Justin Topp

Finished up the top fuller I made the other day

It reached 90% of the way up. I’ve always been told any old clay works

It’s going up to lake of the woods in Minnesota! they house 6 people. For a few days at a time so they are pretty good sized

I used clay. Not sure the type. It was Over an inch thick

I bolted a plate on. Drilled the hole on one side of the crack 1/8 larger so it has a small amount of room to move. So that hopefully it doesn’t break somewhere else. But this keeps the gap mostly closed. Only opens a small amount when heated

1” round forge welded ice house towing ring.

No I understood and I agree fully. I was just explaining a little why it was so big

Thanks! the top fuller is pretty large and heavy becuse I used a chunk of steel I had on hand. I should’ve grabbed something smaller but for the few times I use it I should be fine I think.

Bolt tongs for 2” square stock. Forge welded reigns

That’s what Is starting to seem like the best choice. I can always in bolt it if I need to. It’s a lot harder to un braze it

Yes it was

Crack closed most of the way when it closed. Should be easy enough to braze back together

Yea it just happened. Looks all clean. And there was a fairly loud snap. This was after 4 hours of normal forging

Something tells me it’s not supposed to do that ......

5/8” top fuller

Thank you both!

2.25 lb rounding hammer

Made a hacksaw tonight. This is rough as forged. Holds a 10” blade. Just need to make a handle on the lathe and a tensioning nut to hold the blade

Looking at the catalog it says they can be supplied with any of their blowers so probably original. Regardless it’s a great forge!

It gives me an excuse to play with the lathe. Don’t get to do that very often.

Well I had my first fire in it today. And this thing is a huge improvement over the rivet forge I was using. The fire pot is great. Clinker doesn’t fuse on the cast iron like it did on the cement in my rivet forge. Not one piece of fuel has fallen. Where I dropped tons of fuel on the rivet forge. And the table is wonderful so my tools aren’t just scattered on the floor or in the water bucket where they used to fall. Need to get a bigger electric motor to properly burn anthracite. My larger CO blower is the only thing with enough air

All sorts of wonderful ideas. Thanks everyone! A spring trap sounds like fun! The spit turner looks too! A good wind chime would be nice to replace the cheap one we have in the garden. Hmmm thanks!

I was wondering if anyone had ideas for something mechanical but fairly simple to try making. That involves forging several parts. Some simple machine hooked to a motor would be interesting . Or just something involving several pivots. Examples of things I was thinking of was perhaps a gear puller, or dolphin jaw tongs. Maybe a lock. Really looking for things that can be powered with a motor for something useful. Even if it’s a basic use. Any ideas?

Works great! Lots of airflow. I prefer these blower over those lever crank anyhow!