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very nice.

ok thanks, i got it now!

Many thanks for all the responses, i have thought about building a fabricated fire pot after seeing the job Aljeters made, very nice. Would this last long? and does clinker stick to steel as bad? thanks again chris.

Try Vaughans in the uk, they have all you need but aint cheap.

Hi all, i have my forge going for a while now, been knocking out the odd bracket and small stuff, So since moderating the hood (Thanks to all who gave me advice) and tracking down coke instead of the coal i was using, i have noticed far less smoke after it is up and running But lots more clinker. Now my set up for the fire pot is simply a kind of basin of firebricks sunk on a table, with a hole in the middle for the air to come out covered by two large washers with holes in. So the clinker has started to form around these washers and sticking to the bricks, causing small amounts of the brick to come away. Now my question is would i be better off making a fire pot like Aljeters, or going with Tom Allyn's pipe cap as i used 2in pipe on the ash dump, and filling in around the pipe with refractory. Or will the same thing happen with the refractory and it start coming away??Also does clinker stick to the metal fire pot? sorry for so many questions in one post...

very nice axe!

love your work, inspiring, also your square firepot , did you make the round one also? or is it bought?

cool.

nice job!

that looks great, and all the hardies wow, just one question is there a hardie hole under the piston for the tooling?

very good, you could turn the the tube upside down so the air flow was nearer the top! just my input. great advice Thomas :)

cool work, love the Firebird, could watch that all day, the way it moves, very elegant. thanks for the tour of your work.

really nice work, thanks for pics

nice forge, for the belt, i used the inner tube of a bicycle on my blower,. just smaller than the wheel on the forge, so it stretches tight. Just my input.

cool ,i thought it might be for putting a blood gutter on a blade when i first saw this!

many thanks Ironstein, and to Mark keeling the man who built the "hive" (iaba) it was a great experience to be there, the sheer work involved in constructing this must have been immense. And my thanks to all the blacksmiths on this site for there many truly inspiring contributions to this beautiful art, long may you inspire us. Go raibh maith agat, Chris.

very coool.

great info you guys, many thanks, will have to give these a try.

Never say never Ten Hammers, glad you enjoyed the photos, it was a great experience to be at this, the first of many for me i think. p.s. Thanks to Glen or whoever for making me an Advanced member.....

many thanks Myloh67. chris.

also..

well here goes.

Was at this , loved seeing all that talent, would have liked to have more input into the project with TOM JOYCE ,but they had a job to do creating there panels, so just watched after day one. But enjoyed seeing the craft unfold before my eyes, also there was great seminars in the market house. thanks to I.A.B.A., Peter Cassidy and all the blacksmiths who were there. Go raibh maith agat. (thank you) p.s. will post some pics soon. p.p.s. MYLOH67, you wouldn't know where i could get borax from in eire, have tried many places with not much success. thanks again chris.