kevan

Thanks for that Michael.That was very special.

Kevan

Very impressive. Beautifully executed.

sad

Excellent. Wonderful interview.

Kevan

I compliment the work and the effort. As an avid user of the beads, your work has inspired me to try and make my own.

Regards,

Kevan

Excellent video. Thanks for the effort and concur with the "age is an attitude"

Kevan

I am definitely with Michael on this one. Cut the hole later. Where you think you will place the hammer now may not be where you will place it when you actually have it in the shop.

Kevan

Lovely looking shop,any chance of a peek inside?

How interesting!

Kevan

A very kind thank you to all my peers for their comments. I am quite surprised at the level of approval, but I think it is the rivet heads that make the statement. Over the weekend I will post a photo of what we did, it is actually a bit of sleight of hand.

Kevan

Maybe not to everyone's taste, but then you can enjoy the blacksmithing instead. Hey man..

Not quite in the league of Danger Dillon or RoryMay,and more fabrication than smithing,but nevertheless a fun job exactly to the customers specs. The finished product weighed almost 150kg (about 320lbs) Done together with a collegue in our spare time.

Simply because no manufacturer would make inscriptions on the face. It is more likely a picture of the side or body of the anvil.

Are you sure this is a picture of the face?

I would be inclined to take it. From the poor quality picture it does not look too bad and even if it is, so what. Peter Wright anvils are good and a grinding disc will fix most things.

Crunch,

No fans or extractors, just the heat of the fire and, I think, the length of the stack. Regarding the smokey-ness of a side draft vs the hood, I was of a similar opinion as yourself until I built this thing. In fact even that delightful smell of green coal smoke has been eliminated from the shop now that I have a side-draft.

I also think that Glen from IFI must get the credit as it was to his specifications that I build it. It seems to be that all the respective size ratios are spot on and we have indeed come up with a super sucker.

Kevan

Bill,

The smoke stack is 12inch diameter, the hood/extractor is 14 inch square and 32inch long or deep. The hood is slightly off level so that any rain water will run to the back and out of the hinged flap at the rear. The chimney is 14/15 feet long and extends at least 4 feet above the roof.The air pipe from the squirral fan is positioned about 3 or 4 inches ahead of the bottom lip of the hood.

When the chimney is hot and the fan is fully opened, the flame from newly added coal "bends" into the hood for about a foot or so. The draft is so strong that if you light a match at the mouth of the hood, it will not burn.

Regards,

Kevan

Clinton,

Just off the picture,against the last rung of the ladder is a 1 inch solid bar hammered into the ground about a foot or so.......I know what you mean, been there , broken that...thanks for the comment. ;)

What are the dimentions of the table? I really like the side draft set up. Nother question, What kind of pipe or tube did you use for the smoke stack? I am working on a forge and need to make some decisions about material for side draft and smoke stack.

Table is about 900 X 500mm (about36 X 20inches) and the chimney is 1.2mm galv sheeting rolled to 12inches.The success of this sucker,I think is the 14 feet of chimney which actually causes the flame to roar.

Regards,
Kevan

For anyone interested, a few pics of my conversion from hood to side draught. The best workshop decision in 19 years. My revamped shop is now smoke free, as are my lungs. Thanks to site members for their comments and advice.

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Terrific anvil and very nice shop too>

Having neither the skill nor the confidence with heat treating and needing a pair of hammers, I took two club hammers, a cutting and grinding disc, a few hours and came up with these.

I thought they turned out OK.

Neat shop!

Why can't I see the pics?? Or rather, where are the pics?