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New vertical forge
Made from an 80 gallon compressor tank that I shortened by two feet. It is lined with Minrox MX refractory cement which is rated for 3000 Deg (F). The lid comes off so I can smelt and cast with it also. The blower is 90 CFM through 1 1/2" pipe and controlled with a gate valve. Tomarrow I will wire in an electronic speed control and see how that works. If it allows very fine air flow control then I will remove the gate valve since it does restrict some air even when it is wide open.
The forge weighs 250 Lbs 200 of that is just the refractory (4 50 Lbs. bags used). It has a sliding/adjustable tool rest. Last edited by B.Finnigan; 06-24-2007 at 10:29 AM. |
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