Mike Johnston Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 I am new to this. I am working to become a reenactor blacksmith around the civil war era. I am looking for plans for a mobile or traveling forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 (edited) Building a Civil War era Traveling Forge wagon, such as shown in my Avatar as seen on the left : Detailed plans drawn circa 1850s by Captain Albert Mordecai for the U.S. army. These drawings were used by contractors to build equipment for the U.S. army during the mid-1800s:FieldArtilleryTravelingForgeBookNumber61 < BlacksmithInfo < TWikiForum discussing the construction of a Civil War era Traveling ForgeTraveling Forge Construction on the BlacksmithInfo TWiki Edited September 13, 2009 by UnicornForge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 13, 2009 Share Posted September 13, 2009 (edited) In choosing the equipment that you will make/acquire for a Civil War era living history presentation will depend on the amount of time and/or money that you wish to invest in your presentation. At one extreme are those who invest significant time and money in constructing an army "traveling forge", and at the other extreme are Civil War reenactors that purchase a 20th century rivet forge and use that for demonstrations. Most Civil War reenactors seem to choose to use a 20th century rivet forge. There has been a significant amount of discussion on both Civil War era blacksmithing equipment as well as historical presentations of blacksmithing for other periods of history. I used the search feature at the top of this page and searched for "traveling forge" and the result was a fairly large number of "threads" where civil war era blacksmithing equipment was discussed. Here are a few links to some of those threads. I hope that the information is helpful. - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f85/cavalry-pack-forge-12283/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f24/what-projects-do-you-do-you-most-12691/#post118913 - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f85/show-us-your-portable-forge-re-enacting-event-demos-7487/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f7/wheels-traveling-forge-now-have-tires-11363/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f49/ordnance-manual-use-officers-confederate-states-army-8357/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f92/how-do-you-carry-your-tools-demos-living-history-reenacting-8150/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f85/period-forges-8025/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f7/civil-war-era-blacksmith-wagon-5288/ - http://www.iforgeiron.com/forum/f16/forge-carts-6445/ Edited September 13, 2009 by UnicornForge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted September 14, 2009 Share Posted September 14, 2009 Welcome aboard Mike, glad to have you. If you want to do Civil War blacksmith reenacting, Dave is the guy to ask, he has a sweet set up. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Einhorn Posted September 28, 2009 Share Posted September 28, 2009 (edited) Are you still here Mike? I hope that the abundance of information did not scare you away. You could also consider constructing a Russian military forge as shown below. It has straked wheels, and a lot less parts than the American military traveling forge, and since no one has ever actually seen one, no one can argue about its authenticity... I guess. I figure that the frame could be quickly made by glueing up some 2 by 6 boards to make what appears to be a simple box comprised of either 4 by 6s or 6 by 6s. Edited September 28, 2009 by UnicornForge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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