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Thanks. :) And no, I just looked at a lot of pictures, then came up with my own design in my head and went to work. I never drew anything up.

I've been working on this for a while, but only a little bit at a time so it's taken me a while. Also it's my first time working with bricks, so I'm sure it could have been done better. In this picture the rest of the chimney isn't atatched, but after the bricks comes a 11" round metal pipe. It's built outside and I'll be building a pole barn around it soon. Everything seems to work really well, the chimney pulls in all the smoke. :)

I scoop everything out of my firepot onto the table then sprinkle water over it, but not into the firepot.

I have the same anvil. I don't know anything about it that wasn't already said. Cast iron with a steel top, etc. Is "Southern 10" the model name or what? Anyone know the brand?

My forge is pretty solid beneath the chimney. Regardless I'm only going up a couple of feet with brick on the chimney, then the rest of the way with pipe, so it shouldn't bee too heavy.

That's a really pretty vise...

I didn't really draw anything up, I pretty much winged it. I started with the legs, then after they dried I build a wooden form about 2 inhes from the top and poured a concrete slab 4 inches thick (with a lot of metal in it). Oh, and when I ported the concrete I made sure to stick a 2" flange right into it and left a hole above it for the air. That way I could screw on the metal pipe underneath. Then I just layed the bricks out on top how I wanted it. It was pretty simple.

Yeah, it's out back under one of those bbq tent-thingies until I can build a pole barn around it.

A lot of things you can rivet or forge weld. How often have you actually thought: "I really need a welder for this"? If pretty often then you might want to look into one. I think a good blacksmith should have general knowlede of welding, but if you don't really need one for the things you're interested in making I wouldn't worry about it too much.

Well, I'm most of the way done with my forge. I still need to build the chimney, but I think it's coming along great for my first atempt at masonry. :P I've fired it up once and it worked great. I'm not used to my metal getting so hot so fast, I pulled out a piece and it was dripping. I'll have to watch that. :P

I use royal oak for pretty often since I have to drive almost 3 hours to get real blacksmithing coal. It works a heck of a lot better than brickettes.

Depending on how cheap it was (if it was extremely cheap) I'd weld a flat piece of metal on top of it to act as an anvil face until I could find a better anvil. I've seen videos of people hammering on rocks so I guess anything is better than nothing. At least it's got a hardyhole and a in-tact looking horn.

Thank you very much, you answered all my questions. Some even before I asked them. I'ma go see if I can load up on the stuff in the next day or two. :)

When he said keep it damp (forgive my probably dumb question), did he mean keep it damp while in storage or damp while it's burning?

Wow, I've never thought of that before... but it seems logical. :D

I live in a town Called Chiefland in Florida. I've been using Royal oak charcoal when the store has it in stock, which seems to work pretty good for me. But after lots of searching I finally found a source for coal in Williston. It's only fifteen or twenty minutes away from me. The guy told me it's pocahontas No. 9. Anybody ever forge with it? He said it got too hot for some people and you had to keep it damp with deisel (I dunno if that's true, but I'm not sure I want to be breathing deisel fumes all day). Basically, if anyone's ever used pocahontas No. 9, I'd like to hear what you have to say about it. If I should go load up on some or if I should go to the only other source I can fine that's 2 hours away from me. I'd really appreciate the help. :)

I have no idea what the code is in my area... and my shed is attatched to my house. Should I go the safe route and just build an outdoor shop?

How hot does the outside of a brick chimney usually get? Would I need to put something else around it where it goes through the wood wall to keep it from burning the place down?

I plan on building a new brick forge sometime soon. I plan on building it in my shed, which has wood (T1-11) walls. I can't take the chimney through my roof, so I was planning on building it up, then through my wall, then back up over the roof. I've never built this kind of thing myself before, so I was hoping for some advise on how to bring the chimney through my wall (or if it's even a good idea to). I really don't want to burn down my shed, so any advice anybody could give me would be greatly appreciated.