Still not sold on propane forges after fighting mine for 6 weeks

I spent 6 weeks messing with a propane forge I built from a kit and it just never got hot enough to weld. Everyone online swears by gas but my setup kept losing heat through the door gap no matter how I adjusted it. Finally switched back to my old coal forge in the shed and had a billet welded in 20 minutes. Has anyone else had more luck with coal than gas for forge welding?

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kim.sandra1mo ago

Wait, six weeks and you never got it hot enough to weld? That's crazy, I thought those kits were supposed to be pretty dialed in. What kind of burner and insulation were you using? I had a buddy who fought with a gas forge for months until he realized his regulator was only putting out 5 psi instead of the 15 he needed, and after that it worked like a dream.

wrenwilson1mo ago

Wait, 5 psi? That's like trying to boil water with a candle. I ran my first forge on a weed burner setup and still got it hot enough to burn off my eyebrows. Your buddy must have been pulling his hair out for nothing.