Paul B

looking for a little info

How deep is it in the ground to start with? How far up the outside walls does the backfil come? There might not ba a footing at all. Dig out a spot and see if there is or not, then we can go from there. edit: I should have read all the replies first before opening my big keyboard!

The pictures in reply #15 show the underway forge. What is the angle of the slopes of the pot? They look very steep. Also what is the dimensions of the top edge and the depth? I hope you don't mine me picking your brain. Paul

I am new here and green as grass. I thought the fire pot had to be cast iron for some reason. Yours looks like welded steel. How thick is the steel you used? I have been looking for a forge recently with no luck. Let me rephrase that "I'm CHEAP". I could make what you have there for a little bit of nothing. I saw a video on one of these sites where a guy used a brake drum for the fire pot, actually it looked like a recessed rotor for disc brakes. Any info you could give me would be greatly appreciated. Paul edit: spelling