Grant

Good morning all I was ask to demo at a newly organized antique fair. When the promoter checked with her insurance agent about adding a blacksmith to the event they wanted twice the amount for general liability. This has killed the deal unless I can come up with my own single event coverage. I demo at several other similar venues and additional liability insurance has never been an issue. Any who, anyone out there carrying liability insurance for demos, how much and with whom? I found a couple of general references in the forum, however no specifics. Any help would be appreciated. -tks grant http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1 http://www.iforgeiro...__fromsearch__1 Edit - I started this out as a new post. When I searched for "demo insurance" this thread didn't come up. Thanks to whomever added this post to this thread it certainly belongs here.-grant

Good Morning All I'm trying to educate myself about suitable blacksmith coal and when you speak of coal in the Sacramento area at $580 a ton is that completely processed,ready to use in 50 lbs. bags, loose coal loaded into suitable vehicle that needs further processing or something in between? -tks grant

Thomas - empiricism is good, however I not sure the powers that be will go for: I will start the makeup air at a point that the air emanating off the forge blows my hair back, then increase the makeup air to a point my hair is is sucked up the flu and split the difference. It is certainly valid, but I believe officials want quantified documentation. Matt Thanks, I did look at the links and found operating instructions for their gas forges. They did address the flu with a hood and mechanical blower(no mention of cfm) but no mention of makeup air, also I'm trying to come up with a generic solution. As it is now the building department is skeptical of using Chile Forges E-mailed operating instructions with my home built. tks all grant

Good morning all Mr. Powers -I agree with this and have spoken with several Smiths in the area that think hoods are a good idea and someday are going to add hoods to their gas forges, but none have done so. More importantly or more to the point how can we quantify the amount of "make up air". If we can come to a consensus on burners per square inch (One, 3/4" burner for every 350 cu/in of volume naturally aspirated)what is the correct amount of makeup air. If one uses a blown gas forge and we pipe the inlet to the blower to the outside can we quantify the amount of remaining combustion air. Is there any other industry that uses open flame that might have done some of the reserch for us. -grant

Good morning all While all this is very interesting the Fire Marshal and Assistant Building Official are unimpressed. Is anyone operating in an environment with fire inspections and building permits? What do they say about how you are to operate your gas forge? Is there documentation in place to cover this. I contacted David Star at Chile Forge and he was kind enough to E-mail his operating instructions: For safe operation we recommend: *Attaching the forge securely with the provided mounting holes to prevent tip over *3' feet clearance around the forge *Cross ventilation for indoor use as well as a Carbon Monoxide Alarm *Periodic testing of connections with a gas leak detector Is anyone operating under these conditions in inspected space with an understanding between you and the authorities. Is any of this documented or if it is a vest pocket agreement can my guys talk to your guys. -tks grant

Good Morning All ...thanks everyone for the responses. Does anyone have pictures of their vent systems? Willing to post? -tks grant

Good morning all I'm in the process of trying to rent commercial space; things are coming up I have never given a thought. Indoor use of a propane forge being one on the list. I have been to several Demos which used a propane forge and don't remember any special handling. They may have cracked a door but the forge sat in the middle of the room. My general thoughts were that the left coast boys used gas because CA was easier to get along with if this was the case. Any who, what is the proper configuration for indoor use of a propane forge including bottle handling and storage and is this documented somewhere I can get my hands on it. I looked at several commercial forge maker's on line sites but could not find any access to on line instructions. I want to be safe and want to satisfy the Building Inspector and Fire Marshal, they put a lot of stock in the manufacturer's recommendations. All help is appreciated. -tks grant

Corrigan -Thanks for the reply. Welding galvanize is an enigma. Did you grind a spot to attach the tiers then prime and paint? -tks grant

Good Morning All -Distressed Industrial Strength Venetian Blinds; I love it! Was each tier a separate unit for galvanize,priming,and paint then site assembled? This is very cool,in a couple of days I will have convinced myself I came up with it. -grant

Good morning all This is very cool! What was the process, 101 version, from pattern to anvil. I don't even get all the bits, especially the top part, of the pattern. -tks grant

DD -Oyster Shucker,Valet Parker, and Grocery Bagger? -grant

Good morning all. What be these? -tks grant

Mr Furrer -Please give us a heads up if you get an update on the Bladesmith's Form. That is quite the machine. -tks grant

Good Morning All Mr "Big Johnson" This post by Tophand et all should help. -grant

Does this help? -grant

Good morning all SoCal Dave -I use Chevron Quenching Oil 70 and purchased some from the G3 Boys in Tejeras NM. Frank Turley uses Texaco Quenchtex A and has a dab left in Santa Fe. In any case it would be a lovely drive. -grant

Good morning all Fe-Wood,very nice design. A little taller one has a sofa table, shorter and wider one has a coffee table, bigger all the way around a dinning table; very slick. Is the blue stain from beetle kill pine and is there a way to accentuate this during the finishing process. tks grant

Good morning all Matt -I agree that is very cool! Do you have a leg vice to accompany it? -grant

Urn for the remains of LeRoy Jacobs Forged and chased by Scott Kretschmer, Feet by Rory May, Touchmarks by friends of LeRoy.

I was in hopes of video -grant

Good Morning Don and welcome to the form. I have some of Jere's cups and pans http://saber.net/jere/cups.html they should get you going until you forge you own. -grant

Good morning Mike and welcome to the form. Do you have pictures of your spurs and will you share? Also, is Jim Poor's video available? Again Welcome. -grant

Good morning all Yes, Johan that is the correct E-mail address. -grant From Forge Facts - RMS newsletter Tire Hammer plans, $30 postpaid to US and Canadian addressed Send to Clay Spencer, 73 Penniston Pvt. Drive, Somerville. AL 35670 For more info call 256-558-3658 or email: Clay@tirehammer.com

Good Morning All Mark - this should get you started. http://zoellerforge.com/coffee.html and http://zoellerforge.com/miniforge.html This is about the size you looking for and there are other interesting gas forges and burner discussions on Larry's site. I think the one built out of a 6" weld cap is a hoot. -grant

Good morning all Dan, here is a Link to the original Gunther/Schuler anvil restoration article. http://www.anvilmag.com/smith/anvilres.htm They recommend "Preheat a wrought iron base anvil to 400 degrees and a cast iron base anvil to 450 degrees." Further, if one searches IFI on "Gunther anvil" there are threads that discuss this technique. -grant