Irondragon Forge ClayWorks

Ringing the anvil three times and will lift a dram of single malt Scotch in his honor.

Can't remember who, but they posted about using one of those battery jump starter packs to power some things in the forge.

Been there, done that many times in my lifetime, every time it has happened the PPE and tool guards have saved my bacon.

Wonderful work, the polish is amazing. Hope you keep it up. I see your pictures have been resized. We have members from the world over and many have to rely upon dial up internet and/or pay for data. Excessive quotes and large pictures are data hogs and with dial up take forever to load. That is one reason the Admin. requests that be held to a minimum. I've learned with this forum one way to minimize quotes is to just highlight a word or two that is important to the thought and a button appears that says quote this, especially helpful when my answer is several removed from the post I'm replying to.

Any time you need to get a mod's attention, click on the Report Post in the upper right of the post. Put in a note about the problem of the post.

What a wasted opportunity that was.

Hi pig iron, have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST

I usually use Kraft paper crumpled into a nest, mostly bags from the grocery store (it burns longer than news paper) with some pellets for wood stoves. Then put coke from prior fires around the edge of the ring. Light it around the edges with a soft air blast. One mistake when lighting the fire is too much air till the coke starts to burn. Only takes me a few minutes to have the fire going hot enough to rake green coal around the edges to start coking up.

I cut my teeth in '64 with the 6-71 diesel at the USCG Engineman school in Groton Conn. They were used extensively in the 40 ft patrol boats and other craft since WWII.

For sure..

You will probably find the extensions to the base surround will become trip hazards and really aren't needed.

Just wait till she makes Master Chief.

Our home shop has never had the pipe replaced. It's double wall 12 inch wood stove pipe for about ten feet through the roof and single wall from the hood to the stove pipe. The through the wall Hofi style that is at ESSA needed replacing after about six years, due to it rusting out. It was single wall stove pipe and they failed to put a weather head when it was installed first time.

Great synopsis of the craft/hobby. My feeling is, it's not about the destination but the journey, that keeps us engaged and learning.

The flu really shouldn't need cleaning out like a wood stove. A forge does not produce creosote. If you really want to clean/ inspect it, a cap on the bottom of the box should not be a problem. In 30 years of use mine has never been brushed out.

Nope you are spot on. The tuyere pipe should be embedded in clay to act as a refractory, just like a propane forge burner.

It would certainly be wise to check Canadian laws regarding RR property.

Welcome BRENT82... did you read my post just after the one you quoted? The pictures shown as links are gone for good.

What Steve said. ^^^^ Also welcome to IFI, I suggest reading this. READ THIS FIRST

Welcome... I suggest reading this. READ THIS FIRST It will help you get the best out of IFI.

Yes they do. There is a thread about making them into hangers/hooks and bottle openers with cat faces, I think by ausfire (not sure).

Not knowing where in the world you are located, it's hard to guess where you get the rebar. Most rebar used by everyone I know, comes from scrap yards and it's just rebar, with no regard to grade. Have you read this yet? READ THIS FIRST

I really like my hearing aids. Should have gotten them ten years ago. Did you know when the turn signal is on in the vehicle it goes click, click, click. I didn't until getting them. The only draw back is I have to take them out when at the forge and put in the ear plugs.

Welcome to IFI, I always suggest reading this to get the best out of the forum. READ THIS FIRST Your thread has been covered extensively in the Gas Forges thread and I imagine this will be moved there.

Brit Guy, have you seen this thread?