nathand

Guys ive got it, been searching old posts and I am gonna build the super sucker side draft chimney a take all the old stuff down

Thanks guys in terms of building a chimney i wouldnt know where to start, im going to go for a hood for now just because of the fact that my set up is a temporary one until i get a bigger place, then i can build a decent brick chimney, i know its not the best solution but im desperate to get up and running, all be it without setting fire to the place or choking myself out, ive been looking for 12 inch chimney flues but have had no luck so far, im thinking of making one out of some cement lined ductile iron pipe???? it heavy but theres lots of it where i work and its free I just need to get the correct hood size now

thanks for the help guys the duct an fan in the photos are 4 inch, but like you guys have said this is too small i am now thinking on the lines of a 12 inch chimney then use the 4 inch fan that i already have to also blow air up the chimney which should keep it a lot cooler i will have to adjust the hood for 12 inch do any of you guys know what the best size to make the hood is???? is it in relation to the forge???? and what is the best height to set he hood above the forge???? thanks again

Thanks guys the ash dump on the forge needs to be modified once i get going properly i will adjust In regards to my location i live in SW England, Bristol, there is a local smith i think i might ask if i can have a look at there shop here are some more photos since the photo on my first thread ive lowered the hood but im still only guessing what is the best height??

Hello everyone I’ve finally managed to complete building my own forge and have got it up to some serious heat however i am now at the next minor issue and that is the hot air extraction?? First of all let me explain my situation i have only one real place where i can use the forge and that is at my mother’s house where i built a small workshop some years ago, now the walls are concrete block with a concrete floor, however the roof is timber and bitumen. Now when i started building the forge i did not want to cut a hole in the roof as was worried the heat transfer might catch the roof on fire, i wanted to vent the forge by using the same type of fan i used to blow air into the forge, this is a 750 watt chip/dust extractor i have an electric fan control device which i can vary the speed of air into the forge but was planning on having no such device on the extractor fan now this weekend i put in place all my metal spiral ducting and mounted the extractor fan to the ceiling. i managed to get the forge nice and hot but there were some issues the shed was still very Smokey, as i used some timber to get it going, and within about 5 minutes i had to shut everything down the extractor fan motor had become very very hot so much so i thought that any moment the windings were about to catch fire i think the problem being that the motor is very close to the fan body itself and the hot air has transferred heat into the motor so now i am not sure what to do???? Is it best to install a chimney??? im still worried about the heat transfer?? or do i adjust the extractor fan so the motor becomes remote and operates on a pulley belt system??? What have you guys done?? I have an attached picture of the forge unfortunately i have no piccies of the fans or extraction system i will try and get these in a few moments

Hi guys just a quick question ive found a new place to put my coal forge now, but am in the process of getting it set up, ive located a 100mm (4inch) plastic fan that will shift approx 280m3 of air an hour ive set it up with the idea of just seeing how it will run, ( as i was given it for free)i have a bottom blast forge and am planning using coke once the fan is running the air supply seems well how can i explain it is suppose its medium at best, im just wondering if this would be man enough to get the right amount of heat, also am wondering what amount of airflow will be required in terms of extraction. I ws thinking of a plastic fan as there is a hydroponics shop near where i live and they do various sizes that are relitively cheap, like the rest of the tools i require i am finding purchasing the right equipment rather difficult so am trying to make do with what there is freely available If my post seems a bit ignorant please forgive me as im a relitively new to this thanks Nathan

will do guys, thanks for all the info

Hello everyone Im just about to finish my coke forge but the place i was planning on keeping it is no longer available, at the moment im in the process of buying a house with a double garage, but the problem is the garage is going to house my kit car. I have enough room to work with the car there but im worried that soot and metal fragments may get into my engine and ruin it, i have just had it rebuilt because of a rogue peice of meatal that got into one of the pistions and smashed it to peices, so was thinking a gas forge may solve this issue??? Trouble is i know absolutely nothing about them ive had a good look at what others have done on here but just dont have an idea on how to do it are there any plans availible that i could build from i live in Bristol in the UK so was wondring not only what other components i need but also fittings etc as was thinking of a propane fired forge, i would also like to build a fair size one as well. i work in the water industry so can get hold of fair size pipe 250-300mm in diameter im relitively new to blacksmithing ive done a couple of traing days at west point forge down in exeter, and am now desperate to practice what ive learned so far so any advice and info you guys can add will be grately recieved thanks nathan