GOEDEG-2 Stainless Steel Forge/Foundry Burner and 0-30 PSI Regulator with Gauge. Foundry Casting Melting Copper Brass Aluminum Silver Gold Weld

I've had this burner a few days now and have had time to try it out. My forge is brand new and self built from a 5 gal air tank. Its insulated with 1" of ceramic fiber and has 1" firebrick on the bottom. I have been into knife making about 3 weeks now and started with a small brick forge for heat treating but it did not work very well. So, a new one was built and this burner was bought to use in it.The first few tries with this burner were a bit disappointing, it sputtered a lot and sometimes went out. This was found out to be due to operator error and/or forge design. The regulator that came with this burner confused me in it operation and the forge did not have enough exhaust and was causing a back pressure problem with the burner.After re-reading the instructions that came with the burner the proper operation was understood. The regulator should be turned off by turning it counter clockwise fully before opening the tank valve. Once the tank valve is opened the regulator can be turned clockwise to allow propane to flow. This regulator turns off flow completely when fully counter clockwise. With a long lighter in the forge and then turning the regulator on the forge light with no problem and the regulator could be adjusted to any pressure.The problem with the forge was remedied by removing the front cover and opening the back cover completely after removing the firebrick that I has standing in the back. This allowed the burner to breath better due to reducing/eliminating back pressure with better exhaust. The sputtering issue was resolved.This morning with a cold forge a 1/8" thick knife blade was brought to full transition temp in slight over 4 minutes. This was using 12 psi and adjusting the choke to a slight open position. Excellent.I took a picture this evening of the forge and burner in operation and it is included here. With the proper installation and exhaust the burner is performing well.Overall, this is an excellent burner and of good quality stainless steel build. After a rough start due to no fault of the burner the forge is operating very well and I'm pleased with the purchase.

I gave this 3 stars due to air regulator portion of this burner. Overall, the materials used were high quality, but the design of the air regulator could have used a little more thought. The holes are so big that there is very limited space to put the set screw. Also after several separate attempts, I still have not been able to get a consistent correctly burning flame. I plan to take the burner apart and make the air regulator portion more easily adjustable with finer adjustments to include making a tighter fitting sleeve for the air adjustment.

A convenient home made product, works

The important thing to note is that I am using this for melting brass and aluminum.I do not have any forge welding experience.The most important thing to keep in mind is the flame cone MUST be adjusted for your needs and your forge/kiln design. Take some time to learn about flame jets and do some experimentation to gets yours just right. I had to change mine by a couple degrees due to my kiln's burner angle in order to get the right flame jet. I have melted many MANY crucibles of aluminum and, recently, one crucible of brass.

While this burner is built strong the sleave will slip and slide and the adjustment screw is to hot to adjust in use. The fuel valve works great. If it had a better air regulater that could be easily adjusted that was insulated from the heat It would be perfect.

Well worth the money. I switched from a hairdryer and coal power to this and I will never look back. Melted twice the amount in half the time. Well built and good instructions.

I could have built a burner myself and done a better job. This is not a commercial built burner. It uses plumbing parts and a mig tip for an orifice. The mig tip was crooked in the fitting. I should have returned it but I put it in my forge and fired it. It constantly pops back into the tubing. It did get to forging temp. I thought maybe I had my forge choked down too much so I opened it and still had flashbacks. I pulled the burner, straightened the mig tip, cleaned up the tubing, put it in my vise and fired it. It was a little better but not great. The tubing is thin the air control is really coarse. I’d pass this by, build your own or find a commercial made one.

This thing is awesome, I spec'd and sourced the parts to build one of these out of plumbing parts from the local hardware store. All told I was in for about 100$ but it wasn't even as nice as this one. I pulled the trigger for an extra 20$ and time saved building it! HOLY CRAP I'M GLAD I DID! The quality is awesome and I used it to smelt a whole 5 gal bucket of scrap Aluminum in about 2 hours!