the blower i just got for $20.00 , a plow blade i got for free , a broke'n harley davadson cross over pipe , going to work on some legs this week end , but all and all im like'n it ! blowes good ! this will be my demo forge...

Very sweet! Love how the cross over tubing curves and flows.

i was concerned about the pipe going down the tube insted of up but i blowes good and strong...

Yea, buddy! The air pressure will form a "pillow" of air in the dirt leg.

I'm seeing that baby with a 1" rim around it and some legs that have a sweet curve to them to match the flow of the air line. Maybe some more frame parts can be scavenged and repurposed??? Got a spare Springer front end laying around?

think i have found a old iron bar stool with a swivel top i can take off and just use the legs and paint it all black... something like this...

That would be very good-looking!

How deep is it? Sticking long bar stock into the fire might be a tad difficult, if the rim is too high.

looks good.the disc that I have on hand are not that deep.gonna have to go prowling

im not shure on that id gess 4 in.? i have used it once now just to see if it worked , it does ! very good to ! i mound up the coal and could put in 30 in. round stock to bend for a dinner bell , so it works whell...

We need a pic of the finished forge! Did you go with the bar stool legs?

i just got the legs today, this thing i do ( work ) keeps getting in the way of my blacksmith time....

Great idea using a plow blade, it made me look at all the old rusty plows we have lying around the farmlands out here in a different light.
I saw one with "harrow" blades that were ruffled a bit, and I laughed that it would look like a big flower if it were set horizontally , but the indents would be great for holding stock in different directions. (see attatched stock pic)
Any lady smiths out there want to build a flower-forge? :D

Hey Pug- How's this coming along?

i got a order for a coat rack and some dinner bells so i have been doing that , its all sitting there , just the time and not 105 dgrees outside. been sleeping till late and getting up and working till 3 or 4 in the morning...

done....

Sexy!

lol, ya it came out nice , dont need it now though , so i might let it go to the next guy... works grate to !

can you post a vid of your forge burning because i would like to make on like yours want to see how good it is

 

thanks

tristan

Great idea using a plow blade, it made me look at all the old rusty plows we have lying around the farmlands out here in a different light.
I saw one with "harrow" blades that were ruffled a bit, and I laughed that it would look like a big flower if it were set horizontally , but the indents would be great for holding stock in different directions. (see attatched stock pic)
Any lady smiths out there want to build a flower-forge? :D

 

Jim, those scalloped discs are great for making hoes. Many old farmers around here swear by them.

I made a wok for the grill using a smooth disc blade that the bearing ate up.  Welded a plug in the hole,, ground it smooth, and a wok was born. 

Farmall beat me to it. I have made several woks using the disc. I welded 2 used horseshoes on all of mine for handles.

Nice looking set up! Good job!

I am liking the idea of using a disk.... Its sort of  a intuitive step up from a brake drum forge.... Idea of using disk has floated through my gray matter, will have to watch for a disk for my next effort....

 

Also would like to see forge alight....

 

Dale

On very nice. I like that.

That must be what they are using in this picture.


I'd like to see it all fired up too.
Andy

Sorry to drag up this old thread but thought it better than starting a new one.

I've acquired a plow disc just like this one and fancy having a go at making it into a portable forge. The disc has a crack right over the hole, I'm guessing they're just regular steel and weld up ok?

The edges have rusted quite thin too so they'll need to be ground back a bit.

Does anyone else use this style of forge?

Andy