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    CanIRON. I have been to every CanIRON event (except Quebec) and I co-ordinated CanIRON VI & XI.
    I have a very bad habit of racing automobiles on frozen lakes, 5 time BC champion, 3 Canadian Championships, 2 World Challenge championships. I'm just a beginner.

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  1. zak54

    Hi.....just came across your post about your trailer on IFI. I have to set up a trailer as a blacksmith shop due to local building bylaws.....only allowed so much square footage of building on a given property, and so am thinking of building one on a flatdeck trailer. Is that what you have....I don't mean for using at displays where you work outside the trailer.....I'm intending to set up and work inside the trailer. Any help, comments or photos would be great.

    Thanks,

    Simon

    1. swedefiddle

      swedefiddle

      Good Morning,

      Our 'Flyin' Forge' is 17 feet long with another 4 feet for the reach, the box is 6 feet wide, the sides are 7 feet tall. When both sides are up, it is almost 20 feet wide. The sides are the awning that protects the Blacksmiths, from the weather. There is a 2"x3" rectangular tubing as a stiffner for the sides, running horizontal to the ground. This also acts as a rain gutter and diverts the rainwater out an end. There are 2 safety props for each side, 2" difference in length to allow you to choose which way the water runs. The safety props are made from exhaust tubing. The coal forges pull out sideways, about a foot. When pulled out, the smoke pipe goes straight through the roof. The Blacksmith stands on the ground to work. We have a double, swinging overhead chain block to lift the Anvils and Post Vices out of the trailer without anyone getting hurt.

      The sides are hinged at the top. The sides are opened with hydraulic cylinders. The hydraulic pump is a Chrysler starter motor, chain driven to a power steering pump. A reservoir extension on top of the power steering fluid reservoir, is made from a 6" dia. steel pipe, 24" long.

      The hydraulic control valves are water/oil hand valves from a hardware store. $1.29 each x 4.

      Don't think hard! Think safety! Think Simple K.I.S.S.

      Yes, we have to do a little maintenance now and again. We have been using it for over 20 years.

      Neil Gustafson, Victoria BC

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