Brown County, Kansas Ag Museum Blacksmith Shop Pics 9/19/08

[irnsrgn]

an early picture of the little forge evolution



Its buried in the trailer right now. But

1. Its 1 fire brick high, setting on end.

2. Its 2 fire bricks wide end to end.

3. Its 5 1/2 fire bricks long laying side to side.

4. Its waist high with short pieces of angle welded to the bottom corners on end that the tops of the legs just fit into.

5. The legs fold up like a gate leg table and are made of some light wall tubing that is used on small auger flighting to fasten the flighting to.

6. The Flue is 2 sections of black 8 inch stove pipe with the bottom edge at the seam cut crossways each side and folded out. The opening is 7 nches wide by 8 inches tall with a scrap of sheet welded to the bottom and a smoke shelf tacked at an angle about 2 inches back from the front edge.



7. There is a short piece of 1 1/4 sch 20 pipe welded in the center of one end so the pipe is about an inch above the fire brick, with a 3/8 nut welded onto the pipe outside the base and a short bolt is used to secure the tuyere in place when in use.

8. The Tuyere is a piece of 1 inch sch 40 SS pipe transitioned to a 3 inch diameter piece to hook to the air source. This picture shows the butterfly damper for use with my bellows.


9. I have since cut down the sides aways and bent the sides out to give more area sideways to keep coal from falling over the sides.



10. I have added a handle/tool storage rack to the flue end, and the flue base is bent back on itself 180 and hooks over this bar to hold it in place. And there is an end section to lay tools etc on.

11. The flue is drilled and 2 shortened cotter keys have been inserted and the ends bent apart for the attachment of baling wire to anchor the flue sideways, and a hole on each side is drilled into the side to run the wire thru.

hope this helps you iron rose?

[irnsrgn]

This was my reference for making the lil demo side blown forge.

[irnsrgn]

oops, got my wires crossed, but will leave it up anyway, it may help someone.

sorry,
jr.

[ironrosefarms]

Jr. I was asking about the brick forge you are in the process with. But that info on the other forge is sure to help someone!

Thanks
James

[irnsrgn]

Yeah, I know ironrose, I was down there this afternoon to clean the forge with muratic acid and to get some measurements for sheet to make the hearth.

1. the opening in front of the flue is 29.5 inches inside the brick and extends out from the flue 28 inches.

2. the cover for the coal bin is 35.5 by 14 inches outside to outside of the bricks.

3. The part where the flue sets on is the same size as the coal bin.

4. The hearth is waist high to me.

5. the side draft Hofi style main flue is 13 inches square and 65 inches long to get outside the building.

6. The flue stack will be 10 3/8 OD 12 gauge wall tubing, setting on top of the side flue like Mr. Hofi's, with a concrete pad at ground level with angle iron supports down to it to support the weight,

7. the tubing is 20 ft long and I will use all of it. With another section like it in reserve.

8. the easiest way for me was to use the bricks they provided and start with 90 lines drawn on the floor and placing the bricks out with a spacing of 3/8 inch between them to get the dimensions of the forge body correct without having to cut a lot of odd length bricks.

Jr.

[ironrosefarms]

Thanks, trying to arrange my schedule to go pick up my bricks.
James

[racer3j]

Great work- and if someone photoshopped me into the picture, no one would know the difference.Maybe that is the bad news.
And, I'll just take the moment to thank you for all of the good advice you provide.Mike T.

[racer3j]

I was going to edit but no one would see that. I think you are safe. It is the mason with whom I share a similar build, "hair" color and beard- and the ever present jeans and a "T" shirt. I have not yet progressed to the suspenders-braces , but they are in the house here- and it may just be pride.Mike T

[irnsrgn]

Forge update 9/23/08

tuyere bolted in and some bricks laid in place. Bowl laying on bricks.

Fire Bowl muded in using 1/3 dry shredded horse apples and 2/3 field clay just damp enough to compress in your hand and hold together. And Sprinkling brick dust over the plain clay filler.

Coal bin cover (1/4 plate) in place and a wet gunny sack laid over the clayed parts to retard drying and hopefully prevent crackin.

[irnsrgn]

Ag Museum Blacksmith shop Forge update 10/2/08.


The initial lift.


Installing brace work.


Brace work done.