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I Forge Iron

mustang 12

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  • Location
    new aberdour,aberdeenshire
  • Biography
    i come from essex origanally,and moved to scotland about 4 years ago and havnt looked back since
  • Interests
    metalwork junky,keeping horses,
  • Occupation
    semi skilled welder
  1. nice work meisenman ,would like ta have ago myself ,ya petals look reeal nice,i might cheat abit and cut them out with my plasma cutter,thanks for sharing ya work with us
  2. hi ,im using a 900watt leaf blower,with a dimmer switch ,and seperate on and off switch,its gotta alot poke but winds right down on the dimmer real well
  3. hi steponmebbboom,i built a firebox awhile ago from i/2 inch plate and i found it was slightly to deep the heart of the fire was to far down the pot it was costing a fortune in coke ,have made this insert that sits in the bottom it brings the bottom so the pot is only 3 1/2 inches deep .doesnt seem ta be any air leaks down the sides ,getin a real good usefull fire,well i dont know if* its any help only thing i found withit the other day was i might have drilled a few to many holes for the air ,well idont know if its any help
  4. wow that is fantastic work ,can you tell us more about the materials u used ,and how do you build up the structure of the body ,i love the woman in the water,would luv to know more
  5. hi everyone i live in scotland ,am a metalwork junky cant get enough of it,i built my forge from the old cast iron water tank we took out the pumphouse,started life as a side draught ,but kept burning pipe away .changed to bottom blast then needed stronger blower with more pressure .did a deal with my neibour for a leaf blower,rigged up with a dimmer switch workes quite well,iv been playing with some bits of chain this week,welding the links up so there solid,rapping them round a piece of pipe and welding them up so there in a spiral,has anybody else tryed experimenting with chain apart for sand m purposes of course,thinking about welding abit up,puttin it in the forge and twisting it up and see what ya get
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