Archie Zietman Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Hello. I am going to built a second firepot for my forge tommorow, for larger projects, but I need to know something: Can you just pile charcoal onto a plate, apply a small amount with air, and keep the fire in that area like you can with coal? If not, how can I manage a small fire to heat things like the middle sections of long iron bars etc.? Thanks, Archie Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oakwoodforge Posted July 12, 2005 Share Posted July 12, 2005 Working the middle of a long bar in charcoal I use a long "trench " Put the bar in the fire crosswise and you can rake new charcoal in as needed. Hardwood burns fast , softwood burns super fast. Build your fire deep like atleast 4"-6" pile plenty of charcoal in to the fire pot , back from the fire . As the charcoal in the " fireball " burns away rake more charcoal in. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 19, 2005 Share Posted July 19, 2005 I use firebrick in parallel walls to hold the charcoal fire deeper but not have it spread over the forge table. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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