Paint Can Forge - Second Fire

I adjusted the tip position in the burner hole, and the heat is far more substantial. I was concerned that it wasn't going to get hot enough...but I feel quite a bit better about the whole thing now. With insulation on the front and rear...and a bit more fine tuning of the burner to burner inlet positioning, I think it'll heat 5" of steel pretty easily. I'll also be ordering a bit of Plistix 900F as well to increase the efficiency. Thanks for looking!

Cris

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[Grim2112Reaper]

hey what are using to heat the forge and how long does that small bottle last?

[crisnrachel]

@Grim2112Reaper I'm using a Bernz-O-Matic JTH-7 Propane/Mapp gas torch. I don't use the little bottles (I just did for the test fire), I use a 5gal barbecue style propane tank. So far I've forged a 12" x 1 1/2" x 1/4" piece of steel down to 1" wide x 15" long, and made and heat treated 3 knives...with around 2gal of propane. If you look at my channel you can see a better picture of my setup in my most recent couple of videos.

Cris