After being away from it for 26 yrs I took part in an NEB event in Maine a couple weeks ago and that set the hook. Made a firepot from a cast iron mold. It's about 8"in dia. and 3 1/2 deep. The forge is inch and a half angle with a 1/8 " diamond plate bottom.Today I finished my forge and got to try it out. If you can believe this I still had a half a barrel of coal that I've stored all those years along with my few tongs and things.
I did a few scrolls and twists. Even did an attempt at a bird head. If you use your imagination you can see it. I still think I need to dress my forging hammer a little because I'm getting more marks than I think I should. I have a slight crown in it and about a sixteenth radius around the edge. What size radius should you put on the outer edge of a hammer to start with? The truck axle in the forge didn't see much forging, that's some tough stuff at the end of the day.

Dick

man that is a sweet forge! what did you turn the fire pot out of?

Hi Rob, I got an old Cast Iron mold from a glass forging company in our area. It's Meanite cast iron. Im still going to make a clinker breaker for it but to get going I just drilled a piece of plate and dropped it in the bottom.