Heres my idea for the way it will sit minus the burner and tinware in the dragonsbreath zone. Old bbq base w wheels so can move the forge and store the bottle underneath when not in use.
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Wall e will say not a bad idea.
Here is one I built!
It is a similar setup so will give a couple of recommendations! Once lined with two layer of Kwool and santite, it gets very heavy! I have a lower back fussion years ago so everything in my shop is on wheels for easy movement! I had mine just setting on the top of the cart, (my thought was it so heavy why mount it) bad idea! I rolled the forge out of the shop to use one day and something was laying on the drive way and I failed to see it. The cart rolls very easily the way I designed it! It rolled over whatever was laying on the driveway which rocked the cart, I was able to catch the cart from going over but, the forge rocked over on that side as well. As you can guess the forge came off of the tops since it wasn't mounted down! It crashed to the concrete breaking up the coating inside as well some of the fittings. It is now mounted to the cart and I put several heavy tools at the bottom on the cart as well now i store all my steel down on the bottom which counter balances the load! You will need enough weight at the bottom to counter the weight of the completed forge, (for reasons now obvious to me) LOL
This forge has been re-worked several times as my needs have changed! As you can see in the top pick both ends were hinged at the top and big suitcase type catch holds them shut. The hinged ends allow for the chamber to be more accessible for initial build and repair/ inspection! The ends have two layers of Kwool and are coated as well.
My thoughts behind the hinged ends was in case this I now have a use-able 20" chamber, in the middle, without opening the other end. I figured I can flip the one end up and contain the heat with a stack of firebrick if necessary at the other end. The other end has a gate which can be lowered if I need to contain the heat more, under normal use the smaller the opening the quicker the forge gets up too heat!!
If you are thinking of down the road longer knives or swords the hinged end is defiantly the way to go. For that matter a long chamber is nice but as Ed said you will probably need two burners.
Another thing I have seen done is on longer chamber, a fellow maker made a plate that is the correct size for his chamber and it can be slid in and out thru the raised in. In effect when you only need a short chamber you can slide it in the chamber and use only one burner. Don't have a pic but think plate turned on its side with a bottom leg that will keep it from turning over. You can slide it inside the chamber and make the chamber any length you want! Of course it will not seal tight but it does reduce the heat loss at that point inside the chamber.
Here is a pic of that gate. The plumbing has all been reworked in the latest version of my forge. Ed Caffery is the one who suggest the up-turned angle of the burners, one to eliminate a hot spot on the material and two to create a vortex, and it works well!
I kind of consider a forge a work in progress! I put a material support on this forge when building it. You can see it in this pic of when I first started my build.
Then reworked it so I could adjust the height, something that can be necessary for weird situations concerning the material you are heating. Normally it lines up with the fire brick i used in the bottom for welding but shortly after I began using the forge I had a piece that was thicker that the part in the heat, so to get it to lay flat in the forge I had to have some height adjustment as well built into the material support! It also slides in and out of two tubes welded into the framework for adjustment on how far out I need the support!
So as I said this has been a work in progress. Most will tell you there is always something that I wish I had done differently and I as well. I have gone back and changed some of the things since the initial build and some were necessary to do after the accident when it came off the cart. Live and learn!!!!
Good luck with your build a forge is a fun item that lends itself to pushing you into new areas of knife building!! One of the things that helped me the most was advice from other builders as well as looking at pics and deciding, "hey that is a good feature I want on mine!
I am having PC troubles today so had to go back and include a photo that didn't post. Feel free to ask myself and the others if there is anything that is on your mind! Don't consider my info to more important than other but don't mind sharing!!
