Fiberfrax and soft firebrick supplier (ABQ or internet)?

I'm looking for Fiberfrax (or similar) boards and insulating firebricks (the soft, lightweight kind) for building a temporary, reconfigurable forge. I've tried a couple of local brick suppliers and have been going through some Google hits with no luck so far. Does anyone know of a supplier for these in Albuquerque, or possibly a reliable online supplier that will sell small quantities?

Thanks. Bert

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Bert
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There is, or used to be a large jewelers supply in Albuquerque called Rio Grande Jewelers Supply. They carried all kinds of refractory material for casting & silver soldering. I specifically remember white soldering blocks that were made from Alumina if I recall correctly. Take a walk through the Yellow Pages. Bugs

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Bugs

Must not be a lot of hot furnaces in NM?

Go here, look around, but the nearest for you is either Texas or Utah, bummer...

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Javahut

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Roy

I think you will have difficulty buying these in broken boxes. IFB used to be only in full boxes here in Dallas while hard brick could be bought each. On the other hand, some refractory suppliers will sell left over from rolls and individual boards. Check Refractory in Yellow Pages. There are a number of glassblowing studios in Santa Fe. You might ask them.

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james pelzer

Have you tried

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? Don't specifically recall seeing firebrick, but theyhad kiln cement when I shopped there 7 years ago.

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Steve Ackman

The soft, insulating firebricks are good, but they are rather fragile when at temperature. The heavy-duty ones take longer to come up to heat, but are much more sturdy. You might want to use heavy-duty bricks in the floor of a forge, or any place the bricks might get knocked over...

I'm using stacked bricks for the mouth of my forge. It's easy to hook the end of a piece and pull over the bricks when taking something out of the forge. I've done it a couple of times...

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I have a bunch of Fiberfrax-----did you get my reply of 10 minutes ago?? it didn't show up in my "sent" file---Jerry

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It appears that you tried to post a binary. Don't do that.

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Bert

I'm currently looking for board, not blanket, but I'll keep you in mind if I ever get around to building a more permanent forge.

Bert

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Bert

Their website does show firebrick, but no Fiberfrax board. Their bricks are a little pricier than other online sources, but since there would be no shipping they may end up close to the same. Thanks for the info.

Bert

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Bert

Thanks to all who responded. In case anyone is interested, here's what I found on the suggested websites:

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- couldn't navigate beyond the home page (couldbe a browser issue)
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- no bricks or refractories
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- Fiberfrax blanket but no board;no bricks
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- Fiberfrax board andblanket, no bricks
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- ceramic fiber boardand blanket (brand not specified), no bricks
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- no bricks or refractories
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- bricks, Kaowool board and blanket
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- Insboard, Inswool,bricks

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Charles Spitzer

Look also for "boiler liners".

LLoyd

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Lloyd E. Sponenburgh

Perhaps the issue on the

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Have you checked the local fireplace, ceramics, etc supply house in town ? or near by ?

Martin

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Martin H. Eastburn

Vermiculite board? I've never heard of vermiculite board... Is it some sort of cast refractory w/vermiculite in it? Does it work very well for a forge?

This makes me wonder... has any one here cast their own board? I'd think most people would just use castable to fill whatever forge they have, but maybe you could cast some in a deep cookie pan or something... Maybe add some crushed-up firebrick or vermiculite.

It's just a thought, but maybe you could use the board as a liner over ceramic blanket to keep it from getting eaten up by flux?

Well, it's probably more trouble than it's worth...

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