Pnut:All is good, thank you responding, and as Frosty said, I have been in contact.
I have gotten a lot of very good suggestions and information here already....
Right now I have a small homemade "charcoal" forge, I haven't tried it with coal yet as I moved to the cold from Florida, and in FL I could not find coal, but here I can get some, not sure what type they carry but I will be trying it when it warms up, if it warms up. I will check out the "jabod" posts, as I am looking for one.
My wife is from here (Crosby), I'm from MN, but I got stationed (ex-Air Force) in FL as just stayed there for about 23 years.
Thank you, and thank everyone!
Bob