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lighting a forge ( Coke ) in 7 minutes
GottMitUns replied to the iron dwarf's topic in Solid Fuel Forges
Iron Dwarf, Looks like you and I developed the same technique half a world apart with the same results. About the only difference is I use a MAAP gas plumbers torch with a trigger button to light the wax block (and my gas forges). If you don't have one of the torches look into them, they are quite handy. Russell -
I have a 3 burner whisper forge that is the least used forge in my shop. it works great but entry and exit are a pain for the stuff I work on. My main home made forge is on its 3 generation and less of a pain for entry and exit for the stuff I work on. notice it always the "stuff I work on" that is the problem. If you have a welding and machine shop available to you I suggest you build your own. Start with a small 1 burner and learn from there. I have 1 store bought and 4 homemade in my shop and sometimes the "stuff I work on" still wont fit. Russell
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For 3 sons who I get to try and pass some of this stuff on to and a wife who knows he man. Russell
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(Yet Another Request To) Identify My Anvil
GottMitUns replied to Jon Reese's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
AIA says a Trenton with SN: 84860 would have been made in 1909. I'm not sure what to do with the "A" in front of the number. Russell -
170lb - Anvil or really nice shaped ASO?
GottMitUns replied to Tubularfab's topic in Anvils, Swage Blocks, and Mandrels
I am fairly sure that is a dead blow ball pien hammer in the picture. try it with a wood handled hammer of the same size and I bet you will have a different outcome. Russell -
Same as Swedefiddle. I forge mine as is and they come out fine.
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Mad genuis or just mad
GottMitUns replied to intruder357's topic in Induction Heating, Oil forges, etc
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I cant quite figure out the video. was that the end of you burner? If it was, and it had no flair on the end, it probably wont work outside of the forge. that has been my experience at least. Russell
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I'm betting on it being a air problem. To much or to little is the hard part to figure. frosty is the expert and I'm sure he will chime in sometime. Go read the stuff on the gas forge page if it well come up and see if any of it sounds simalur to what yours is doing. What brand is it by the way? Did you check for dirt dobbers in the burner tubes and rust in the orfuses? A lot of times that solves a lot of problems
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Post some pics of the forge and burners and I bet someone here can diagnose the problem. A video should help too. Tke the time to add your location to your profile and you might find someone right around to corner from you to trouble shoot it russell
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Patternwelded "Bronze Beast" Liner Lock & San-mai Razor
GottMitUns replied to TheoRockNazz's topic in Folding Knives
Man that looks GOOD!That razor might be a little wide to get between the nose and upper lip! I shave with a straight and if I could, I would grow a stash so I didn't have to shave my upper lip. Russell- 11 replies
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Fabricating metal chairs
GottMitUns replied to Steel Glider's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
On a closer look at the picture, is there a hinge at the junction on the seat and the back? if so are there any other hinges on it? Russell -
Y&D Here is a pic of a 55 side blast. The tweer pipe is duct taped into the blower and stuck thru a ragged hole in the side of the drum cut with a chisel. The drum was lined with red clay that we spent about a hour hammering into the bottom of it. It took about 3 hours to build the whole thing, and this was in a country were I didn't speak the language! It was not pretty but it was up and running on day one. Russell
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Aaron the Newbie from Ga (pics included)
GottMitUns replied to AaronForgeNewbie's topic in Introduce Yourself
Like M Cochran said, construction scrap works fine and by brush I mean limbs and such that you clear from trees. one thing I found funny when burning wood in a forge was that I got more clinker with it than I did coal. I had to pull out a baseball size lump about every 2 hours. this probably had to do with the fact that the construction scrap I was using down there had been a live tree a few weeks before, and all of the scrap was covered in a thin film of mud. 10-19-15 228.MOV In hind sight I know I was using to much air and had the fire built to big, but I was working with what I had and on a tight schedule. Russell 10-19-15 228.MOV -
Black steve, I think the pressure tank need to be inside the 55 gal drum to be effective. bring a vent line off the top of the pressure tank and down to the bottom of it so that the wood gas that is generated burns and adds heat to the tank. you should not need a leaf blower. Russell IMG_0404.MOV IMG_0404.MOV that was one we built for The Goliad Forge