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i watched the video on Purgatory iron works. forges pt 3 or 4 

i don't remember. 

i used that pipe for this forge

mine is 2 inch and don't know how long it is 

yeah but I cant get the pipe where it will not burn

the first is what I took off the deck 

the second is the sheet metal work I did/ still have to do 

the third is the rotor 

fourth is the lawnmower I took apart 

fifth and 6th are the pipe and the whole thing 

as promised

Mod Note: Post edited to add photo captions

what I took off the deck 

 the sheet metal work I did/ still have to do 

 the rotor 

 the lawnmower I took apart 

 the pipe and the whole thing 

waiting for my phone to charge so I'll be available for a while. 

1 minute ago, Daswulf said:

Please do others looking at YouTube ,trying to learn, a favour and do not title it "how to make..." You don't even know how well it works until you have at least a year or so into using it. There are too many misleading and uninformed

Not making how to videos. just showing work I do 

fount my cellphone letting it charge 

4 minutes ago, Daswulf said:

Obviously you did not follow it properly or it would be working. So again please do not say that a JABOD forge does not work ( they Do),  just that not following instruction on making one did not work the way You did it. 

probably so ill cover it in the video

7 hours ago, Charcold said:

his whole thread is starting to look like an angry ex member of the site that's come back to troll the community

nah I was lucky to find this one the last was dead and like I said I have a bad reputation with online forums but they are helpful.

7 hours ago, JHCC said:

I'm just hanging on to see if he ever does, in fact, make some tongs out of rebar.

I am trust me I got a little closer last time with that dirt box but it wasn't right with the side shaft the whole pipe turned red.

now progress.

Its done just putting the final touches on it like a proper stand to hold it up.

I didn't find my phone also so I'm gonna wait till Thursday and make a YouTube video unveiling the new forge. 

7 hours ago, Charcold said:

You can't afford 5$ components but already have a pallet of coal delivered?

I have not in any way shape or form have paid for the coal. and it isn't going to be delivered I have to pick it up. I have $270 in the bank right now but I have to keep that until I buy the coal and ive wanted to get some stuff but I cant right now cause I still have to pay for it. 

now I'm sorry if I offended anyone in particular, like I said I'm not good at these online forums but I got to get help from somewhere. now I know we've said things and the kool see you around was not intentially bad I was respecting/ acknolging  his leaving. I did not intend for you to take it that way but you did 

I followed your advice for the JOBD and it didn't work It failed horribly. - I will cover that in the YouTube video with explanation.

now if all of the offending and the apologizing is done. - I have realized this thread has gotten way off topic and has drug on way too long. 

7 hours ago, Charcold said:

u couldn't find wrenches so you took a torch to it? Box of dirt nightmare? 

torch was actually easy. they were rusted too we tried the impact but that didn't work.

now I'm off for the entire week and I have today and tomorrow to get the final touches done on the forge before I go and pick the 1600 lbs. of coal to use and my brother.

I have made great progress. I'm going to find a mount for the anvil and when that's done I get the coal and poof I get to work on the tongs. 

and from this point on we stay on the topic of making rebar tongs, or the work involved. 

7 hours ago, Charcold said:

"i can't spend

this will be the last time I say it Promise,  from now on ill say I can buy it but it will have to wait until next Friday. - not an smart xxx comment don't take it that way 

2 hours ago, Buzzkill said:

  Taking that mower apart should have given you a few bolts to work with.

Yeah bout that... couldn't find ratchets so I took a torch to it to cut It out.

2 hours ago, Buzzkill said:

Used bricks are normally cheap/free.

thought you were talking about firebrick

2 hours ago, Buzzkill said:

Clay just needs to be barely wet enough so it holds its shape and doesn't crumble if you squeeze it in your hand

Yeah I have to get some pictures up.

2 hours ago, Buzzkill said:

Then you can just set it in place without fastening it at all.

That's what ive kinda done already.

I'm gonna look for my phone and charge it so I can get the pics out.

Kool see ya around hope to close this thread within next Monday.

1 hour ago, Buzzkill said:

I'd recommend bolting the pipe to the rotor rather than welding.  You may find it tricky to get good welds.  Also, you may want to take it apart at some point to move it or replace parts 

yeah I thought about it but I don't have bolts. and I didn't get the flange the hard part to it is getting the pipe aligned. 

2 hours ago, JHCC said:

Sounds like progress. Pictures?

Pictures are a maybe I have to get my phone charged up and that could be tomorrow. 

1 hour ago, Buzzkill said:

Welding the rotor to the deck could be counter-productive since the welding may warp the mower deck and the rates of expansion between the steel of the deck and the rotor are likely to be different, especially at the different temperatures each will experience

I'm wondering about this but its the only way I have unless I rivet the deck to the flange.

1 hour ago, Buzzkill said:

  You'll probably want to add clay or bricks to get a level surface higher than the lip on the fire pot anyway, or raking coal in could be a little more frustrating than is necessary.

Yes I have thought of that but the bricks are expensive. and clay well I don't want another dirt filled nightmare again. ill think of something.

22 hours ago, ianinsa said:

dependent on location but it seems like a lot more of one and a lot less of the other!

yeah we had fun with that and the cap pistols and grenades and what not.

Ok everybody status update 

The forge is nearing completion with only $6 invested in it.

yesterday I finished cutting the angle iron into plate about a 1/4 inch thick and welded it to the rotor 

I also took the truck and pulled out the old lawnmower and got the deck off and ready to weld the rotor in.

and I didn't notice but this mower deck is almost perfectly circular I did some sheet metal work to the deck but didn't finish it  almost done. 

ive got to cut the hole out in the plate I welded but I need to get the plasma to it up at my dads shop. the rotors hole is 3 inches the pipe I have is 2 inches. 

I got to cut the pipe with the sawzall and how do you keep the blades from bending I cut thru that angle iron with it but bent a blade, but I have a couple more. 

one I cut the hole I need to weld the pipe to the thing and weld the rotor to the deck. and make a frame. 

Now tomorrow is a community service day which is required by the charter schools but not by the state which means we don't have to go tomorrow. so more free time

so have a good Monday I will be watching your posts.

why i said thought about it

On 11/16/2017 at 9:11 PM, Charles R. Stevens said:

99 % of cop are good people doing a a stressful job for an unappreciated public. 

cops are under  apprecciated and have the worst publicity and backlash

now guess what i found out how to do this for 6 bucks what i already paid for the rotor i found some 1/4 inch angle iron  for the flange and some square tubing for a tee so its 6 bucks

i kinda thought about being a cop

cops and robbers fun game me and my brother played when we were young

ill keep that in mind

well the flasher had a dent in the side of it 

we didn't check fuses

actually I found a gas jug on the side of a bridge 

well I found out what's wrong with my truck. fuse blew out instead of flasher

probably so 

the aluminium cans part I kinda knew about but the tail pipes and accessories not so much.

I just welded the old stud holes shut so I can drill the new ones 

grinded flat

yeah wasn't all bad. and its not too massive if my phone was working I would take a pic of it 

but its heavy

I forgot to add the part about the charcoal falling back thru the pipe and it was a little unstable and I ran out of wire when I was welding it to the barrel lid so I had to use the gas and I finished it up.

 but good news I have a new brake rotor that is massive. 6 bucks 

On 11/16/2017 at 3:28 PM, Charles R. Stevens said:

I stop and pick up mudflap small the time, the spring stock that they are mounted to makes good tools.

really you find this on the side of the highway

On 11/16/2017 at 2:55 PM, ThomasPowers said:

I get US$25 a week to spend on all my vices--Yup, me a grown man and the breadwinner getting an allowance.

if you knew me personally I'm really bad with money. not all bad but bad enough my wallets on a chain

@Charles R. Stevens ya wanna know whats in walking distance ok go to google maps type in east stamp creek rd. and my house is on the hill and on the gravel road.

Pats cash and Carry and the garbage dump is about the only places within walking distance from my house and it horrible on you feet the terrain and the big semi trucks that come down the highway. and Dawns hair salon that's within walking distance and a landing if you really want a long trip to go.

salem south Carolina 29676

well I'm gonna have to split and make myself scarce

in 4 minutes

see ya later 

now hopefully things don't go all bad today. I have a project I'm working on in the shed but other than that I have to go to ace, and this is not me just blotting down what I have to do more or less what I'm doing. I also need to check on those brake rotors I call in about. at about 3:10 I'm going to leave