OddDuck Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Here's a neat forge a friend of mine built for himself, he had the firepot already, and found himself a nice little champion blower, but lacked a base. So he took a well control tank and started cutting, and this was the result: The firepot stood off the bottom of the tank, so I gave him some clay and he built up around the firepot with a clay/sand mix until it was level with the top. He also was missing a coupler to go between the 3" inlet of the firepot and the 2" hose coming off his blower, so I got creative and cast him an adapter, came out pretty nice, and fit near perfect. The whole rig works like a champ, we fired it up yesterday and heated up the first steel on it, that little blower puts out a lot of air. Larry thinks his stack could be a bit taller for better draft, but after it heated up it drew a bit better. It's a piece of 12" stainless conduit he had. That's my handsome mug in the second pic, I managed to make a pretty good knife blank using the forge (my first ever, I'll post about that in the knife forum) using Brian Brazeal's technique. We had a fun afternoon, and Larry has a nice new forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CurlyGeorge Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Nice looking forge. Good job. Thanks for sharing the story and pics. :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macbruce Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Outside the box or inside the tank??.............very clever, I love stuff like that........mb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chyancarrek Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Good looking forge - Nice job on the adapter OD! Sand-cast or lost wax? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OddDuck Posted April 3, 2011 Author Share Posted April 3, 2011 Good looking forge - Nice job on the adapter OD! Sand-cast or lost wax? Lost foam, actually, and I bored it out using the Gingery lathe that I am (painfully slowly) building,. Lost foam is nice for one-offs and quick projects, I usually don't like the surface quality but then again I don't coat my foam with anything, I usually use it for structural stuff where looks aren't important. I didn't get any pics of that, I start something and about halfway through I think "Geeze, I shoulda been taking pics!" The camera is usually dead anyways when I do remember. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Its threads like this that keep me wondering why people have to buy a "real" forge of fleabay for lots of money when a perfectly good one can be made with a bit of thought and effort. Really well done you should be proud of that little one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted April 3, 2011 Share Posted April 3, 2011 Neat forge! I saw your blade you made. Good job! Mark<>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWHII Posted April 4, 2011 Share Posted April 4, 2011 That is a great use for that old tank! Looks good too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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