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Thank you to all who responded. I am going to play with it today. I'll post an updated pic when I get it to harden and first use!

So I tried it with the clinker breaker and no grate and then switched to no clinker breaker and the grate which is what I think I’ll like better. I then put refractory cement around the hole (pardon the sloppy work). Problem is getting it to set up slowly while controlling the heating without cracking the cast iron. Can I build a fire underneath and get it to set up that way or should I build a fire around it in the pan?

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Thanks for the replies. What type of clay do you recommend? I got some stuff from Home Depot but don’t know the name off the top of my head. It requires heating it up slowly and I am also at a loss for how to heat it up slowly without it cracking and it’s soft enough that I can’t build a fire on it without the fuel smooshing into the clay. Thoughts?

Thank you. Very helpful. Can’t wait to get out to the shop.

Ladies and gentlemen, Love this forum. I’ve recently received a cast iron forge but it was taken apart and I was unable to see how it was put together. Can somebody explain how the grate interacts with the tuyere and clinker breaker on this version of forge? The ring is broken as you can see and I don’t know if or where I could find something. If I put the grate on top of the ring then it sits higher than the table. It doesn’t seem to go below the table because the tuyere attaches to the table in a specific way that doesn’t permit it to attach. There are two bolt that’s supposedly go through the top of the run through the table and attach the tuyere. Any thoughts on how to proceed?