Epicnoob

After doing more research I might just get the sink and start a junk pile with it. Could be a quench tank or something. I just bought a house and there’s a handful of junk in the basement and some that’s outside I can scrounge through and see if it’ll work. I know I have an old furnace door I might could use as a bed for the coal. 

Pallets sound like a pretty good idea. Why don’t you need an ash dump for a side blast? Doesn’t it have to go somewhere? 

1 hour ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said:

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No I have not. I thought I was gonna post this and not get a reply. But this community seems awesome. 

1 hour ago, Daswulf said:

So do you mean lump "charcoal" or coal? 

I think I mean coal. The farm supply store said they only had lump coal and didn’t have “nut and stove” coal? It was $.20 a pound if that helps.

1 hour ago, pnut said:

You could use an old dresser drawer or pretty much anything that will hold dirt to make a jabod. Mine is made out of a night stand a hotel was getting rid of. Screw together a box out of wood. It's easier to drill.

Pnut

I’m just “borrowing” an old sink from my father in law. It’s just what have. I don’t have a good junk pile yet haha.

I’m going to use lump coal in it. My plan is too use a hand crank blower because I don’t have electric where I’m gonna set up. 

The soil where I’m at has plenty of clay. What are the disadvantages for doing a bottom blast? I don’t really have anyway to cut a hole in the sink. I figured rigging a pipe up to the drain would be easier for now.

I’ve read the JABOD threads and that’s why I’m trying to decide the best options. This is my first venture into this, so I’m trying to keep it as simple and cheap as possible. Especially the bottom blast vs side blast.

I’ve seen varying opinions on making a forge with a sink but it’s what I have so I’m gonna use it. My questions are, what can I do for an ash dump in it? Would it be better to blow the air up into it or build a dirt “bed” then put air through the side of it? Last, if it’s easier to blow the air through the drain port how do I build that up? Do I just put dirt/clay on the sides and a pile of coal in the middle? Thanks