New to the site and pretty new to blacksmithing
I am a volunteer at a local metro park historic site I am learning the trade/ hobby from a couple other volunteers in a small blacksmith shop we set up at the site of a historic grist mill
This summer at a estate sale I picked up a brake drum forge with hand crank blower for $15, a post drill for $10 and 4 pairs of tongs for $15
I decided to set up a shop at home when I found this 8 x 10 wood building on craigslist for $100
Fortunately the cow manure inside had long since dried up and turned into dirt
I am working on it in my in-laws barn and while looking for some scrap wood in the barn my son found a nice anvil that I did not know my father-in-law had purchased before he passed away.
Found a $5 wood and glass door on craigslist to fill the door opening and added some boards to the bottom and it is now about 8" tall
Bought 4- 22" x 29" wood windows at Menards to install, one on each side
The building has no floor and I am going to set it on a bed of crushed limestone and I am going to install metal roofing on top
Went to a local woodstove shop and asked about chimney requirements and guy ended up giving 3- 3' sections of 8" triple wall pipe from his scrap pile
Was going to use the 8" pipe to vent my forge out the roof but after searching this site I am concerned that it might not be large enough.
I was planning on setting the building with the door facing the east to block westerly winds if I wanted to set the forge outside the door in the summer
if the 8" stove pipe does not draw well I am considering leaving the forge outside in the winter and using the stove pipe to vent a small pot belly stove I bought at a local flee market
I would appreciate any suggestions about the stove pipe, placement of the building or anything else that might help me out
Thanks