Irondragon Forge ClayWorks

Here is a picture of the one I'm building from the bottom of a water pressure tank. Just need to clay it for the fire pot.

I don't like mine crowned just a slight taper, tends to make the tool jump sideways for me.

Had us worried, definitely missed ya. Car owner virus has me in it's grip too, have 5 in the stable. My pride and joy is a 1987 Cavalier port fuel injected Z24 hatchback all original with 233,890 miles on her and still runs like a NASCAR.

I don't know what happened but I can't open the attachments.

I have three of them, the oldest is a Milwaukee which was given to me years ago, because it wouldn't run. All it needed was a set of brushes and the gear box greased up. It has been going fine now for at least 5 years. I keep a flap wheel on it and the other two have a cutoff wheel and grinding wheel, that way I don't have to change disks as often, just pick up the one for the job at hand. Like others have said show it a lot of respect as should be done with any power tool and be sure to wear PPE. If you didn't get a manual with it, I bet it would be available free online. I always recommend to RTFM. (Read the Field Manual)

Welcome aboard, If you would please READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of the forum, with tips like editing your profile to show your location, as so many answers require knowing where in the world you are located. Other tips on doing the best search and some may help flying under the moderators radar. A good looking Trenton and a fantastic deal. The number 245 is the weight in pounds as when it was made + or- a little. The other number is the serial number and I bet someone with a copy of AIA will be along to let you know about when it was made. I hope you have read about not doing any grinding, milling or welding on the hardened face.

There are quite a few threads about making retort's here in this subsection. This is a good on with links to other threads.

I don't know what happened to my reply (seems to have disappeared) but I said it's stunning and as an old gear-head, I love it.

That's how we removed the valve from the tank, strapped it to a tree and used a 4 foot cheater bar on a wrench I made to fit over the valve. You can see the wrench on the right of the forge.

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That is why whenever I was required to wear a tie in uniform it was always a clip on.

Yep... ya done good, should last for generations of smiths.

How is the ring & rebound? Should ring like a bell. Great find.

For years, I used a pair of those for pick up tongs, when I would drop hot steel or needed to clean out fire pot clinkers. I finally made a pair of pick up tongs.

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Going from memory, the blade is 3inch wide leaf spring about twelve inches long with the point and cutting blade drawn out and holes punched then normalized. The bolts through the blade are 5/16 inch (3/8 would be better) all-thread flattened, with the through bolt holes punched. The through bolts & nuts are also 5/16 inch. The haft is just ash 2X2 with the hand portioned planed round four feet in length (can be longer). I gave the one I made to a friend and he loves it but one of the all-thread bolts broke and he keeps forgetting to bring it in to replace the bolts with 3/8 ones. Now that winter is over I bet he will remember it.

I have the perfect hoe for you. It is called an Ozark hoe made by my mentor Isaac (Ike) Doss. It consists of a leaf spring blade, held on to a wood haft. Perfect for dry and or rocky ground. Here is a couple of pictures of them. An original on the left and a copy I made on the right.

I guess times and folks change. We used to get fleeces from friends, in the rough and process them ourselves. About ten years ago we gave away a dozen or so sacks that needed doing.

We always plucked the rabbits, when Debi was into spinning & weaving. They seemed to love it and the fleece released very easily.

I would wager, if you listed that wool on some spinners web sites, you would have folks clamoring to buy it.

Welcome aboard... I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST It is full of tips like editing your profile to show your location as so many answers depend upon knowing that plus many more. That looks like a beast for sure.

Along with the propane bottle, which would last about ten minutes with a 3/4 inch burner.

I remember where I've seen them on Amazon, mostly good reviews too.

I would probably mount it a little farther away, just to be safe. Is that one of the blowers made in Russia, I've seen some good reviews about them. Now that I think about it those were hand crank blowers.