Widdershins IronWorks Posted December 26, 2011 Share Posted December 26, 2011 Hi folks, I am having I/O issues when trying to upload pics, so I'll just post a link to my forge blog...it shows the construction of the forge. Slainte! Brenthttp://widdershinsironworks.blogspot.com/2011/12/welcome-to-widdershins-ironworks.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Billingstwo Posted January 24, 2012 Share Posted January 24, 2012 Here are a few photos of the forge I built about a year ago, it works better than I had hoped. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scampbell Posted January 25, 2012 Share Posted January 25, 2012 just some pics of my forge... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Robert Conner Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 This is the forge I have for the time being. The fire pot is one of those outdoor fire pit deals that belongs to my parents. This entire setup was free to me. The firebrick that lines the bottom of the pit is out of a steam locomotive, they were the broken ones that had to be thrown out. The blast pipe is a boiler flu tube out of another locomotive. The anvil is a 93 pound Peter Wright that came from the railroad I volunteer at, it was free as well. I've used this setup a few times and it works very well at heating, the only drawback is I can't work the middle of a piece because of how low the fire sits in the pot. I have a plan for another one built out of a 55 gallon barrel and I'm hoping to have it finished in another month or so. As you can tell from the pictures, I haven't worked at the forge for over 6 months and it has been very wet this winter so haven't been able to rake either. Edit: Forgot to mention the coal is free as well. ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Allyn Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 just some pics of my forge... Now THAT'S a skookum air nozzle! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scampbell Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 You know it works darn good! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcc Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 My new forge. Light years better than my old one. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Allyn Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Is that granite? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arcc Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 Is that granite? No, steel with newspaper ashes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trip Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 I don't know WHY I can't get photo's on here!!!! GRRRRR so anoying. Lets try again. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
petere76 Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 The "clean" forge just after the build. 40 lb fire pot, 4' x 6' steel deck with a fabricated side draft hood, 10 in pipe, 3 elbows (transitions) and an exterior stack. Works great in all weather conditions. sorry but I could not get any of my photos to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
newbie37 Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 I just bought this yester day. My first solid fuel forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted April 29, 2012 Share Posted April 29, 2012 Beautiful, Newb. Clay the pan and you'll have something that will last for several more generations! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted May 15, 2012 Share Posted May 15, 2012 This is my forge, its a little rusty but it gets the job done. Still needs a fire pot (I am using a piece of enameled steel and some clay for one at the moment.) and a hood, but since the forge is being used outside the hood is not that necessary in my opinion. I got it from the Windmill Ranch in Stockton Ca. along with everything you see here. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironwolfforgeca Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 Well here's a pic of my forging area + welding table 8' sq lol can you tell :wacko: I am redoing / make over time on the portable forge now on the table, it will have more Bells & Whistles when do its more or less like the shop forge just smaller and come apart for packing now to see if this works ? sorry if pic are to Lg Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ironwolfforgeca Posted May 19, 2012 Share Posted May 19, 2012 YEP to BIG :( Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gator13 Posted May 20, 2012 Share Posted May 20, 2012 yaaaaa id say that table is too big.. ill take it for ya.. btw how thick is that steel? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sand Posted May 21, 2012 Share Posted May 21, 2012 Sorry about the huge pic of the forge, I did not realize how big it was. Here is another that is much smaller. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 heres mine, 5 g fish tank stand , ford taurus front brake rotar , a old cookie sheet, 30 buckes worth of black pipe, 25 cent blowdrier.... works fine... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VaughnT Posted June 4, 2012 Share Posted June 4, 2012 Cookie sheet? That's brilliant x 10!! What's the hammer on your hip? I'm a CZ man, personally, when I'm not a 1911 guy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pug}{maN Posted June 5, 2012 Share Posted June 5, 2012 thats my bud, he wonted to try his hand at a spike knife, i know its a 45 but not shure what brand..o yes knife's and guns out in the street ...love small towns... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
menze Posted June 11, 2012 Share Posted June 11, 2012 I bought a Boynton & Plummer "lawn ornament" coal forge a while back from a fellow who had bought it because he thaught it would make a nice lawn ornament and plant stand. The condition of it when it was holding plants would give the impression that it was just worthless antique "scrap". I fabercated new legs, replaced all the bolts, tried to use the original square nuts when salvagable, or from the scatterted spares from the shop. I had to make new I bolts and connecting rod, and found a use for that broken shovel handle ;) all thats left is to find leather strap and a drive belt and it will be ready to heat. I figure old harness reins would work the best and cheapest ;) I haven't found much information on these lever crank types let alone of this brand. Anybody know much about them? i did see one on here that was lever opperated and thank God there was imput on how it was put togehter, it really helped figurering this one out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Whirly Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 Well, you DID ask.... it's a bits and pieces unit for sure, but Hey! it works! It's made from scrap stuff from the 'dry dump' out the back. The fire pot in the bottom is about about half inch thick-walled bowl that came off a piece of machinery, old road roller I think and I welded it to the hex paver form and drilled holes in it and weded the plumbing on below pretty self-explanatory, and the Pièce de résistance IS (drumroll.............................................................long drumroll.......) the blower!again, pretty self-explanatory, an old air-con with the cooling bits stripped off, re-arranged a bit and a transition from rectangle to 2" round made out of thin gal and finally a length of flexi exhaust pipe and we're in business! Works like a charm....and quiet.I'd read on many sites "..no you can't use a squirrel fan on a forge, you won't get enough air pressure, etc, etc...." and I find that's fairly true if one is using coal. However when using my own-made Ironwood charcoal, well, she's a ripper. I can (and do, inadvertently) melt steel in this set-up Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neil Blythin Posted June 14, 2012 Share Posted June 14, 2012 This is my current set-up: It's not ideal, but does the trick. I'm starting to build a small shop, which I hope to find time to complete in the fall. My forge stays outside, everything else gets dragged in and out of the garage. This forge did come with a hand-cranked blower, which I'm going to rebuild. I'm currently using an electric blower - the arm where the hand-cranked blower would normally attach has a switch for the electric blower on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thorsrevenge Posted June 16, 2012 Share Posted June 16, 2012 Here is my Champion #83 boiler makers forge during its first use after I restored the champion 400 blower and clutch system and well as cleaning it out. I saved it from the continued fate of being a bird feeder. It however does not have a fire pot but even without that I can forge weld surprisingly well in it. The image is of it's first fire before I finished my shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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