Andrew of Seattle

I appreciate this thread so much - thank you for the review, the discussion on trouble shooting and lighting, loved seeing Atlas in the conversation, and the updates! I acquired this forge for reasons mentioned last year but I'm only jow able to get to it. I'll post anything new to the conversation.

THANK YOU! 11years later on this thread, and I had to make an account to say just how beautifully you have answered my questions, anticipated (and empathized with) my concerns, and gave me hope in using grandpa's old horseshoe open forge. I lit it up again the other night and was just aghast watching it putrify my neighborhood. I'll try these. Very good to know about wet coal being an actual benefit, not problem. To save/use the coke, to pull in from the sides, to make the hole over the blower. Bless you ~Andrew