Dutchmancreek Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 I just installed a new forge today. Welded up with a Centaur forge firepot and custom hood. The old flat forge is now set over by the rivet forge and will probably be given to a friend. I lit a fire and did a forge weld just to break it in....will actually start a project tomorrow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted December 19, 2006 Share Posted December 19, 2006 Nice! Happy birthday to your forge. Be Safe, Be safe! Ted Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 ohhhh pretty! Now to make it look throughly "used"... Thomas Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thomas Dean Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Sweet, nice looking job! BTW, do you have a cleaning service to come in and clean your shop!?!? Man, it looks as if you could eat off the floors. amazing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phil Patrick Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 I had to laugh when I read your reponse. I just emailed pictures of some work I did to a friend. They were wind chimes I just finished and they were hanging in my shop. I noticed that my shop looked like a bomb inside a huge container of scrap metal, tools , water bottles, spent sanding belts etc,, had exploded in my shop. Maybe I should clean up tonight. That forge looks really nice. Is table(?) of it made from quaterplate? what are the approximate dimesions of it? Anyway,, nicely done! Happy holidays all!!!! Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Don A Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 Nice. Real nice. Hopefully I'm not too far behind you. Tell me about your blower. Is it a store-bought forge blower, or a salvaged unit from some other equipment? CFM? Variable speed, air-gate, other? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchmancreek Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 I cleaned up the shop while waiting for the firepot to arrive from Centaur...it's usually a mess, but I like it this way. Maybe I'll clean up more often. The steel table was sitting outside my cousin's welding shop so it only took a bit of cutting and welding to make the forge. The forge area under the hood is 24 X 31 with angle iron welded around for sides. The table area in front of the forge is 16 X 31 and there is a small 8 X 31 area behind the hood to hold fire tools. Luckily, the hood fit the table perfectly. Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Seamus Posted December 20, 2006 Share Posted December 20, 2006 and good photo composition on the 2nd shot, near-far, etc Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchmancreek Posted December 20, 2006 Author Share Posted December 20, 2006 I didn't know I had good photo composition...I thought I just stepped back and snapped another shot. Well, if it's good, I'm gonna say I did it on purpose. Thanks Steve Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
julian Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 Dutchman those Centaurforge firepots are very good. I have the X-heavy duty coke firepot and I love it, it's a real workhorse. Cool forge, clean shop too :) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ecart Posted December 22, 2006 Share Posted December 22, 2006 That's a nice forge ya got there! Makes me jealous because I've been trying to get a new forge up and running for some time now. But now you have to show us the fine work you put out with it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dutchmancreek Posted December 22, 2006 Author Share Posted December 22, 2006 Don A...sorry I missed your post. The blower is an electric blower salvaged from an old heater, the same one I used on my old flat forge.I don't know the CFM. I used dryer duct to get from the blower to the forge. I had a dimmer switch type speed control but removed it in favor of an air gate to control the air volume. I also had the blower wired through a foot switch (from a sewing machine) so when I stepped away from the forge the blower would quit....it saved coal and kept me from absent mindedly burning up pieces. I needed the switch for another project and haven't replaced it yet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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