My new to me small forge.

[Probablyforged]

Made from a freon tank I do believe.

[Pug}{maN]

Wow. It will work grate for small stuff!

[Probablyforged]

Yes sir. Which is what I want to start out doing. I figure I could cut the top half off of it and replace the cut out and have an open forge so I could at least lay something across it if needed.

[ThomasPowers]

I think a pass through out the back might be the first thing I would do as a mod.

[Probablyforged]

Are you talking about cutting the back like the front is cut?

[VaughnT]

That's exactly what I'd do. Having a smaller hole on the back allows you to pass a long piece through so you can heat the middle. Very handy thing to have as it would allow you to use a small forge to make very large items like plant hangers and scroll work. As it stands, you can't heat the middle of a 2' rod to put a nice sharp 90-degree bend in it.

I really like the shape of that forge and the fact that it still looks like a propane bottle. Makes it unique and interesting.

What I would recommend is to cut away 70% of the metal instead of simply opening a pass-through hole opposed to the main opening. With just two "legs" supporting the "hood" you would have plenty of room to get a large scroll into the fire, but still have shade to see the color of the metal and that bottle look.

[Probablyforged]

Thanks for the advice. I think I'm going to do that. I've told everyone that if I wanted to make something that wouldn't fit in this forge that I would have to take the blower off of this one and build a new open forge, but now I see that's not necessary. Just modify the one I have.