mechanicsage Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 Hey, i got a problem with a forge that i bought a while back, the fire pot is quite deep about 6" and its difficult to move the center of the fire up to a workable height, it also uses a heap of coke, :( any ideas to improve it, btw the fire pot is full cast iron one with a ducks next and trap and clinker break, i dont have the means to weld iron either, if it really boils down to it ill just fabricate another one with a break drum as the fire pot, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SReynolds Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 That sounds like it will operate quite nicely. I have a forge with an 8" deep fire pot and it is tops. If I need a bigger fire, I use all of it, If I only need a small fire, like perhpas for nails/small hooks etc. I only use about 5-6 inches of it. A rivet forge is about 3 or 4 inches deep and they don't work very well for many tasks. Are you wanting a forge to simply make small trinkets? A deep fire pot is best for just about every task imaginable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Francis Trez Cole Posted November 27, 2012 Share Posted November 27, 2012 my fire pots that I make are 6" deep check the volume of air you are putting in to it or leaks at your ash dump Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mechanicsage Posted November 28, 2012 Author Share Posted November 28, 2012 so you think it could be a lack of air volume ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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