JeepinJoe

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Here is picture of the bottom. I cannot find any markings. I picked it up for $300. I checked rebound with a ball pean and the rebound on my 80 pound Acme anvil is much better. Don't have a ball bearing which would work better.

You are right. I edited the post. I had him weigh it and turns out it's 150 pounds.

Typically Peter Wright's are marked correct? This one doesn't seem to have any markings so it's throwing me off.

Found a decent deal on an anvil. Guy says no markings or any numbers stamped in it so I am at a loss to what kind it may be. 10" high, 23" long and horn is 11". Said it was around 200 pounds. Anyone have any idea what kind it is? He wants $400 for it. It's about 2 hr drive so was hoping someone may know before I make the drive. The guy weighed it for me and its 150 pounds.

My son and I were doing a little exploring in the woods behind the house and found this little gem in the woods. May have to make a gas forge out of it. So watch out for some future dumb questions after I do a bunch of reading in the gas forge section.

I was lucky enough to inherit a champion cast iron forge pot and 400 blower, ACME 80 pound anvil, post vise, and some tongs along with some chipped up hammer heads. My great great uncle was a blacksmith and his tools ended up at the old family farm that my dads brother, my uncle, had. When he got to old to farm he sold off the farm and asked me if I wanted the blacksmith tools. I said you bet. I didn't do anything with them for about 15 years. I recently got it all setup and am using them. I made a fire poker and gave it to my dad this past Christmas. It was the first time I have ever seen my dad choke up and have tears in his eyes. Was a touching moment for both of us. He loved it and said it was too nice to use. My dad is 88 years old and still heats his house with wood so he uses a poker everyday. I told him I made it for him to use and I could always make another one if he wanted a wall hanger. Based on my experience passing on to someone who will enjoy them someday is priceless.

Looks like a character from the animated movie Robots. The things you and aus come up with are always so cool. I find myself looking forward seeing what's next. I don't seem to be able to see the vision to make things like that. My mind just doesn't work that way.

Das, I do like your choice in beer and you are consistent.

I would use it as is until you get a feel for it. After some use you will know what changes you want to make.

Wow! Very nice. I like.

Nice video Nick. Makes me want to go out and heat some steel.

I think you should figure out why the Chinese blowers burned up. It could be your setup. If you shut off the air to your forge are you dead heading the air? If so, that could burn up your blower. I know a lot of blowers can't handle the pressure that causes and they fail.

Rice coal and nut coal are both anthracite. Rice coal is just smaller pieces than nut coal. Should burn the same and the rice may burn hotter since it's smaller. Here are the sizes from the Penn Keystone Coal Company website. Nut Coal: 1 5/8 x 13/16 Rice: 5/16 x 3/16

I guess we have two things in common then. Was the fire pot ash dump originally a plate with one screw that you simply rotated to open and dump the ash? I like how you added a weighted flapper for your ash dump. Might have to steal that design.

Your fire pot looks identical to mine. At the moment I use mine outside so I haven't had the challenge of a flue yet. I will take that on when I finally build a shed.

I like how the handle turned out. Nice work.

My first leaf. Started with 1/2 round stock. Used a chisel for the veining. I did read a rounded chisel works good for veining. Will have to try that next time.

Forge worked great. Worked even better when a couple of curios neighbor kids came over and liked cranking the blower. Blower is a champion 400 which really didn't take much effort to keep the fire hot.

First fire and first forged items. Fire poker and my first attempt at a bottle opener. Of course I did try out the bottle opener and I have to say it works mighty fine. I am enjoying one of my favorite beverages as I post this.

Nice score at that price.

I tried to clay the cast iron fire pot and when it dried it cracked and flaked off. I used some pottery clay and mixed some sand in. I tried two different mixtures. The first one I mixed with sand and made it kind of dry. That mixture I could not get to stick to the cast iron. I tried pounding it on with a piece of wood and hammer and it would not stick. The second mix I used less sand so it was wetter. It stuck to the cast iron and I was able to put on a nice layer all over the pot however, when it dried it cracked and flaked off. So my question is should I just use it without the clay?

I started building a forge about a month ago and I'm at the point I can use it. Since I will be using it outside I put it on wheels so I can move it in and out of the garage. Future plans are to build a side draft flue for it and maybe someday a shop. Here is a few photo's.

Here are a few progress photo's.

Thanks for all the great welcomes. Ivan and Daswulf keep me in the loop about a possible coal burning. I don't have a lot of free time but love to learn so if I could work it out I would be game. I live near Bridgeville which is South of the city on I79. I will try and get some pictures tonight and post my progress.