EnglishWraith

There you go Mud

Not ATM but I will get some for you. All I did was roll a section of 1" wide x 2/8th steel into a ring and weld that onto the top around the opening and used some Acme screws to then hold the chimney to the welded ring.

Seems as if my post hasn't been recoginised by the forum it's not updated last poster or moved it up to the threads?

Well it's finally finished, mouse hole cut out for longer jobs. and painted in stove paint just to look nicer. Even had time to polish the stainless chimney. My selection of coal has arrived today, Got three different types to play with and different sizes. But I start work tomorrow for my 5 day shift :( so first fire will have to wait for a while.

Ok ok I shall make a cut out :) before I paint it. So does this mean I can make swords now :lol:

This will have to live outside the flue for my workshop will cost $1100, as it's high and has a second floor :(

I did think that but saved cutting it until I need to I shall be starting small and working up in size i'm sure :)

Well after a weekends reading here, watching videos on utube, and a rummage around my scrap piles I have started to build myself a forge Here is the makings of the Hearth, with thanks to Glenn for his informative posts, anybody else's posts I have read ( too many to name ) John B for some questions and ideas answered, and to a few guys I was speaking to in chat ( I forgot your names ). It stands 14ft tall from ground to chimney top. Clinker breaker and fire pot made from 3/8 plate Hinged and weighted ash dump, clinker breaker handle and air control handle The air control Gate, the box is 3" section I have today got a bouncy castle blower as my air supply (thanks John) I need now to get some ducting, some coal and some tools and a anvil, but it's a start :) Oh and don't tell the wife I have told her it's a fan assisted BBQ ;) It will get a clean up and a coat of paint as to look nice and pretty Any Glaring mistakes please show me my errors Nick

Ha sorry still not 100% on terminology :( I have answered my own question via another search on google which brought me to another thread in here where there was discussion between bottom and side. With the outcome something along the lines unless you go full water cooled it's not worth the extra hassle of side blast. And looking at my stores I have enough scrap for a bottom blast. I will Pm you for some plans :) And will be looking in on the BG UK section :)

Hi everybody, this is my first post on here and after doing some reading finding lots of helpful information :) This is my first steps down building a forge route. I have been on a weekend course blacksmithing through a Archaeological society I was part and really enjoyed it and moved through it too quickly for the tutor :) He said I should take it up. I had finished making a candle stick and even had time to make a fire poker with ring welded to the end which I was chuffed with :) So looking what I have access to I can build almost any type I want. For my first I'm thinking a 55 type forge with a chimney of 8" flue pipe I have around. But do I build a bottom blast or a side blast? I believe I need to have 4" below the tue for a pit and was thinking of lining the bottom with 1" fire bricks, Will there be enough room in a 55 to hold a good fire ball, And I have seem people have had to make a stop opposite the tue to keep the fire in a ball, could this be done with a ring of fire bricks, The tue will be a solid thick walled tube. But then I'm thinking that is more like a bottom blast so should I just go with one of them for a while? I'll be using coal/ coke if I can get coke here. And will be interested in pattern welding some knife blades in the future. But mainly small decorative items to start with. Many Thanks for your help and indeed the site :) Nick