Jaret Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Before and after pics. The one I found in the grass 2 weeks back. Took the grinder and the wired wheel to it and buffed all the rust out. Looks pretty good now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 That's a nice firepot. Time to set it in a hearth alongside a good blower and do some work! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
easilyconfused Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 How come I never found it? Need to look harder I guess!:p Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
element Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Wow, that is such an awesome find. Thats like gold to a blacksmith like gold is to a gold panner:cool::cool: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksmth Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 That is a nice fire pot!!! I notice that this fire pot would be easier to clean out with a shovel than some. The sides of your fire pot have a nice slant with a smooth transition to the flat bottom (wide enough for a coal shovel). You can slide a shovel down one side and smoothly across the bottom to pick up the clinker and ash. No sharp corners or welds. Most purchased fire pots (Centaur Vulcan, Lawrence Industries, Sofa, etc.) are designed like yours so a shovel can be easily be used to clean out all the debris as needed. So many of the home made fire pots, that I see, taper down to the air inlet (no shovel width flat bottom), which make it more difficult to clean. This is certainly not a big deal, but an easy to clean fire pot is one of those joys of life. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Very nice. First time I have heard of the Can Blower and Forge Co. I wonder if your find is the last example of firepots made by that company. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yesteryearforge Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 Nice firepot now you just need to marry it up with a canadian blower and forge hand crank blower Mike Tanner Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rokshasa Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 take a look at my gallary, i have had in my posetion some canadian forge and blower co. items on there , namely a blower, if you where closer i know where you could pick oune up...needs a little work but it works fine. traded mine for a 1hp electric blower. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaret Posted April 22, 2009 Author Share Posted April 22, 2009 I may have one coming. My buddy has something in his garage but he is clueless to know exactly what it s. He does know its a hand crank blower though, just not the name. Cheers all. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Hill Forge Posted April 22, 2009 Share Posted April 22, 2009 With my luck, the lawn mower would have found it !!! Looks great ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jaret Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 (edited) I gave it a clear coat because i despise rust and put it all back together. Looks pretty sharp. Not sure if I can really set this up in the city. Going to build a gas one for the city. But none the less, its looking pretty good. J. Edited April 24, 2009 by Jaret forgot pics Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Old South Creations Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 You lucky dog! Looks like it's in great shape! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sawyer04 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 My finds are always in pieces:( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brasilikilt Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 I think you did a really good job cleaning her up. Now ya have to get your forge put together and see how it works! Have fun :-) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bentiron1946 Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Isn't cast iron wonderful stuff. If that had been welded steel it would have been nothing but rust. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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