Nick Szlosek

Hey Dave - I recently picked up a Buffalo forge myself out in Greenfield MA. Mine is a large shop model forge that has had at one point or another new sheet metal placed in the bottom of it. I plan on replacing this in turn with some thicker sheet/thin plate. Since my firepot looks identical to yours here is my question: How does the firepot sit flush when you have the two longer "lips" that sit up higher than the two sides with the bolt holes? When I purchased mine it simply was fastened with the two side edges flush but the top and bottom lips just hovering in the air. I have never seen a firepot installed this way and I don't think it is correct. Unfortunately I don't have one I can look at right now to compare. Hopefully my question was clear. If you could explain or maybe take some closer pics than the first one you included that would be great. Thanks! Nick

I will post some better pics after I can get it cleaned up more, but here are some that I have already... I started cleaning it up the other night with a wire wheel when I found the "GOLDIE" impression on one of the leg chamfers. When I looked at it again in the morning I could see the "133 Attorney" underneath some remaining rust on the opposite chamfer. I recently got my hands on a sandblaster and some "coal slag" media so I will see what that can do about the spots I can't get to with my angle grinder. Unfortunately today is pretty rainy and the two bags of "coal slag" I had in the back of my truck are now wet. I'll have to wait for them to dry out. Some of the attached photos were taken before I started cleaning it up and some are during. You can see in two of the photos the welded jaws one of which has started to separate. In any case I'm pretty excited about my find! Especially since it was going to get scrapped at the end of the month! Nick