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That's true but if it doesn't work she will make a sweet BBQ grill:)

Really appreciate the info! What would recommend as the ideal heigth for stock placement in the v? I have not built my ends so I can easily notch them to allow for lower stock placement. Sounds like you would recommend about 3 inches above the top of my pipe but I wanted to confirm to make sure that's correct.

My trough is 14 inches deep without the firebricks. Will that be deep enough? I was planning on using the thin bricks.

I'm going to line it with fire bricks and I will build a divider so I can shorten my firebox for most projects. I am mostly interested in the decorative side of smithing but I would love to one day make a sword and I think the long length would be handy for heat treating in the future. What do you guys think?

Would like to gather some opinions from experienced smiths. I'm building my first forge and I will be using wood scraps to run it(my family is in the wood business so I have access to all the wood I can use). I'm building it in a "v" shape similar to the whitlox forges. My question is how long would you guys recommend my trough to be? The v is bent and right now it's 48 inches long.