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Inflight

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  1. Thanks, Irondragon! I abrasive blasted and painted everything, inside and out. I was told the hand-crank gearbox leaked oil, so I flattened all the mating surfaces and used permatex RTV gasket material to seal everything. I've done a couple heats with coke and it works well. I've seen the images and read the company history on gracesguide.co.uk. Thanks again, Matt
  2. Recently I've added a coal tray of about 2 ft square around the brake drum which allows supporting longer workpieces, more coal to coke up, and I can pile the hot coals much deeper. So far it's worked out very well. And today I found the name Peter Wright in the side of the anvil. Matt
  3. I created a conical bed of a refractory inside the brake drum to reduce the depth. I agree that I might need to cut a couple slots in the side for longer work. I guess that'll depend on what I'm working on. Thanks for the suggestion! Matt
  4. My name is Matt and I'm from Long Beach, CA. Very new to blacksmithing but I have lots of experience working metal in my home machine shop. I recently acquired a 200 lb anvil and I built a brake drum forge. My first projects will probably be some simple tools such as punch & drifts as well as tongs. Here are a couple pictures of the anvil and my forge during construction. And No, that is not the hammer I plan on using...it was just for staging the photo.
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