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I cast the interior of my forge with Kast-0-Lite. It is resistant to flux. For the past couple of years I have been using a Ribbon Burner and a Pyrometer. I get the stack up to 2315 degrees and weld without flux. That sure cured the flux problem and I get better welds with out inclusions...

Tracy, did you forget www.WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith.com? The last I checked by the time you figure shipping and other costs that the others add on I had better prices and service. After all I have used the equipment that I sell and advise customers as to simple and quick wiring and set up. I...

Check out my web-site. You can run the KBAC 27D with a 2 hp motor at 115v. This drive is in a NEMA 4X enclosure, which means that it is dust proof and water proof when installed correctly. To my knowledge it is the only VFD sold in a NEMA 4X enclosure. I also sell a wiring kit which includes...

The Alex Bealer Blacksmith Association of Georgia meets the third weekend of each month in a member's shop the third Saturday of each month. Go to www.AlexBealer.org to view the schedule and see other activities of the group.

Ed, if you have a vertical forge it must be blown, you have nothing to lay the metal on while it is heating so you probably have to hold it with tongs or have a piece long enough to hold the area not being heated, if you are using flux the excess flux falls to the bottom of the forge and...

Ed, go to the forge supplies page on my web-site and check out the two attachments there. They will show you how I like to build a good, long lasting efficient forge. Let me know if I can help you.

The shafts on 56C motors is a standard (they are all the same diameter and length. If you got your replacement wheel from www.USAKnifemaker.com I think that you may have mounted it to the motor with the milled indention mounted toward the motor. If you turn it around it should work fine. If...

It doesn't look like there are any blacksmithing groups close to you. There is the Alabama regional forge in Pheonix City, Alabama, and the Ocmulgee Blacksmith group located around Macon and a regional forge in Savanah. http://www.ocmulgeeblacksmithsguild.org/ Of course there is the Artist...

Where in Georgia?

Send me an e-mail with what you are building and what you need and I will try to help.

Jamie's GIB is a good option and you can get a reasonably priced quality grinder out of it. Check out his web-site. You could also check out my DVD for $45.00 and build your grinder from standard off the shelf metal. You may already have what you need or can check out local salvage yards...

For a 20# Propane Tank forge you should have 2' of ceramic blanket. How much is your time worth? It is probably cheaper to buy more ceramic blanket if you need it. Metrikote works great for reflecting the infrared rays back into the forge, where it is needed. the Kast-0-Lite is a good...

Instead of using pipe get a 20# Propane bottle or a Freon bottle. Read my attachments on the Forge Supplies page. The Plistix is not necessarily flux resistant but Kast-0-Lite is. The Plistix is an Infrared Reflective product and helps keep the heat inside the forge. Cast the floor with...

Check out the attachments on the Forge Supplies page of my Web-Site, www.WayneCoeArtistBlacksmith.com. Let me know if I can help you.

I have tried, on two different days, to open the RibbonBurner.pdf that Tracy posted both unsuccessfully. If you are having trouble opening it go to the Forge Supplies page on my web-site and open the attachments. That has John's tutorial along with a bunch of other information that I gleaned...

John put the feeder in a location that it can stay up.

Humming Birds come into the shop at the local Ford dealership and fly up into the beams. Like Bubba San they could not get them out so they got Humming Bird feeders, filled them and hung them inside the shop, near the doors. Now the birds are happy and there are no problems. I wonder why your...

This is amazing, a bunch of big ole tuff knifemakers.. The guys that Cyrus Vance and others fear, morning over a few little birds. I sure am glad to see that there are others, in addition to me, that will be morning tonight. I hate it for you Bubba. I don't know how I could have handled it.

There are many different makers of ceramic blanket, Inswool, Kaowool , Durablanket, etc. I am concerned about the design of C Craft's burner placement. The burners are angled down. If he is using Propane, Propane is heavier than air and the gas would have a tendency to settle out of the...

Lucky8 the information, plus a lot more, is in an attachment on my web-site on the Forge Supplies page. I run my forge with about .5# of pressure and have been welding Damascus billets with no flux. Let me know if I can help you.