hickman

yeah, the reason behind using what I did was durability, figured I wouldn't need to worry about it falling apart and big bonus, cost me nothing to have made...I tend to be cheap when starting a new hobby, still kicking around the mini smoker/ bbq pit idea. I could increase the internal volume a significant amount by going to 1" of wool, coat with satinite, topcoat with Plistix, and hard firebrick in the bottom.

Yeah, I realized the size issue once I started reading up on the wool issue, thinking of going with only 1" of the wool and a good coating of either Plistix or ITC 100. I am also considering cutting the pipe in half and stretching it 4" in the horizontal plane with 1/4"x4" flat bar, would give me a 2" high x 6" wide cavity, 12" long. I think this might actually work for making knives, or small items, but I am just starting out and don't know for sure. I hate to waste the time and work put into this one already but I am not a fan of throwing good money away. Might make a nice small portable BBQ grill...

Thank you for the info Sir, I just like to know how old items are when using them, makes me wonder what they've been through in the time since they were created.

Dumb newbie question here, could one of these be used as is or lightly modified to run a 1 burner forge built from 6"x 3/8" wall pipe and with 1 or 2 inches of insulation, haven't ordered the kaowool and ITC yet. The forge body is 14" long. I do have a 2" sched 40 nipple welded in with set screws installed for holding a sidearm burner, just haven't bought everything for that yet either. Hope it is okay if I tag along on the OP's thead, if not let me know, or a mod can kill the post as I'll be offline for a day or 2.

simply put, unreal. That was a major undertaking for sure, just goes to show what good old American ingenuity can do. Well done sirs.

Got a 105lb Arm and Hammer anvil from my Dad at Christmas, is well worn as he has used it as his primary farriers anvil since 1973. I id'ed it with help from the forum, but I am looking for an age on it. The serial # is C5057 and it is a wrought Iron body with tool steel face. I do not have access to a copy of "Anvils in America" myself, so is there any chance someone could help me with this? Thanks, Phil