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how often would I have to crank it so it dosnt go out? would I have to shorten the time at the anvil or just not take long breaks
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Hey guys, I've been doing a lot of research on the topic but haven't come up with much. So my question is, Will my buffaloe 210 hand crank provide a sufficient amount of air to keep coke burning? Thanks, Sam
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Has anyone had any luck with this coal? http://www.hardwarestore.com/blacksmith-coal-101755.aspx looks like it might be pretty good.
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How did you bolt that on neg? did you just drill holes into the brackets on the bottom of the blower?
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hey guys, in the process of building a forge just wondering how much charcoal ill be going through in about an hour, Im gonna be using a 10x8 inch fire pot thats 6 inched deep and mostly working with 1/2 inch stock at regular forging heat and Im using homemade pine charcoal. just thought I would get this up here seeing as I couldnt find much on this topic. If anybody can help it would be much appreciated thanks, sam
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hey guys, I've been looking around the web for A recommendation for the depth of a charcoal fire pot but I came up with nothin so I came here, now I'll mostly be working with small 1/4-1/2 inch stock and be using home made pine charcoal so If anybody can tell me what depth they recommend I'm all ears. thanks in advance, sam
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scrap yard near raleigh nc
123samic replied to 123samic's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
thanks guys i'll try to check out both bish and j&d and get back to you with the results thanks again, Sam -
unless you have a power hammer that is going to be ALOT of work and the steel is probally not that great just my 2 cents
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scrap yard near raleigh nc
123samic replied to 123samic's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
but if anyone knows of somthin a little closer that would be nice -
scrap yard near raleigh nc
123samic replied to 123samic's topic in Blacksmithing, General Discussion
thanks! I'll give em a call -
hey guys, I've been searching for a scrap yard that sells scrap to the public here near raleigh but have found nothing ,just wondering if you guys know of any. thanks, Sam
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My anvil split in half
123samic replied to Medieval garage's topic in Repairing and Modification to Anvils
I agree with everyone I started out with a stage weight and it worked great so just use any big chunk of steal with a flat surface heck you can even use a large rock. good luck, Sam -
hi, Im in the prosses of building a stand for my buffalo 210(?) and was wondering how tall the original stands were thanks, Sam
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wow thanks everyone who posted here this thread helped alot I will soon be posting a thread of me restoring my 210.
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Thanks guys! I used a propane torch and gave it a few taps and it poped right off. Thanks again, Sam
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thanks guys I just got a buffalo hand crank so no need for this. Thanks
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hi tantofolder it is a buffalo hand crank blower. and is liquid wrench similar to wd40?
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Hi I'm in the middle of restoring a forge blower but have run into a slight problem, the fan is rusted onto the shaft and I cant remove it . if you guys have any advise it would be much appreciated. thanks, Sam
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Hi I was wondering if I could get any suggestions on what to use for a firepot on a charcoal forge. I've been researching an don't think that a break drum will be deep enough (please correct me if I am wrong). I am also on a tight budget so I cant buy a commercial firepot. Thanks, Sam
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Hey just bought this buffalo blower for $140 and was wondering if it was a good deal?
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so in terms of a forge will somthing like this work, with a hand crank and fireclay to shape the firepot
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Thanks Harris would a break drum work as a firepot?
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Hi I'm thinking about building a charcoal forge and was wondering if the basic design was any different from a coal forge thanks, Sam
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Thank you all I will be installing the "super sucker" hood design with a 5' chimeny thanks again, Sam