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  1. bourne101
    the firepot on my coal forge is only about 10 inches wide so it's fairly small. and about the gloves...when you say a cotton glove you mean like a cotton oven mit right? i've got a bunch of them.
  2. bourne101
    i'm about to begin my first project on a forge, and since i have no tongs i was going to make a set of tongs using the blueprints on a website. i'm going to be using a peice of 1/8 by 1 inch stock thats going to be about 3 feet long and since i'm only going to be heating the ends i was wondering how far your hand should be from the glowing end of the metal (wearing some welding gloves).
  3. bourne101
    ok thanks everyone
  4. bourne101
    ok thanks for the help
  5. bourne101
    ok thanks everyone...sk how did you make the hot cutter?
  6. bourne101
    oh cool...didn't even know i was posting in this thread...just thought i was makin a new one. thanks for te help
  7. bourne101
    oh ok thanks...any way to fix the edges a bit if they are a bit chipped?
  8. bourne101
    but what if i have a hole in the bottom of my firepot below where the heart of the fire will be for the air? the ashes will fall in or blow out won't they?
  9. bourne101
    ok thanks i'll check up on that
  10. bourne101
    hi i'm about to fire up my forge for the first time and i'm wondering if there is a special method of lighting a coal fire compared to charcoal and wood?..i don't have much experience starting anything other than a campfire.
  11. bourne101
    is there a place on the site that will tell me how exactly to make the tongs?
  12. bourne101
    i have a very old anvil with nothing left written on it because a layer of rust....it's about 100lb. i'm planing on using that to get started with my first project. you guys think i can just grind the rust off or do i need to use some other method for an anvil?
  13. bourne101
    ok i'll take your advise steve, thanks. any ideas for a first project?
  14. bourne101
    cool thanks for the help guys...much appreciated. i started another thread about starting a coal fire, i'm wondering if a coal fire needs to be started differently than a wood or charcoal fire. post there if your interested in helping. thanks!
  15. bourne101
    how large is the tank for the supply of propane?
  16. bourne101
    i am almost able to light my forge for the first time and i was wondering if there was any technique or certain way for lighting a coal fire in a forge? the air supply for the fire is right under the firepot going straight up if that matters. any help is appreciated.
  17. bourne101
    anyone have any pictures of a forge using propane? is there anything about the design of the forge that allows it to use propane as a fuel? i'm realitively certain that a propane forge and a coal forge would have different qualities about them, any thoughts on that one? ...nice story jim...
  18. bourne101
    cool i'll check them out...meanwhile i'd like to here what the propane users about that as a fuel
  19. bourne101
    i'm trying to make a knife where the edge curves upward to the back side and i was wondering if i need to cut an angle on the bar that i'm using so that when the metal expands from my hits it won't just curve too far backwards to where the back side isn't straight anymore.
  20. bourne101
    if i ecer get time to finish my forge i'll need to put some pictures up. the forge itself is only about a foot and a half wide with the air feeding directly up from the bottom. it's made out of an old brake rotor.
  21. bourne101
    isn't propane more expensive though? and i thought coal burned hotter than propane.
  22. bourne101
    hey Messerist, how did you get the pattern on that knife? it's really nice.
  23. bourne101
    ok so soft coal is better to use as coke and the hard coal is burnt as it is...and both are suitable for forging and blacksmithing, am i right?
  24. bourne101
    oh ok...what is the diffence between soft and hard coal? i can buy coal but i'm not sure if i can get it in any specific form. (soft or hard)
  25. bourne101
    coal would be the easiest to buy in my area but whic proves to be the least expensive? i'm on a very tight budget right now....first car and everything. should the blocks of coal/coke be small...(like th size of a fist) or large...(anything bigger than a hand)?
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