Hit 200 hours on my new forge and the difference is real

I got a Johnson 2400 last fall and just passed 200 hours of run time. The heat control is way steadier now than it was at 50 hours, especially for welding Damascus billets. Anyone else notice a big change in their forge's performance after a certain number of hours?

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abbyl4911d ago

Yeah, that makes total sense. I mean, it's like the whole thing just settles in and the refractory cures completely, right? My old forge felt kinda raw and jumpy for the first hundred hours too, then it just got way more predictable. Maybe it's just me but I swear the flame even sounds different once everything's fully broken in.

the_holly11d ago

Notice how the heat seems to soak into the whole forge body more evenly over time. It's not just the refractory curing like @abbyl49 said, but all the metal parts expanding and contracting until they find a happy place. My theory is that after a couple hundred cycles, every little gap and bolt settles into a consistent pattern, so the whole system loses that new, tight feeling and just works. That steady soak is what gives you such solid control for tricky welds.