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    Music? whistle while you work?

    in Blacksmithing, General Discussion

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    I usually have the local country station going. If I really want/need to keep going, I usually turn on the local rock station. The same when I'm studying or working on other school projects.


    yeah thats basicaly what i do unless I put a cd in. Although in my welding shop if I`am doing ALOT of welding I put on my leather jacket and put my
    mp4 player in the pocket and run the earbuds through the jacket under my hood to my ears!:D It happens:rolleyes:

    Frog Pond's new forge!

    in Gas Forges

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    Tom tells me that he is getting some reaction. I thought I'd better take a look. Thanks for all of the input. There is a page of the torch machine pics here:
    Torch

    And another project I did with it here:
    http:www//.accuratepower.com/Rest

    There are a few threads about it on related boards out there, I'll try to dig them up. It has been a few years since I built it, I have forgotten most everything, except how to use it.

    I've been thinking about the hole sizes in my grate for a while. I used this pic as a guide:
    TUYERE.jpg
    I figured I could make a bunch of different plates to drop on top of it, if it turned out to be way too much. I think I'll draw and burn some to try out. Maybe one with a slot off to one side for a little "side draft". Tom fired it up yesterday and things seemed to be going "OK". With the ShopVac slowed as far as it would go, it still doesn't take long to get things HOT. Maybe it will be a coal-eater in the long run. Walk away from it for a few minutes and it'll burn steel, but keep a close eye on things and there is not alot of waiting. I think he will be alright when he gets the hang of it. It will surely be easier to block some off than to open them up, so I erred that way.
    Regarding the ash dump, I wish I had a longer and smaller chunk of scrap for it, I went with what was laying around. Clogging the air pipe doesn't seem to be a factor. Open the door and kick the vac on at full power and the ash just flies out. The real issue is that the hinges are at the bottom of it all. Grit will get packed in there a little. If you flop it open and shut a few times with the blower on, it does clear this out too. You can also adjust the volume a little by proping it open a tad. I'm sure he/I will be fine tuning a bit.
    And yes, that really is all just a bunch of junk I had laying around. I sat on that washdown tray for 20yrs.. And to think, my wife says I should throw some of that kind of stuff out. I didn't know it would make such a nice forge, but I knew it was something. I have a ton (literally) of springs (leaf & coil), fork truck pins & forks (the square bar "cubing tine" kind), drops from the torch machine, wire rope, automotive valvetrain stuff (springs, valves etc.) and more (lots more) all around the place. I haven't thrown out a chunk of steel since my 4x4 building days (long ago). When Tom said forge, alot of bells went off for me. And being 15 and fit, it was easy to make him drag it all together and clean it up. He will have fun using it, and I know where he is.
    Thanks for helping and humoring my son, this is a GREAT board.

    FrogPondForge's Dad (Mike)


    Those are some cool projects! I get you a link to the same blower that i have ,it works good for my forge!
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