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== Status ==
== Status ==


A certification process is still being worked out. If you want to help with that check in with the small metals area host.
A certification process is still being worked out, very close to completed. If you want to help with that check in with the hotmetals area host.




== Safety ==
== Safety ==


*Eye protection required
*Flammable Gas
*Burns
*It's loud
*you might want a respirator


*Burns
== Use ==


Area
Prep


*Clean up, vacuum up debris that has fallen out of the exhaust duct. It's plastic-ee and smells horrid and very unhealthy when it burns.
*Stack pile-O-bricks around the slot to suit your work. The entire slot must be covered.
*Make sure there is nothing flammable on the top of the forge.


Start up


*Turn on the exhaust fan with the timer switch on the wall.
*Open the valve on the tank.
*Open the slot forge valve on the manifold on the wall.
*Press the start button on the front of the forge.


Shut Down


*Press the stop button on the front of the forge.
*Close the slot forge valve on the manifold on the wall.
*Close the valve on the tank.
*Leave an indicator that the area is hot.