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Agita

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  1. First: Sorry for the double post.

     

         GOOD NEWS, I'm apparently an blatant Idiot. I got frustrated saturday and fixed my forge on accident. I had a fire going, had limited the area into about a 4" square with good fire but it still didn't want to heat correctly. I got mad and pulled out everything except the burning coal, spread out the hot coals over 18" or  so of the air box and dumped a bit of coke over top. Entire thing opened up and it worked like a charm...............

    Got good heat, it only took 30 or so seconds to heat 10"or so of 1"round mild steel to yellow. 5 or 10 seconds to bring the heat back to the same level from cherry red. Simply amazing airflow. But if you covered up 4" of the face the blast disappears. I've spent the better portion 2 months choking the fire.

         I built a shield that blocks smoke from entering the blower; it works well. The only complaint now is that it looks like it will eat fuel and the smoke doesn't want to go up the chimney. What a fool I am for limiting the size of the fire. When I started I had 50% blocked and just got smaller.

     

    Anyway problem fixed. Thanks for your suggestions!

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    Here is an older file of how to forge a grape leaf. This one is out of copper, but it is the same process for steel. Learning how to do a two sided taper 90 degees to itself on the far side of the anvil to isolate a chosen amount of material and then isolate the amount of material for your stem on the near side of your anvil by doing a two sided taper perpendicular to itself and 180 degrees to the previous two shoulders formed on the far side is an important skill worth practacing.

    Gonna try this, I've made leaves before but not like that. Very nice work!!!

  3. mmmmmm, I might keep it around or try to use it like above, otherwise It will sit in my future shop as a nice forge beside others. I have many blowers. And a few forges. I was hoping for this one to be a nice option to avoid a brick and mortar forge. I'll probably try to find a house of my own in a year or so and I'd rather wait for permanence to go all out.  I'll just collect toys for now :D :D :D :D

     

    I have this inside a shop now. nice chimney hooked up. I just can't do that easily with a rivet forge. :(

     

    Sill gonna try though. I'm stubborn :rolleyes: *****edit******note****** ---> I don't want to destroy or hurt the forge , So no permanent mods.

  4. WEEEEELL ,,  I forgot to get the numbers. I got home last night around 3am. That's what I get for having friends. 

     

    *Forgot to mention I can burn up or melt metal easily. (I get frustrated and leave it in for a while and crank hard. I've had mild steel burn up like fireworks or fall in half and splatter on the rocks((I do know melting metal btw)))

    ^ ^ ^ ^ now what sense does that make. Not a good heat but will burn up the metal? Just say 10 or so seconds after checking and having a dull red or half light red color. 10 seconds later of cranking, pull it out burning. :angry:

     

     

    @ThomasPowers & @HWooldridge    ~~~   Heat treating eh? Like it a bunch,... even though its not practical to use normally.

     

    @Backwoods Blacksmith & @RidgewayForge   ~~~    I will block up the back of the air slots to concentrate the air blast and pile up the coal. Sounds like a good Idea. Seems to be a common and sensible idea to try.

     

    @brian.pierson   ~~~   The bottom of the forge where he blower attaches is a solid plate of cast iron with a 4" or 5" hole where the blower tube attaches. The air simply comes through a  hole, a cast iron box with 3 long slots sits on top of the hole and air filters through that. The coal in turn is placed on top of the slot box and rises up through a chimney in the rear. (although half the smoke comes from around the hinging lid you see). So it would be hard to change much anything without modification to the original mounts. I've already had to hunt down a hard to find bolt that was broken as well as taping a 1/2" round hole through the cast iron side. (Cleaning out 1000+ year old rusted threads)

     

    I also intend to place a shield to absolve the recycled smoke/gaseous problem. As well as figuring a way to connect a new electric blower (I still need parts for) :lol:

                                                                                                                                 Anyone know where a original buffalo forge rheostat for a 2E blower would be sitting?

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  5. That forge was designed for a very particular task and so doesn't do well at other more general tasks; just like a Prius makes a poor anvil hauler. I strongly suggest you put it aside until you find a task it is well suited for rather than mess it up trying to get it to work for your tasks.

    Would you happen to know what that task might have been? I've never seen a forge like it.  (I don't want to modify it or harm it ,  Its just too pretty to sit unused though :( )

  6. I have just got a new electric blower I want to try to hook up to it. Maybe it would help the recycled gasses issue. I'll also try to reposition the piece being worked on. I've made it a point to try to keep it in the exact heart. I'll limit the air too, hopefully later on tonight.

  7. I have a strange "rivet forge" that doesn't use a clinker breaker or tuyere like a normal forge. Long story short My smaller champion farm forge takes no time at all to heat up a piece of key stock,

    but my larger forge takes forever. This is surprising because it puts out so much heat I need a pair of welding gloves just to take the steel out with tongs.

     

    Just to be clear, I have the steel in the heart of the fire. It seems to lose heat quicker than with my other forge after I take it out. Same coal and/or coke. Enough airflow to put out a 48" flame from the crack in the door.

    One of the only things that worries me is that the blower is mounted in a  way that it sucks in a lot of heat and smoke. Also I have put some firebrick inside to limit the giant inner space (none of the airflow is blocked, only the width is limited)

     

     

     

    Some of the pictures I have are from when I first got it, I'm just using them to show the setup and strange air vent system it has in place.

    The air blows through a 4" hole into what I will call a "slot box". There is a ash dump at the base of the pseudo tuyere. Don't think it would matter but I did remove the rust and  have painted it inside and out with 4000 degree paint.

     

    Any ideas or help would be much appreciated. (or identity of the forge itself!!!!!) :D :lol:

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  8. I've just picked up a Buffalo blower, Model no2E. It has a Buffalo Forge electric motor attached to it dated feb 13 1918.

    Looks like It was last used around that time too. I decided to clean it up a bit. De-greased it and color came through. A brilliant green.
    .....I've seen this green before. I have a never used 4" flatter that I cleaned to find the same color. The same story with some atha and random RR
    hot cuts, hole punches. All the same color green?

    Is this a historical thing I've missed? Most all of these items are 60+ years old. And I expect no one has just up and decided to color these in modern times.
    (then used them to the point that the color faded)


    Penny for your thoughts.

  9. Very Cool! I'll Try to build one in. Thanks for the links .

    Its all cast iron a little thicker than 1/2". the top matches the rest of the forge in material and thickness. Its rusty because the pictures were of the first day I got it.

    I'll put a few more.


    I love the look of the side draft. Can't wait for the trip tomorrow. I'll price it all out, give my design and see what y'all think.



    35lb rock hammer lol.

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