De St Uby Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Hello all, At first :sorry for my english... Ok, i have " discovered " a forge on a great french blacksmithing site. Never see such a forge before... My question about this " dragon " : anyone have perhaps plans ? Or an idea of the interior parts ? Then a few links with photos, ( sorry for the quantity ). Photo 1 photo 2photo 3photo 4 photo 5photo 6 photo 7photo 8photo 9photo 10photo 11photo 12photo 13 Thanks for every tips about this " dragon forge ".... The first photo has the full link to the site and gallery page, the rest link straight to the image. This was done to save bandwidth and loading time for both sites Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chad J Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 That is so COOL!! Somebody had alot of time on there hands! That would be a very fun project! I don't have plans, but most of the stuff I build I make up as i go. Thanks for the pictures. Chad Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matt87 Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Wow, took me a second to realise it was a forge and not just a sculpture. I expect the head/mouth contains a bottom-blast fire-pot. Original and pretty but not much of a fuel reserve. I expect the body to be a simple frame welded up (6mm-ish rods or weld-mesh) and the scales and such are simply welded on. Don't worry about your English, it's better than a lot of people whoa are supposed to have it as their mother tongue... and it's better than my Francais! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TASMITH Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Now Thats a forge! Looks like something Frosty might build! Terry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polarbearforge Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 Now that's a pretty cool looking forge. Somebody doing a lot of ren faires or demos would probably get a lot of attention with that. Jamie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Sells Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 the big question is: should I rebuild my bellows now... Hmmmmm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jeremy k Posted March 14, 2009 Share Posted March 14, 2009 It's the same as any other forge - it's got an air supply and a firepot - it's just got a different sheetmetal housing than most. Now I'll have to see if I have an extra firepot laying around - looks like a cool little project to add to the others on the list. Certainly would be an attention getter. - JK Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted March 15, 2009 Share Posted March 15, 2009 (edited) That isn't the sort of project you can get plans for, it's the kind you have to bring forth from your mind's eye. I don't think there's anything special about the forge itself but there's sure something special about the blacksmith. Thanks for posting the URL. De St Uby: If you'll click "User CP" at the top of the page and edit your profile to show your location it'll make a big difference. IFI is represented by members from more than 50 countries and information will vary depending on location. Besides you never know when another member lives just down the road from you and you can both benefit from hooking up. I have a friend kind of like that though he claims he's not a sculptor, blacksmith, etc. just a retired lawyer with some tools and a welder. Jurustic Park - Creatures From The McMillian Marsh You're right Terry, it is something like, something like (yes, I said that twice on purpose) I might build some day. I picture mine laying almost prone with it's open mouth facing upwards, front arms and claws handy helpers and a hydraulically driven power hammer rear foot. Okay, I know that's silly, the tail will be a jib boom crane smoke stack combo too. Frosty Edited March 15, 2009 by Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted March 16, 2009 Share Posted March 16, 2009 That is one sweet forge, however, you are somewhat limited by what you can do, but I don't think that matters for what he is doing. Thanks for the link. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
divermike Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 ok now I know the addiction has sometimes got the best of me, but tell the truth, when you saw that dragon, didn't you immediately say to yourself, hmmmm, maybe something kinda different would be cool, and at some time in the quiet night, won't you start planning yours?? I know I probably will. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CBrann Posted March 17, 2009 Share Posted March 17, 2009 Incredible..... just work back from the pics... make it look like th epicture... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
De St Uby Posted December 30, 2009 Author Share Posted December 30, 2009 Good evening, I am very sorry about it but I was away for a long Time, thank you for all your Answers, and specially for the Link of " Jurustic Park " it is really a very beautiful Work these Sculptures( I like this sort of Art ). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Budd Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 I saw that forge at the Belgium Knife show a couple of months ago. It looked brilliant and I couldn't resist taking some pics myself I think it just gets taken around to shows and used for demonstrating small things. There was a small boy operating the bellows when I saw it, but he didn't speak enough english for me to work out who made it. Looked simple enough to build assuming that you can do the sculptural aspect of it the actual forge is pretty simple. Maybe email the organisers of BKS and ask them to put you in touch with whowhever the forge belongs to? Or try and make it up as you go along? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
double_edge2 Posted December 30, 2009 Share Posted December 30, 2009 and some! how cool. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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