Finished the Portable Forge

[JWBIRONWORKS]

Well almost. A few minor adjustments and a coat of paint and it will be ready.
Used it this afternoon and I am very happy with it. The table was made for the propane forge.I may put a set of wheels on the 2 front legs. Here are a few pictures.

JWB

[keykeeper]

Very nice job! The table is a great looking design. For some reason, I like the 3 leg designs for tables and stands. Four legs seem to limit placement in tight shops. Not to mention one less leg to work around. I especially like the shelf location, will be handy for those items that "walk away" while smithing!

The forge looks like a good design. How efficient is it, and is there a lot of "dragons breath" from it? I would like to build one in the future, so I can smith year round!

[ApprenticeMan]

WOW JWB looks great! Nice easy setup, I really like the room on that table for stuff.

[JWBIRONWORKS]

KeyKeeper,
The forge table was built with left overs. The reasoning for three legs is so it will be stable on uneven ground. The shelf will be a catch all like any flat surface
The only thing I have to gauge the new forge against is the old "brick pile" forge. This one gets up to temp alot quicker and so far it seems I can do general forging at about 4-5# of pressure. I used to set the old one at 7-8# for general work.
I hope to practice/improve my forge welding with this one. If I only run one burner the dragons breath isn't to bad. With both burners going you have to watch the backs of your hands.
I was going to put doors on both ends but found that most of the time I left the front open and the back was some times closed sometimes open. I installed the brick shelves to give me a "porch" to lay metal on in front and a way to place bricks in back to close it up when needed.
The basic design came from Ron Riel's and Larry Zoeller's web sites.

JWB