ryancrowe92

Well it's dark outside here and I'm not going back outside to go find a ruler and a ball bearing that I do not have to go do that test all I can say is that it has sufficient rebound because I have experienced this first hand with a simple hammer I'm just stating the fact that it's old and probably wrought iron it has a wierd ring to it it's not smooth but it's a ring and not a thud. It has wear on the edges and that's all I can say No no no I said that it had sufficient rebound but I never said it didn't dent what I was working on I may make a video on it if I really have to.

It has rebound because I hit a hammer on it and it has a pretty good rebound to it hit my head with hammer in process

To answer your question no I did not do the rebound test I happened to have a cast iron anvil and know that Trent said and I quote wrought iron is softer and will saddle back over time and it got ding up like the cast iron anvil I got from hf. And it's old old enough to be a wrought iron anvil man who had it was born in the 30's and his dad probably owned it no progress has been made of yet my dad and grandpa wants to offer advice on how to fix it and if it's not their way it's wrong if they mess up I'm hand doing all of it. Here is the good news I have to remake the fan cover.

The forge has been disassembled and repairs have been started also I found out that that anvil I have is a wrought iron anvil because it soft when you hit it hard but I'm going to have to do something about the face to make it harder. The Lincoln welder I tested out and it works

The fan needs work or I need to get a new one I have another forge I have yet to get What tools do I need to get these special head machine bolts out with and what is the wheel for on the bottom

Back to the forge It needs new legs Big problem with fan the mount is busted the crank is missing and my blower is too strong It seems to have been converted to a bottom blast forge Also it's cast iron

I got it for free along with this

Can you tell me what I've got here

Dudes I got a project that I need your help with. I will send a link to a video later when I make it it's a surprise.

I just cut up some pine sawmill slabs and that's what I have been using for fuel

I might can get one when I get home. But the fan keeps the forge clean because it's op but not leaf blower op

I don't think I have any

The pipe is a 2 inch diameter which goes into a square tube tee and then another pipe and I can turn it upside down and then beat it out or use the fan which is op for this forge but not to op

No I haven't fired it up yet I waited till 2 to finish it because of the wind and I was using the torch but I have a section still and then I might have some welding to do to make a extension on the bottom I still have to make my mount But over all it looks good or I might shorten up the pipe a little

Hey guys here's what I got

I bought mine at harbor freight and it has paid for it's self the 180 mig flux but I went to lowes and bought some Lincoln wire instead of the hf wire that came with it and it has done what I have need it to do have a few minor problems with it now and then but nothing major

thanks for the tip ill do that

ok i think i can do it with the barrel i have

question do you have to have both lids for this to work

i will get started on this as soon as i get home one question is there a way to make a stand for this and a fan mount

well I'm the one who built it and like i said it was one of those to get by with things i had it mounted on some horse saws and it finally burnt through them but when I'm using wood i can never get the metal in the right place to heat i might get a couple of good heats but their only on the edge and i took Thomas's advice on starting the fire in the forge and that help a lot and saved some time. but the forge just has its drawbacks to it

well its more with what I have been using to get buy with and in the next couple of weeks I'm looking at getting a job to increase my income from $75 to around $200 which will be a big improvement and the other night while i was running it i got the forge so hot it turned red but i have been looking a more robust design. now the fact that you can forge weld with your brake rotor forge is beyond me because i have only twice got the heat sufficient enough for welding and that i had to have a massive pile of wood on top of it but i followed Thomas's advice on starting the fire in the forge and that has worked but i need a forge that isn't a get by with because i don't want this to be a lost cause because i am going to be doing a lot of forge welding Problems with my current forge fuel source - currently using wood looking for a coal supplier the rotor - if i wanted to heat a bar i can only heat the ends i cant heat the middle Current forge is not mounted. now i know earlier i was told to find a forge design that was proven but for lack of funds and driving range i could not build one but was better than i had now i don't know if I'm getting it but lets just say that a reltive of mine had a rich uncle who died and by rich I'm mean with a 1/4 of a million dollars and was a horder of things like there are welders and a forge a vintage old stand up forge with the rounded design and the blower on the side that's missing. now i may or may not get it and that's would be over a year away. the forge i want is a design that is portable, reliable, efficient, and all of the above. good space for extra fuel can heat any shape object at any place and I'm going to wrap this up because its getting kind of long

well my forge is a hobbled together brake rotor that preforms its job only a fraction of the time and i just need something more reliable than what i have and how do i change my on off switch on my fan for a foot pedal for air control btw i want to use coal its just getting it that is the problem so im stuck with wood for right now

Hey guys, I am looking to build a Solid fuel forge for welding medium sized objects in. my current forge is just not cutting it and im having to find alternative sources for my forge like coal i have been using plain wood. i need it to be at least 3 foot off the ground and then i need a 3x3 ft area of workspace and i have an eletric blower.to install. so i just need help designing it for forge welding.

really so how do you pay workers comp and benefits on what little money i make with working the forge. that would put me out of business A portion of this comment that contained political content has been removed. -- Mod34