Mr. Fox

That looks AWESOME!!! I might be making this in the near future  Thank you Irondragon!!

haha yeah, i wanted to wait till i had some lump charcoal but i had 3 or 4 bags of older charcoal so i figured they would be sufficient for a small test forging  i really want to try making my own lump charcoal! anyone here ever have any success with that??

Alright guys! First fire! It is obvious I will need some practice using charcoal haha but it did go better than I had hoped!

Check it out!  

Made a new set of pick up tongs from a RR staple I had lying about  

Thank you all for the positive feedback, the encouragement and the warm welcome!  

Yeah I figured i needed something behind it for safety, might take your advice Arkie and just use a large scrap of sheet metal.  I like your idea IronDragon and i actually have a ton of the tong rack material left over! I was playing with the idea of a removable rail but didn't know where to start! Thank you!!  Good idea George, apologies everyone for not giving a shout out from North Florida  Yeah, I'm committed now Frosty, the forge weighs just over 2,100#s. Same here!! I always wanted to make one but never laid a brick in my life before this attempt. Honestly can't believe it worked haha

Thank you DasWulf for the Firepot tip!!! I will give that a try!! I will be firing it up tomorrow and attempting my first project with it. I will post the results....no matter how it turns out haha

~Fox 

Good evening everyone,

I am new to the site, and this is my first post. I hope to learn a lot from the veterans here and maybe give back a little knowledge where i can.

Recently I found myself in need of a larger coal forge, so instead of trying to make do with what I had on hand i went and built a full-size forge. The photo was taken before the edging was put on to show her size better. What do you think?? Fire pot is 5" deep and 14"x12" Shes 38"x46"x36" Tall. Also has two built in tool racks. 

The whole project cost me $200 +/- a few bucks. I wanted to post this to get some feedback and to ask a question. I usually use coal but I would like to try my hand at Charcoal. I've used it before but never in a pot this large. Any advice would be greatly appreciated!

~ Fox