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That will take a good hammering for sure

CWell at least you guys get the advantages of a lower value of sterling when your out for rekindling old trade deals with growing economies instead of those your constantly bailing water from Cheap anvils etc? Live in hope boys n girls. Chances of filling a shipping container in any reasonable period? Not good Go for it but just don't anticipate a better deal once you pay for shipping and transport from the sellers to dock Workable anvil about £ 150 collected from seller a nice one up to £ 350 Exchange rates will fluctuate for a few months till we get a new leader in place etc

Well at least you guys get the advantages of a lower value of sterling when your out for rekindling old trade deals with growing economies instead of those your constantly bailing water from Cheap anvils etc? Live in hope boys n girls. Chances of filling a shipping container in any reasonable period? Not good

Thanks again. All good stuff John B obvious when thought through but easy to omit on my first build

I think ( though I am not sure) it's a tool used for putting tacks in the soles of clogs etc. I lived close to an area here in Lancashire UK that was once over the predominant area for making shoes - (when we had a poor working class and had a third of the world as our empire) once over and I have seen a lot of similar but not quite the same ( hence I am not 100%) The staff that did it were called clickers and they got paid piece work for thier labour

Thanks JohnB and pictures as well! Yeah I was thinking a dump on the bottom. I left enough so I wasn't needing to dump until the end of the session. The ratchet I get - good idea for sure. Is the danger running with too little air then breaking into the coal or what? The two square flanges with the pull out plate for the air choke look good to me. My plan was always to put in that raised internal floor - what kind of min / max on that as regards the plate thickness? Also saw some cast iron heavy grid covers recent and wondered if I might source one the right size or one I might alter? Does the airflow still work if it's not centrally focused in the burn pile though? That's what I fear with a grid cover Thanks for taking the time, appreciated

I plan on putting in what amounts to a false floor in from heavy plate. Deeper can be made shallower but shallow can't be made deeper was the way I figured it Learning process for me like I say 2" sounds shallow but if it works for you why change

I work with this stuff. It's electro plated not galv the quality of zinc is slight and likely creates less hazard than the coal More Londoners were killed in a big coal smog post war in one winter than in the blitz of ww2 Like I say first burn and I expect it will be gone. It's relative and this forge is for outside use Galvanising is far more dangerous ( hot dip) due to massively higher concentrations and have unfortunately seen the results this in co- worker in the past. I have to grind heavy sprue from the hot dip process weekly and I take those risks very seriously Could we therefore leave this subject of electo plated m10 x 40 bolts?

Thought as much thanks The zinc will burn off first proper burn and become plain steel ones

I have about a day in it so far and every thing was from my " might come in handy pile" part of my fabrications company. Flame cut by hand The paint is a bit overkill but I want it to start life looking nice ( remember it's for clients to see and I don't want them to know it's scrap pile built) The pipe is actually some 5 mm wall chs I had spare and rusted. Is it worth even considering water Cooling? Not that I have quite figured out how yet!

Decided to make a portable coal forge for added customer intrest at shows. Never done this before ( I use gas) not worked on a coal forge for near three decades either - forgot so much! This is were I am up to trying to decide on were to divert excess air ( thinking in the horizontal directly in- line with flow? Via a sliding trap that I could pull or push from front end? I'm The fire pot is roughly a foot square by 6" deep made from.. 5 mm ( sorry I forget the imperial about 3/16?) Pipe is 2 1/2 bore. I plan on putting in a heavy floor plate well slotted to heat centrally as this could be adjusted to suit situation? The pipe is flanged but I have no clinker breaker. I figured this was overkill? Couldn't I just rod is out down the vertical?

Phone a few wedding planners? All for keeping them out of that box thing mentioned though

It's two nations separated by a common language I never knew the connotations of " flaming " from a US point but them again " scrumping" is to steal apples here and I think that had a total different meaning in your nation Too many words in a buisness not good. Needs to be short, sweet and memorable imo

To me, I. Need to walk 360 around the post vice when scrolling - this counts benches out

6013 will mix better than a 7018 lohy you will be doing a lot of grind then weld grind then weld as the interlayers float out Nothing will be truly structural after electric welding of proper wrought iron. Take care what you promise and take on