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Stones in the coke
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Washed one kitchen bowl full of the coke in the bathtub and found 6 little stones and some little pieces of slag. It seems like they are mixing some gravel into the coke in order to stretch it. Maybe there also is some very pure blacksmith coke out there. But what counts at the end is the performance in the fire pot. Will report about that as soon as I can test it. Thx for the replies so far! -
Stones in the coke
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Coke plays a special role in the UK cause it is the only stuff you have in big enough amounts. Bituminous coal is traditional for Germany, Czech Republic, Sweden etc. I guess that is the reason why you have that kind of supreme coke. -
Stones in the coke
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
Tank you very much for the reply. Asking some people I found out that stones happen to actually often appear in coke. Joe even said that he had cast iron pieces in his coke... I will ask the supplyer why they sell such impure stuff. But I will simply have to test the stuff and decide what is most compfortable for me to work with... -
Hey Folks, today I got two bags from a company called "PPS Stade" located in the near of Hamburg Germany. One bag bituminous coal from Sweden and one bag blacksmith coke. Of course I inspected the coal and the coke by taking one glass of each and look through it. The coal is very clean and has no "stuff" in it. But the one glass of coke contained three stones, one white one (I think quartz) with black dots and one looking like flint stone and one that looks kind of like basalt. Of course the stones originally appeared black from the dust but I felt that they are different from the coke and washed them. My question now is whether that is normal and acceptable or whether I will have to raise a complaint against the coal supplier where I bought the stuff? I mean I actually paid money for stones that will have no heating function but clock up my forge... Here are some pictures: Thak you for your advise in anticipation! - Daniel
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Does yours have the same dimention? And what did you pay? I paid 67€ for the flue and 41€ for shipping...
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Hi guys, after so many fellow blacksmiths kindly answered my thread (http://www.iforgeiro...ke-hood-needed/), I decided to give it a try and ordered me a flue. I found that the installation Brial Brazeal uses and that was suggested to me by Alec will be the cheapest and easiest to realize for me. So I ordered a spiral pipe with a diameter of 315mm (12,4 inches) and a length of 3m (~10ft) on eBay and the thing just arrived yesterday: I will post any news about the development of my project in this thread for those who plan to built the same kind of construction. - Daniel
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Ok I see what you mean. I drew out the taper on the far edge of the anvil respectively on the horn where I profit from the radiuses. But on the flat face I first equalized the indents the radiuses made and secondly I rounded the square taper off by hitting on the corners and afterwards hitting while turning the steel. So generally you´re right but in that case it would have been not only senseless but contrary to what I wanted to achieve. If you made one yourself I´d be looking forward to see a picture of it or even a video how you are forging!
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Thanks for the kind replies! I appreciate your support and the motivation you give me with your feedback!
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Hey blacksmith folks, those of you who are interested in how to forge a hook on a pole for example to open hatches or to use in the gardenwork may take a look at my new video: . I hope you like it... Kind Regards - Daniel
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Also very interesting setup! But I am afraid I´ll have trouble getting the materials needed for it on my budget though.
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Good advise. And thanks the red one is my anvil the second one belongs to a friend of mine. Both I brought home from my visit at Joe´s shop. These are by the way Swedish made Kohlswa anvils ~200lbs.
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looks pretty good!
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Right now I am using the "Heizprofi Schmiedekohle" by Rheinbraun Brennstoffe. But the quality of them became worse so I have trouble forgewelding so I think of transfering to coke. You might be able to see some of the wind issues also in my YT-videos...
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Well I have to see where I can get these flues and how much they cost here... My point with the wind is that the opening is not "THAT" big and the flue stays quite high over the fire and gives me no protection from the sides so the wind might just blow out all smoke. But I have no experience yet with that so I will give it a try. Maybe I will just combine both the barrel and the flue...
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Thanks Phil! Pictures look good, but I think this setup will only work in a closed shop. The wind in my shop will be too strong for this construction, I am afraid...
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Perhaps I will have to do further improvements on the shop and the forge. But I actually don´t need a perfect result. Just a little less dust in my neck and smoke in my lungs would be very nice already ;D.
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Hey Folks, I´d like to ask for your advise on a project I want to start soon. My shop is half oudoors so I have a roof over the head but literally no walls. Until now I have always had my forge standing just free and hoped for good wind... But as you can imagine I take quite a lot smoke and dust and I mustn´t damage my body with stuff like that at my age. So I want to install a smoke hood over my forge. The only problem is that I only have a very limited budget of about 180$. So I guess I have to take a DIY-solution. After some research and discussions with some fellow blacksmiths I came to the conclution that this design (I know I ain´t very good at drawing...) would give me the biggest bang for my buck: This is my shop: And this is the design I´d like to try: The hood will be built from an old oil barrel, cut out on the front and bent upside to form a guiding-shield. On top of that the chimney will be installed reaching through the roof of my forge with min. 8" diameter. Would you also advise me to do it like that or do you have a solution (any construction plans) that might be more (cost)effective? I´d be very happy about any advise you give me! - Daniel
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wine bottle holder
Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo) replied to Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)'s topic in Metal Sculpture & Carvings
Thanks! Welding something like that is no option for me. I neither can weld, nor do I like the look of it... Yea forging together is much more fun than alone. And one can make much bigger projects if helped by someone like I was on this project. -
Hey fellow blacksmiths, some of you might allready have seen my YouTube-Video "Forging with TechnicusJoe July & August 2012." If not you may check it out because it shows some excerps on how the following project was put into practice: As a project to make during Joe´s visit at my shop I had the idea to make a wine bottle holder as a present for my father. So after some sketches and discussions we decided to make the holder like it eventually turned out. At that moment the only source of steel I had available was simple rebar, so most of the work simply was drawing out material to the right shape. The whole holder with a sample bottle: The top ring was forge welded and rivited, the lower ring was also forge weldet and fixed with a tennon joint. The holding beam is decorated with a fishtale-scroll at the end: The v-shaped base plate has curly cues at the tips on the one hand for decoration, on the other hand for safety and stability reasons: The holding beam starts of sqare and then converts into flat bar... ...and is fixed to the base plate via tennon joint. We both were very sattisfied and my father was very happy about his present. I hope you enjoyed the post about my little project. I appreciate any tips and critique on how to improve my workflow and the way I report about it in this forum. Regards - Daniel