Sabre

well good job!!!!!!!!

yes dodge i know lol we had 1 brick pile that was clay that had to be 50 years old and one that was like 2 years old that was some wierd clayish stuff. they both worked fine and after awile of use they would break a little easseier when i dropped them on rocks

yes that will a saw a guy on here once that diverted his extra air up the chimney

1) yes it will work fine and i would try to hammer mostly in the middle where its strongest 2)coal the size of yor fist is a good size to use maby smaller. 3)no you start the fire and let it coke and burn itself. can someone back me up?

WELCOME TO THE BLACKSMITHING CLUB well i just sed some brick in my yard and it never did anything so dont be worred just build it

ya # 2 where its smooth but not to shiny or smooth

use it to tie 2 pieces or forged work together

wow look at this post...... does anyone live in fredricktown..missouri..... maby we can make a deal CHAMPION # 400 FORGE BLOWER BLACKSMITH TOOL FAN & STAND - eBay (item 250268513073 end time Jul-18-08 16:08:13 PDT)

well frosty your right.... the concrete idea is a bad one i will make a cone with some round rod and strengthen it with some smaller rod and then mig some sheet on... i have a 3 or 4 foot long piece of 1 inch round and a 10 foot long piece of 1 inch square witch is better? thanks jimbob il follow that. Glenn. i would like it to be 3 feet tall and about a foot wide at the bottom i would like the end to go into a point... the point will need to be strengthend and primtech its ok i am mostly looking to make alot of the tools i dont need badly and just to use for a few projects

well i was thinking that i could use a cone and turn the end into a point with a piece of sheet and then fill it with concrete. but have a smaller cone sitting inside the biggerone to make the cone a little hollow in th middle... does this make sense to anyone?

well when i went to get fittings for my forge i had to buy 1 inch because the rest were glav..... yes i am pretty shure it will burn off of a good hot heat but i would have good ventalation in your shop when your using it just in case that is dosent all burn off...

hey i couldnt help but to notice but whats your tee fitting made from also yoyur flange..... they look like galvanised..... ifso becarefull of lead poisioning

OLC industerial material canada B.C surrey they sell good quality coal and it sells currently at $40.00 per 50 pound bag..... however there is a 100 dollar limit so you would need to buy 3 bags witch costs $120.00 and with tax arround $129.00

hey what is your firepot made of? is it a real one?

well congratz dave!!

the modern blacksmith

ithought so

good idea fin

interesting... thanks for sharing

hey son of bluegrass dont you mean you use charcoal not coal? and i think that i will try coal as soon as i get back from calafornia on the 19th of july... thats where i am now. thanks and i will keep in touch! sabre.:p

well latley i have wonderd...... whatrs better? i mean everyone has there own oppinion but what i really want to know it whitch burns hotter? Does coal burn slower and last longer than charcoal? because i will have to sped $129 for 3 50 pound bags of coal because they have a limit of $100 at the place... the cost per bag is $41.99.... as for charcoal i buy it in 18 pound bags for $14.... so i can get 198 pounds of charcoal for the same price as 150 pounds of coal! this ones all up to you folks so you decide....:o

well ya again... today i found a 2 inch block of steel wile clipping the prickles... it measures 1 foot by 1 foot and weighs about 45 or 50 pounds!. anyone got amyidea what i can use it for? maby a beater anvil... i allreaddy have a vulcan so i dont need one hey matt... loll get a LONG pole with a heavy duty magnet on it and start fishin!!!! ... the law here requires being 20 feet away from the tracks soo i have decided on keeping my spare coal money instead of payin the fine

well i have seen manny post like show me you anvil flypress swage and more but never seen show me your forge. so lets see it. heres mine... its a steel table lined with bricks with a smal brake routor in it... i am currently making one with a real firepot and table for my shop! This has been combined with another thread on the same subject. hey Glenn.... thanks for combinin my post with this one!

heres my forge it is a steel table lined with bricks with a small brake routor in it..... yes this is when i just made it so it looks nice but now its black and messy.... i use charcoal also and theres nothing wrong with it..... i am looking to buy coal though!

well in the past cupple days i have been scavenging arround my dad buisness... before he bought it it was an old ty-crop building were they built and fixed trailers...when they sold it they left about 80 tons of scrap steel!!! also lots of HUGE brake drums.... like the ones from busses... i have sofar gotten a 1 inch thick piece of square thats 10 feet long.. A 5 foot long piece or 1 inch round... 6 12 foot long pieces of 8th inch sheet steel.. about 10 3 foot pieces of 1 inch round and some 2 inch by 9th inch thick pieces that are 2 feet long... also theres about 150 feet of 3" C channel Theres more but i just havent gotten it yet... anyone have any ideas? i am planning a walk along the RR tracks soon to get some spiges and whatever alse i can find.... theres lots of little scraps that i wish i could sell off real cheap to metal casters but my dad dosent like the idea of me making money off his steel!! i get all the steel for free anyway soo......