Sam Salvati Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I recently acquired a 2 burner Mankel forge, older model casting but in mint condition. It has the DC motor for the blower. I paid 50$ for it and an anvil and some other tools. Does anyone own or use one? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I recently acquired a 2 burner Mankel forge, older model casting but in mint condition. It has the DC motor for the blower. I paid 50$ for it and an anvil and some other tools. Nice drive by gloat there Sam. As they say on one of the WWing forums,BEEP-BEEP! As at least one member usually says here,"Pics,or it didn`t happen". As most of the others say,we LOVE pics and I am looking forward to seeing the digital images from all sides and angles to include hot steel being worked on that power hammer of yours. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 22, 2010 Author Share Posted September 22, 2010 Gonna be a good bit of time most likely til I get back to my own shop, then get this guy running. Though I am getting fairly close now to having a "complete" shop, now I have this nice professional forge. I have to talk with my friend Dick who is a Mankel magician. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 Looking forward to the pics.I`m sure they will be worth the wait. Thanks Sam. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted September 22, 2010 Share Posted September 22, 2010 I've had one for a long time. Love it. The clamshell design is useful. I've built a few but the mankel gets almost all of the gasser work. Nice score. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Hammer Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!! That's just not fair... Nice catch.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 23, 2010 Author Share Posted September 23, 2010 Nuge I never seen the clamshell design from Mankel? FIFTY DOLLARS!!!!! That's just not fair... Nice catch.. Dave the warning label above the door is still there, just slightly burnt but it's there! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Sam,you are a bad man! I`ll bet the old widow didn`t know she could get over twice that just for the anvil. Keep this up and you`ll have warehouses full of gear dotted all over the countryside yet sleep in a van down by the river with a cell phone next to your head. Gotta be ready to go with the quickness if you want to get deals like that. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Sam, isn't your new forge shaped like this?? Clamshellish? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Nuge, I shoulda clarified I had an older model. Here is mine, older manifold and everything: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 Bob, no widow, the man who originally took the farrier class in Oklahoma is the one who sold it to me, he was original owner of everything. I'd not like warehouses of stuff, just the right tools to keep myself up and running right to do a good job, in a nice house with attached shop He was happy it was going to someone who could use it and is going to use it! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mainely,Bob Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Well,he picked the right man to make the deal with then didn`t he? I`m sure you will get much good use from all the gear Sam.Glad to see you got it. We STILL want to see pics of the other items and everything in use though. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 24, 2010 Author Share Posted September 24, 2010 He sure did i'll never have to buy another forge ever again thanks to him, I couldn't thank him enough! my friend Dick the Mankel Magician has the ones he runs going at 5/8ths of a psi, running welding heats in a BIG chamber. I'll have to shoot some photos of the anvil tomorrow it's night here now. I'm going to clean it up real good, paint it even! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nuge Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 Looks cool. You might do well to cannibalize it a bit and poke a firebrick shaped hole in the back for bigger stuff. Then again, the refractory is in such pristine shape... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ianinsa Posted September 24, 2010 Share Posted September 24, 2010 It looks like you had that on the living room carpet! WHAT'S THE GOOD LADY GONA SAY? Nice piece though :D Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciladog Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Sam, I spoke to the Mankel Magician today and he said that if you want his help with the forge you had better show up at the Peter's Valley craft show tomorrow or Sunday and buy that beautiful brass bowl he made for the show. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 Nuge, I might extend the round bar pins on the back and make a thin stack of brick, to get a bit bigger chamber and also to get a back door like you said. That way it'll keep it all in good order but still make it workable for longer stuff. Ianinsa, there isn't a good lady in my life just yet so no worries Craig, I wish I could!!!! money is tight this month, I did ashokan bladesmiths hammer in last weekend and got the blacksmiths this weekend coming after next! and I still have to make rent! gonna be close. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 test fired the Mankel today, everything works but it will need a bit of tuning, I think as is common the burner on the blower side of the manifold is much hotter. this is a real pro forge, lots of mass of refractory, once it's hot it is HOT. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toreus Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 If you wanted a more even heat, what about putting some sort of a choke/baffle in the gas tube nearest the blower (not near where it enters the forge). Disclaimer: I am still new at this :unsure: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 If you wanted a more even heat, what about putting some sort of a choke/baffle in the gas tube nearest the blower (not near where it enters the forge). Disclaimer: I am still new at this There is bits built into the forge to adjust this, no need to cannibalize it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ciladog Posted September 25, 2010 Share Posted September 25, 2010 Sam, get rid of the squirrel cage blower and put a cenrifugal blower on it. You know who told me to tell you that, right? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sam Salvati Posted September 26, 2010 Author Share Posted September 26, 2010 Sam, get rid of the squirrel cage blower and put a cenrifugal blower on it. You know who told me to tell you that, right? sure do, I have the 164cfm 40 oz pressure blower from Bsdepot should work nicely thanks Craig. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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