First time using a coal forge
Up till now all my experience forging has been with propane. My wifes uncle gave me a portable buffalo forge with a hand crank blower. I want to give charcoal a try so i bought 2 20lb bags of lump...
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HEY! great find! i would line it it with a clay mix. a re factory of some sort. that is almost just like randy's rivit forge. he lined it with a home made cob mixture. and if i am not wrong it did...
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Thanks for the info i think i will make a smaller one rather than alter this one i googled charcoal forge and found some neet ideas.Bob
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nice looking forge i use coal and i like the smell of coal too reminds me when i lived with my grandfather when i was young the whole house would smell of wood & coal smoke....i miss those days im...
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A solid fuel forge is great. You don't have to heat up the whole blade just to forge one small area and some things you really have to localize the heat to be able to do.Doug Lester
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it would work great for coal... but for charcoal you need it deeper...... you could stack fire bricks on both sides to get some height ... similar to the japanese forges... .. or do a side draft like...
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That looks a lot like the one I have,, but I dont have any cool wheels on mine LOLI'd line it with some kind of refractory, otherwise it wont hold the heat and will just scale away the pan. You can...
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I am also just starting to get into forging, I am thinking about building a forte out of a piece of 10" pipe about 24" long,split lenth wise, weld on end pieces,and put a 1" pipe with hole drilled in...
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