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30 hits and no ideas? :confused:

I posted my question on the blacksmith page, instead of posting it here. it may help others, if i do come up with something I can post pictures if you want, or dont mind..

I need some ideas, I need to rebuild my forge for a couple reasons, first its old and wore out. next, I need to for some things I now do. what I am wanting to come up with is something like a gas forge but coal. what i have now is about 12" square, that tapers down about 12" deep. it is a bottom blast. What I need is one that is about 18" long, that will heat evenly the entire length. so i was thinking about some kind of difuser so there is no cold spots. I know I could use gas, but I like coal. I need it deep also as I will be doing welding mostly. The next problem I can see is I use a side draft hood, I can see my shop will be smokey if it is that long. I'M not sure how to fix that problem. maybe I can figure that out as I go. any ideas would be great. bottom blast, side blast? I have been doing my thing for a while now, so I am kinda out of the loop so to speak, on forge ideas, and such. I am in a heated shop, and work full time in it. I say this because if there is any ideas of water cooled somethings it would be OK. thanks for your alls time....Jeff

Hello, nice forum, I am mostly on gun boards, and have been doing blacksmith work also for years. I am self employed and sell gun parts, mostly older stuff from WWI, WWII. I am to the point of needing to build a bigger coal fired forge, and was looking for some new ideas. The one I have I made about 15 years ago, and is starting to get a bit thin on the bottom. I need to build something a litle bigger and longer for some welding. i know gas is the thing, but I like coal, and I have a bunch. I will be looking for some ideas, building it is not a problem. Thanks, I will post the question on one of the other threads.