Chilla
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A Forge Furnace and Raising Tool (FFART for short). An experiment that went surprisingly well, takes about 1/2 an hour to make the body, and about 10 minutes to make the burner. The only exotic component not able to be acquired from the junk heap or the local hardware store is the Kaowool. -
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A random pattern damascus paring knife with a coolibar bolster and jarrah grip. -
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Chunky blade and a solid grip -
Another ordinary blade, the grip is beef wood and red mallee burl segments. -
A pretty ordinary blade with a silky oak grip -
Well what can I say, my fist attempt at cable damascus. I added a beef wood grip and brass cross and butt cap. -
Cheap would be rammed dirt. Castable refractory would be more expensive, maybe 165 ARC from Foseco, it sets overnight (ready to take heat the next day), has a high heat shock resistance, and is solid enough to make a weigh bridge out of. You could use Kaowool, and cover with a castable refractory. There are endless possibilities. Regards Charles
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Even simpler, a piece of pipe, with holes drilled along it's length, dig a trench in your back yard, keep the drilled holes pointing up, bury one end in dirt, fill the rest of the trench with charcoal or coal, blow air through the other end of the pipe. The only real draw back is that if the wife catches you :-D
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That's cool, how low tech do you want to go? My first forge was a wooden box lined with hard firebricks. I have since found ways to make even simpler forges. The simple forges are cool as you can make them very large, and they cost next to nothing to make. Regards Charles
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Lose some weight... then try to find it again :D
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That mix is going to be heavy. Are you making a gas forge or a solid fuel forge. If you are making a gas forge, I would suggest getting some Kaowool from a kiln or pottery supplier, and some Kaowool Rigidizer from Thermal Ceramics. It will be much lighter. Oh and don't buy the Kaowool from Thermal Ceramics, not unless you "want" a 7 metre roll. Regards Charles
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Hi Guys, I work from home, and as long as I work 7:30 - 7:30 weekdays, and 9:00 - 7:30 weekends and public holidays, there's not much the neighbours can do about it. Fortunately my neighbours aren't home during the days so it's really not an issue. If they are I ask if there are any problem with making really loud noises. Anyway I could always fire up a furnace and melt some brass on their wash day it they want to get nasty... nothing says love like smoke through the clothes ;-) Regards Charles P.S. I wouldn't really smoke peoples washing... would I?
