Any body ever thought about trying this for a fuel such as charcoal? i was at wally world the other day wondering around the garden section when i noticed how fairly inexpensive these pots were. if i could find one the proper diameter that wasnt to deep i was thinking enlarge the drainage hole and use that for the blast hole line it with refractory and away we go only thing i dont know is if the pot would crack a forging temp even if it were lined any ideas?

Well, it would work but be VERY fragile considering you are going to be poking in lengths of steel and banging it.

They're not expensive, give it a try and let us know what you did to it and how it works.

Frosty

I have tried that and the pot broke on the first firing.

I've melted a small terra cotta pot in my forge trying to use it as an enamelling kiln.

I'd look at cheap stainless steep pots over pottery!

yeah they just lowered the price on a 14" charcoal grill to $10 were i work so i figured just buy one of those and convert it suggestions for lining air etc?

When I built my first forge it was made from an old dry sink.

I used clay form the local creek and had a piece of pipe with a lot of holes as the air input. I had it horizintally on the bottom of the foge and ran a ramf0d inside it to control the length of the fire.

yeah im not real good at identifyin clay in the area were i live i think im gonna end up using furnace cement for my refractory any sugestions on how thick? ill probably do at least a couple inches on the bottem to shallow up my forge a little as of right now as just a grill shell id estimate it to be about 7 inches deep at least