
Love the lathe. I have a 15x48 Colchester. The chuck looks to be a reversible jaw , adjustable Buck Chuck. The 4 way tool post is correct for the lathe. Nice work on the burner build.
Teria como você passar as medidas para eu fazer um???
How do I get a burner from big dog
Again I enjoyed this content, I think I would just re-brick your forge may cost but I think you will find it easier to rebuild in the future.
I like the idea of re-bricking and I certainly have plenty of bricks but I also have 1/2 dozen bags of castable refractory. So I'm kind of on the fence. But I do agree it would be much easier to rebuild in the future, going to have to puzzle over this one for a while. Thanks for the input Scott take care and be safe.
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Tim just sent you another email about your help with something that I hope you have not forgotten my request. I thought id leave this post here on account this is what it pertains to. stay safe,as always thanks,Martin at M&S Blades and Blacksmithing
Please show the case rebuild.
I'm curious why some homemade burners have a defuser at the flame end of the burner and you were able to do it without one?
From what I understand defusers are simply for a more it even heat distribution, I've never used one on any of my burners and the seem to work fine, it is possible that people are using them to minimize hot spots in the forge but I'm not completely sure. Thanks for checking out the video.
Teetering on the edge of 53k! 👍⚒️❤️😀. Was an absolute honor, to shake you hand &get a "smithing hug" in person in September. One of the best times of my life. ❤️👍
I am curious, I have never forged with gas, the occasional rose bud on Acty. Coal and charcoal here, and just minimally. How much fuel do these gas forges use? An 18 - 20# tank here runs about $20.00 US. How long of a fire can you get off one? Thanks.
freaking GENIUS Tim! i cant believe it worked first try! im totally jealous haha, everyone seems to have a lathe :( mines about a 15 hour drive away. gotta get my truck going, test drive it, make sure im gunna get there, then go get it. the only thing i dont like is ive noticed my tools are rusting in the shop pretty bad... thinking its from the forge creating condensation from cold to hot and back to cold, too quickly... gotta wd40 and scrub my drill press especially! im wondering if insulation would help that issue...
in any case Tim, cheers bud! i think i need to make a couple burners like that... would definitely cut the noise level down, and maybe use less propane...
A Brother how have you been hope things are going well, the other forge has a T. Rex style burner and makes a lot of noise this one seems much quieter and it looks like it may actually put out more heat can't wait to get the forge put together and test it out, good luck with a truck I hope the runs OK, man cannot live on drill press alone. Take care man will talk to you soon.
it's a DRAGON!! IN MY EXPERIMENTS,I found that the orfice size is not as crucial as most would think....i believe pressure and air feed are VERY important
Outstanding. I like this design...I'd had nearly the same thing in my head but watching your build nailed down a few blurry thoughts in my mind. I've read where you're considering a larger fuel jet (makes sense) but would tapered air cap for finer adjustable air flow be overkill? That was one of the thoughts I had bouncing around...that and an adjustable/tunable chamber flare.
Once again, outstanding! You produce excellent tutorials and you're videos are quite addictive. New subscriber, Kenny
Bad ass burner though.
Hey tim, nice burner ! I am in process of building the alex Steele's forge..and like you I've checked out gameco... expensive! Would you be interested in build 2 of those burners for me and how much would the cost be plus the shipping to indiana ??
Pretty interesting build. shows what a person can do with some know how and ingenuity.
Thanks for the kind words Joseph, and thanks for checking out the video.
How hot does a forge get to
Great build! To Roger Pemberton, a burner needs a flare for the combustion to stabilize. I just finished a two burner forge modeled after Alecs, but these burners are brilliant Tim, and they burn a lot better than the ones I made, which are Ron Reil copies. Looks like I'll be pulling them apart to copy your build... It looks like yours will reach welding temps easy with a slight bit of tuning!
Keep up the good work, loving the videos!
Thanks Mike and thanks for the input I do appreciate it I agree a little bit of tuning and this burner should do pretty well, I guess we'll find out in the forge rebuild video stay tuned, and thanks for watching
nice job man and not to hard to make, why buy it if you can make it,thanks man!
Thanks Jared, it wasn't too difficult to build that all and it seems to work pretty well, thanks for checking out the video, take care and be safe
OUTSTANDING VIDEO RANGER... AWESOME JOB
Thanks David I appreciate the kind words. Take care
I think you could have taken off the threads on the intake bell for smoother air flow, but that is all I have to say, nice build.
I actually like the intake design, nice and big, overly large but good for air intake.
This design of burner is my favorite.
That is bad ass I would have never thought that would work lol very clever and good way to not buy oxygen... would that work for oxygen/acetylene torch
Borax works well as a steel flux??? Asking because borax is easy to get but I have no idea where to get actual steel foraging flux or what I would be looking for...
🌐🔨👉 Yuo know a litle 👈🍀💯⬆thank for your class , Big Teacher....
Thanks to you and Alec Steele. I just built my first double burner. Turned out good. Thanks Again!
Nice job! I built a similar one to Alex's using tubing instead of pipe with a stainless burner and an .030 mig tip. The placement of the tip is adjustable longitudinally the entire length of the tube, it does make a big difference in the placement. I do believe when you get that stuck in the forge you will be able to open the air intake WAY open without it going out. I was able to melt metal with mine. Thanks for your efforts in making your videos for us 👍
Thanks for the information I think what I'm going to do is build a longer threaded stem so that I can adjust the gas inlet up and down a little more to test it out, another subscriber suggested I make the flair adjustable as well, so many good ideas I don't know where to start. Thanks for checking out take care.
BIG DOG FORGE Yes, I would guess your mig tip is a little deep in the tube. You could gain a little by dumping the pipe cap and weld a 1/4 inch nut on the end of your pipe that the mig tip screws onto. I made mine adjustable in all aspects so I could use this burner to develop a baseline for each individual forge when I build them, then build a fixed burner on the specs that I saw worked for each. I could send you a pict of mine if you wanted. Your flame pattern looked pretty good to me. I found that a 7 degree flare on the flare tube worked the best in the flame pattern, but now we're splitting hairs.
Van Der Hoof man, do you have a video of your burner?? I really love this one from big dog, but I want one that is more reliable, so I can use it on every day forge and to make Damascus steel as well... cheers!
I would have went and made the mig tip height adjustable as well to find what gives the best flame. Would have put a swivel elbow on the end to allow for this and a longer threaded pipe for the mig tip/choke.
Yes use the smallest mig tip
Cool build!
Great job on the burner. I've made a few now and each one has been a little picky and needed fine tuning. I like your adjustable choke. May have to do that on the next one.
Beautiful
Nice Build. Will copy this for myself. Thank you for sharing.
Man! That's a pretty forge. If you decide to sell it or know where more are, I'd love to get one.
Excellent video, nice instructions step by step on a great designed burner! Thank you for sharing.
Good call on the stainless steel. I made my first one with black pipe flare and it melted right off haha.
I made one should make the flare adjustable
That sounds like a great idea hadn't really considered it but it makes a lot of sense, I think I'll take a second look at it thank you for the input it is much appreciated and thanks for watching.
Great job one of the best burner builds on you tube. I must give it a go. How does the flare hold up.
Thanks Paul, just started using it but the flair seems to be doing pretty well it's built out of some heavy stainless pipe. Thanks for tuning and take care.
the best burner build on UA-cam
Very Cool!
Thanks, take care.
A Flam like that you'll be building motors for NASA lol
just a suggestion. it might be a good idea to put a nut on to lock down the air inlet plate.
Another nice informative video
Thank Andres, and thanks for watching.
hey man, This is an amazing build. I wish I had access to the tools to do this build. Would you be willing to build and sell 2 of these burners?
If it's still tight and not abused, that's actually a hell of a nice lathe.
Have you, or would you, ever consider making this to sell?
This is one of the nicest burner builds I've watched. Nice job, I'm definitely going to build one of these.
That is a helluva burner!
Thank you and thanks for watching.
Wow just wow! Such a complicated burner to make yourself and you pulled it off perfectly. Amazing as always. Thanks for taking the time to share.
Thank you Joe I appreciate that very much. Thanks for tuning in the care of yourself.
great video thanks
Thanks for checking out Bret, have a good one.
the black hole forge!
I know it's the worst, it reminds me of the tar pit, thanks for checking it out Wade. Take care my friend.
Nice burner thanks for the info on building a burner
Cloud you list all instrument ? Size and Name of each ..
I want list to buy everything in hardware shop . pleaseeee
I'll see what I can do.
Excellent work! You won't have to change anything on your burner.. it will stay lit once it's in the forge and you can open up the air to its potential. Blown burners have the same issue.. Won't stay lit outside the forge.
Thanks for the video. ..
Thanks for watching, and you are correct in the forge it works perfectly. Thanks again.
..Thanks for this Tim! I am going to make a Gas Forge later on and will use your Burner design, if you don't mind? Now you are going to be busy turning out Tongs and Burners !!!...
Thanks Ol James I hope your build goes well I'd love to see a picture when you're done, I don't know about burners but the tong orders are backing up. Good to hear from you my friend take care of yourself.
I used o.25 works good
Good to know thanks.
Probably the best burner build I have seen to date!!!! Nice work sir. Thanks for posting.
Thank you and thanks for watching.
I've built the David hammer style burner, I'd like to build one of these to compare heat output love those old lathes I'm jealous!!
I do love that lathe it works really well and it looks cool just sitting in the shop, I also build a David Hammer style burner I could never get it quite right I got it to work but it just never produced the heat that I needed in comparison this one seems to be light years ahead, but I'll just have to wait and see until the forge is rebuild. Thanks for watching and take care
That is kick ass!!!
Thank you and thanks for tuning in.
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Well, Tim, you did it good. Anything that works when you are done is a good job. You be safe too, and have a great day.
Thanks Philip hope things are going well take care my friend.
but the burner looks good
I appreciate that thank you very much. Have a good one.
you have done an amazing ability to make things im impressed i made a burner out of barbeque parts and my air compressor as i cant afford to buy a forge burner as well nice work
Good job on the burner grayem, necessity is the mother of invention and I love to hear about how people overcame a problem to continue moving forward using what they have at hand, good job. Thanks for watching and have a good one.
I like it, I was going to buy one, but I think I will make it instead. Thanks for the how too, really really helpful
Thanks David, good luck with your build I hope it turns out well. And thanks for watching I do appreciate it.