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Here are a couple pictures of an unusual vise I found on a job. This is aboard a Russian vessel but the stamp indicates it is from Downunder -
Thanks all for your input. I need to glob onto some coal still (the Farrier supply 40 miles from the house looks to be the best source at $20 for 50#) to try it out. I will be making a couple cahnges (i.e the angle of my air supply) but I don't think it needs too much. The air supply is variable via the two speeds on the hair dryer. If I need more I'll add a way to block the supply pipe in increments. Thanks, Nomad
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RR welcome, I hope you get a chance to revive your forge soon. I'm south of you a bit in Battle Ground (WA) just outside of Vancouver (not Canada) Washington (not D.C). Nathan
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I'd appreciate it if you, my very knowledgable friends, would look at the pictures I posted under the gallery,tools,coal forges. I have no experiance with coal (in fact I still need to buy some to try this forge out) and am looking for suggestions. I used what I had or was able to scrounge. (total cost stands at $3 for bolts and $3 for the blower) Thanks, Nomad
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The Ducks Nest (I think that's the right term) might be too small. The scrap pieces of angle work to keep the bricks apart. The blower tube is set into a notched piece of firebrick with a piece of Kaowool on top (right side of picture). I put a piece of 3/16 scrap plate and another piece Kaowool between the cast iron sink I used as the body and the bottom of the Ducks Nest to prevent burnthrough. -
My current blower is a Goodwill hair dryer with High/Low and not heat coils. -
This is my first try at a solid fuel forge. I used what I had on hand. I'm looking for suggestions. -
Kallsme´n- That looks great! Tyler- Though I wouldn't like to think of the byproducts, it can be done. I think waste fryer oil might be safer but I'm not sure. The following was posted on a metalcasting BB I visit. He used a 20# propane cylinder as the burner and it fire a crucible furnace made of a 55 gallon drum..... http://OpenOSX.com/hotspring/propane-OIL-burner/propane-OIL-burner.html> He also posted this diagram: ''Here is a side "doodle": @ = propane bottle $ = exhaust/flame * = oil _ = intake .. = air ..............@@@@@X@@@@@ .............@.......................................@ $$........@........................................@_______ $$$$$$ $.................................................................... $$$$$$$$$$................................. ________ .............@ $$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$ @ ...............@**********************@ ................@@@@@@@@@@ So, the bigger the pool/surface area of oil - the bigger/hotter the exhaust..." One thing I have found by looking around a bit is that his doodle left out a supply line that drips fuel where I added the X Nomad
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AG, welcome to the fray. Small world, I graduated from Arvada Senior High when they were still the Redskins. Nomad
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The only thing constructive I can add is make good use of your auto shop time. Glob onto every spring you can as these are temperable and can be reworked down the road, even if you don't have the skills yet. Good luck. Nomad
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Hello all, My name is Nathan, I'm pretty good at burning myself, and one of these days I might change the shape of a metalic object! I'm a really amature smith that hasn't lit a forge since I moved a year ago. I decided to surf by the site (it's been longer than a year) and things have changed. It looks great! I've never worked along side another smith and have learned a lot from sites like this one and the people I've met through them (evn'n Jr.) so I wanted to say Thanks to Glen in advance. Nathan Nomad
