Hey folks, I'm just getting back into smithing after a few year hiatus. I moved from Wa to Wy for work in the oilfield and have been slowly building up my gear as time allows. The main part I have been missing is a forge and just yesterday I found a full sized champion forge on craigslist and it wasn't rusted out so I snagged it up. Now, by not rusted out, I mean it's only partially rusted out so it is gonna take some work to make perfect. I started by tearing into the blower and scraping/kerosene washing out the old hardened oil and dirt accumulation.
Attached are a pic of the blower halfway disassembled and the basic shape of the forge with tools stacked up on it for the process. Don't mind the clutter, I have the wife working on that today!
I'll update with the shop build as I go along.