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the new forge is just about done. it is a brake drum off a 1 ton pick up. About 4 inch deep. 2 inch pide with a T out to fan. Fan is an exhaust fan off a gas furnace.

Best guess will this work with coke? Guy locally has some coke I can get started with but he said it needs lots of air.

I post some pics once I get back up to the shop where the forge being assembled.

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Rich I have a damper on the intake side of the fan to control the air flow. My concern is do you think this set up will supply enough air to burn coke properly?

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Phil, I use coke in a small forge (about 2' dia), and my blower is just a 12V converted auto heater blower. Most of the time it's turned down low, and it seems to work fine.

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Our Blacksmith Association as well as the local Blacksmith converted to coke due to the unavailabilityof a supply of good coal. The results have been very favorable, it does take more air to keep the fire going. It works equally as well with powered and hand crank blowers. I am out of coal and I purchased 100 lbs from the club for my forge at home. One nice thing, it produces a lot less smoke which I am sure my neighbors will be thankful for.

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I will go ahead and buy it and give it a try. I am shure my neighbors will appreciate the less smoke part.

Thanks for the help.

Mike

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It's not so much *more* air as *constant* air. Coke has been know to go out between heats if it doesn't have some airflow through it. (Type makes a big difference with breeze from a previous fire being fairly stable and coke from a steel mill preferring to go OUT if you blink.)

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Doesn't all coal burn into coke? In effect are we not all ( who use coal ) using coke? I have used both, and have not found any difference between them.

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Yes it's all coke however the density of commercially made coke is several times that of what we form in our forges when we burn coal.

Sawdust is just wood right? Have you noticed a difference in burning it vs logs?

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