grimcat27

Just cut the back off of a leather couch. That way its free.

Here in America we call that nut size. Any reference to food in a coal description is a size comparison. Just remember coke is harder to keep lit. 

it seems if it burns you can use it to forge. anyone used birch? now that might burn a little hot, with the bark you know.

wood works pretty well. i have a wood burning forge (it works ok). if you light it with some big chinks of wood and leave it without a blower for 20 or 25 min you can come back with a nice bed of coals. that is the only fuel i have. with a hair dryer i can get bright orange in full daylight. good luck with your forge.

I have over heated my work using just tree bark. So you can use a lot of different types of fuel.

hah, no kidding.. I'de like to try it to, but here in Oregon it rains from September to June..

there are a lot of videos of induction heating on you tube

ust found this on Craig's list in Oregon I hope I can get it when I move up to the area in the summer . And hopefully I can find someone to give me some help to repair it up there to.

doe's any one know it jipsum would work as a flux

id say use a clay to line the outside pipe and take it about half to one inch past the end of the pipe

here are the pics of the vice

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well u see it takes ages to get up to heat,wen i anealed it it was still extreamly stong and i flatened out a piece over a hole day and i put it in the vise and bent it to about a 50 degree angle and it shot back like a saw blade does.i know its high in carbon because it puts out a horrible amount of carbon.i made a chisel from it and i havent even hardened it yet and ive used it in concrete,metal and it still has a sharp edge without any dents or damage done to it.i doubt it that its an old form of re bar because its got a high pitch pin when u hit it and its very bright with a spark test

he told me he sold his first one for 45 or 50 I didn't even know he had 2 untill he told me if only I had known.

what about lime or shellstone I can get both of them for free

Ok I got a new post vice this morning for only $60 in good shape for the most part but the spring doesn't work. It's made from an old file. other then that and some miner rust and the leg is bent some its in almost new shape. I will have pics up in the next day or two. :D

I think all of my anvil troubles are going to be over soon. I was told the other day that a friend of the family's mother in law has a large anvil. That I may be able to get for little or hopefully nothing. If I find out any details on it I will post them. And just keep using my rail plate.

I was thinking of buying a cast iron (ASO) from harbor freight. And was thinking of then taking it to a welding or mechanist show and having it ground down and/or a tool steel plate added to it. is that a good idea or economical.

from what i'v read it is a good UV reflector. And is usuly used to coat the wool. makes it last longer and will keep the wool out of your lungs which is a good thing. it also makes a hard coating on your wool. don't forget to use a kiln shelf or fire brick on the bottom to keep your flux from eating away at your refractory.

oops kitty litter is Bentonite clay not sillica

maybe check inside of the pipeing for blockage

thats a nice setup you'v got there wish I had the space to make a gas forge

Up date I can (for now) only find pearlite, sand (backyard),silica sand (kitty litter),red clay(brick, clay pipe), ash, silica furnace cement, cement(Hydrophilic and portlend). Thats all I can find or make. I made a patch for my old way to small forge with 2 parts clay 1 part silica sand 1 part ash 12 part Hydrophilic cement. Wateing for it to cure hope its more durable then just the silica cement that I burnt thrue.

I was thinking a brake drumrotor. With a 55 gallon drum for a main body. And do you think I can use crushed up bricks, clay pipe or the clay from a clay road.