Daniel S

When I said union, I meant coupling. My plumbing experience is mainly with stainless steel Swagelok fittings. My burner is a 3/4" black pipe tube with a 1" tee. The reducer is 1" to 3/4". The flare is a 3/4" coupling. After reading that I'll have to reline the forge every so often, I wasn't too worried that this initial flare might not last forever. Having built one burner, I feel like I could throw another together when the need arises. Leak checking all of the plumbing is a must. I hope that that refractory works. I got all of my refractory and insulation materials from hightemptools.com. I believe that Wayne Coe also sells the necessary materials on his website, but I didn't know that when I ordered my stuff. Good luck with building the forge. I like to play with coal, but not getting dirty while forging is nice sometimes. The last time I went into Starbucks with coal dust on my face was an experience. I'm pretty sure they thought I was homeless.

I would pass on that anvil if it is a long drive. Search the St Louis craigslist for anvil, open the link for the mayer trip hammer. The guy with those has a large amount of anvils.

I forgot to add that I used a black pipe union for my flare. In the second picture, you can see how far the tip is extended into the burner tube. The burner works a lot better when the tip is aligned in the middle of the burner.

I used a reducer Between the tee and tube on my burner and it works. Were you trying to use it in a forge or in the open? How far you have the tip inserted past the air inlet is also important. My burner seemed puny, but once it was inside of a box it was easier to tune.

Are the boxy jaws something particular to iron city vises?

I got my copy a few days ago from amazon. It's a really neat book to have, with lots of fold outs. If anyone is thinking of getting a copy, I would recommend it.

That's a great find. Those jaws are definitely robust. How much does it weigh?

Checking the sold listings on ebay gives a good idea of real prices. There are always people asking the moon for their stuff. There's nothing wrong with it in my opinion. It usually means that they'll be willing to bargain with you after it hasn't sold, but not always. If the selling prices are high, to me it's a great time to unload unneeded stuff. It could also mean that the economy is doing well enough that people have spare cash to invest in hobbies.

I gave up watching TV several years ago, with the exception of The Woodwright's Shop and Antiques Roadshow. During a moment of boredom last week, I turned on the TV and saw this show was on. The name of the channel made me think that it would be similar to the Secrets of the Viking Sword documentary. I gave it five minutes and felt worse for it. That sort of nonsense is why I stopped wasting time with the television in the first place.

I haven't shaved with a razor for many years. When it's warm I'll trim the beard away to nearly nothing. A few years ago I sheared the beard and stache off completely. Everyone told me I looked like a little boy and should grow it back. I use a mix of bees wax and pomade on my mustache, it makes eating a lot easier. I've neverr had a problem with it around the forge. If the wax starts melting I feel like my face is too close to the fire.

Good score on the forge. My dad used to use one of a similar size. With the cast iron pan, you'll want to line it. The casting of the pan may say to do that before using. Before adding more oil, you may want to make sure theres not a lot of junk in the gearbox. That is a great size forge for portability.

Setting a hot part next to cold ones and grabbing the wrong one.

Thank you for the translation.

I have a hammer like this that is 12 lb. I picked mine up at an antique store along with a 12 lb cross pein hammer. In this post, 1:42 of the first video, they seem to show one in a rack of top tools. I dont speek hungarian, so I'm just making a guess at it also being a top tool.

I would definitely recommend building one. Read as much as you can before starting, it will save you headaches I'm sure. The tradeoff with building one of these and using what you have is time. The time I spent building this wasn't bad, but it does add up. All of that time could be spent forging. If I didnt have neighbors so close I'd have kept my rivet forge and if I wasn't feeling so cheap I'd have bought a gas forge. Having finished this, my dad is wanting to build one too. He has a piece of steel tube that he's wanting to use, so this next one will be a little different. Like I said, I recommend building one. It was a fun project that seems to have worked out pretty well.

Instructables is a neat site, but there are a lot of really good threads on making gas forges on this one. I've just completed my first and really like it. I would recommend you read: '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> '?do=embed' frameborder='0' data-embedContent>> You will likely spend a little money to build a forge, but not that much. I would also read Frosty's replies on gas forge threads, he gives a lot of useful information.

I got to use the forge this weekend. It worked really well. We started making a hot cut for the anvil I have at home, but didnt have time to complete it. It heated a piece of 1 1/4 " axle up pretty quickly. I think the best part was forging for a couple of hours without getting dirty. My dad is wanting build one now also.

It's a B3.

Jim, I'd read that this model could do 3/16 mild and 10 gauge stainless. Dan

I've been wanting to get a shear for a while and look on craigslist every couple of days. They don't seem to come up to often and are usually pretty expensive. I've been thinking about getting one of the eight inch one's with the bar slot, but just haven't pulled the trigger. A couple of days ago I checked craigslist and found this guy. The blades could use sharpening and adjusting, but it cuts right through 1/8 x 3/4.

I use it to remove scale and keep the piece smooth as I forge. Some of the first advise that I ever got from an experienced smith was that it can make the difference between something people will buy or not buy. I also use it to clean off my anvil as I'm forging for the same reason.

A few months ago I asked theblackfrog about how he like his Diamondback forge. After his reply, I nearly bought one, but got really cheap at the last minute. I've been running low on creativity and motivation lately, so I thought building a forge would be a good idea. The internal dimensions of the forge are 4.25x9x4 inches with a 3/4 " burner. Right now I'm running an 024 mig tip, but have 030 and 035 to try as well. It is insulated with 2 inches of inswool covered with a couple of coats of Satanite and topped with ITC-100. I shot the outside with some 2000 degree primer and will probably paint it red sometime. All in all it was a fun project. I'm sure I will find plenty of areas that I would improve in the next one I build, but I haven't really used it beyond testing to see if it will work.

Seeing the parting line, it could be a Soderfors. Peter Wrights were forged not cast.

I've wanted to go to this, but I've always got something else going on. How was it?