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Thank you

Bottom line seems to be that as it's currently set up, NO it is not safe. Plus I got the added benefit of some suggestions on ways to make it safer, and ways to do it better, which is all just bonus. I was really only thinking about fire and fire suppression, along with packing as much kit on one rolling cart as possible. I hadn't even considered the CO issues, or the leaky propane explosion issue. I ran a propane heater all last winter in a very small shop without a care in the world. SO, hey fellahs you may have just saved a life, or four. Six lives if you count the cats, which barely anybody does anymore. That's nothing to sneeze at. Thank you again everyone.

Here I was, thinking I'd picked up the hobby of heating up metal and pounding it into decorative and useful shapes. I suspected it would not be as simple as Youtube makes it seem. Thank you to everyone. I will keep all this in mind.

The area is a two car garage. It may be 20x24. I can open the double garage door and run a fan this time of the year, but I was hoping to be able to use this in the winter, when opening the garage door is not something I'm liable to do. I'd more likely just not do any forging in the winter if it's not possible to make it safe for indoor use. If adding an exhaust hood would solve it, that may be something I'd consider after a few years. I need to make sure the hobby sticks first. Irondragon, I will get the CO detector mounted before I light it again. I can put the fire extinguisher anywhere nearby I'm sure. I thought it'd be handy for it to be right there with the cart, but having it attached to the wall of the garage should be ok. Hopefully it'll never have to be deployed. But I'll make sure I have a straight line to it, just in case. I will have to figure out how far away the gas bottle has to be. At least it can be stowed in a tidy manner after everything has cooled down. Lastly, I thought I would probably have to put the doors on it, but I do not have enough bricks to do it. I will order more, and get some more threaded rod, as I cut them too short for his method of keeping the doors captive. Or I will get some rod couplings and bolt on the door keeper that way. Does anyone foresee any problems with running the larger burner? I ordered it before I'd ever read anything about a burner. I have intentions of making a 1/2" burner soon enough, but I'd like to actually smash a little bit of metal in the meantime. Being completely ignorant and inexperienced, I won't really have any idea if things aren't going as smoothly or as quickly as they should. I did light it up for about a minute. Somewhat anticlimactic to be honest, but I really needed to see a flame in there. Thanks to both of you.

This forge is basically a copy of a picture that Frosty posted. The differences being I have a three-quarter inch burner that was purchased off eBay, different threaded rod sizes, and no doors. I swapped out the bell reducer it came with for a threaded coupling according to what I understand his directions to indicate. I haven't yet bought a heat reflective coating for the interior. I think I can still fit a tub of water and a fire extinguisher on this cart. Maybe later I'll add a rack for tongs. But my primary question is: does this appear to be a safe set up? I would like to use it indoors. But when not in use, I need the whole kit to roll out of the way. Any other advice is welcome. Thanks for looking.

In your previous example posted, what are the doors made of? They look like the bricks I used to be able to buy at the farm supply for a wood burning stove.

That's the plan. I've had it five years and it's only been on a stand for about a month.

Here's my anvil. I Think it had a hard life. I paid 75 dollars for it, which may be the only nice thing about it. I think it will work. But I don't believe it has any steel on the face. It seems to be solid cast iron (i gather that's bad news). A file makes lots of black powder in short order. So maybe a Fisher copy, if ever a thing like that existed. 100 pounds

It's not often that sleeping on a problem has ever yielded such a crystal clear solution. Thanks for that!

Oh I won't be doing anything like the one you're referring to Frosty. The one I'm doing is titled "Forge Build: No welding required". In fact, it's somewhat more like the beginnings of your green multi-modal, reconfigurable forge. It'll take me some time to collect enough fire brick to do anything like that though. I expect I'll only be doing small things really. But i love modular design. Here's what it looks like right now. I'll have to study how to orient the photo to put the ground at the bottom I guess. You get the idea though. Don't examine my cart too closely. It's poorly built, but free is a price I'm only too happy to pay. I got stymied on how best to keep that hose safe from heat, and decided to sleep on the problem. Justin

I will look in to the JABOD thread. Thanks! I'm planning to build the small forge from the Essential Craftsman Youtube "show?". I think there's a person in Decatur who has an "open forge" day a couple times a month. Have you heard of that?

Im trying to reply in order from memory, so bear with me. Thanks! A name you could call me is Justin. But that will be as difficult to remember as which state I live in. I have lived in many states though through the years. But that's a story for another time. What's that you say about being sidetracked? In order to be properly sidetracked, I would have had to have been confident in my course to begin with. I don't know what a pun thread is. But give me some few weeks, and I may suss it out. I can't really come down on one side or the other of the issue. The state I'm in is general malaise. But that may be cause I live in Illinois. I added the location to my profile, which I hope fixes the problem of missing opportunities to meet neighborly people with actual experience. Finally, I live in Olney. How about you?

Just saying hello, as is recommended. I live in the southern half of the state, and don't even have a forge. I did make a hook once. At the time, I had a brake drum forge. Pretty basic hook, but it held a lot of chain for a long time. Anyways, it's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, blacksmiths of the world. I thank you all for this collection of valuable information.