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IMG_0147_1.JPGYou might want to consider building your next forge. Even if you feel that a venturi burner is a little above you to build you could always just get that part and build the body. These are my two forges. The large one is build in a large mail box. It's lined with ceramic fiber and coated with a refractory cement. The smaller one is the forge that gets the most use. It's cast from Cast-O-Lite castable refractory. All the iron parts are from a hardware store along with the brass nipples and gate valves. The brass valves I got from High Temperature Tools and Refractory. You can get the ceramic fiber, I think the carry Ins-wool, and the refractory also.
The burners are blown but they are easier build that venturi burners. The air source is a bounce house blower that I picked up used from Ebay.
Doug