April 3, 201313 yr Just finished adding a 1/4 steel top with sides to my drum forge. Should work out great. Picking up a load of coal this weekend.
April 3, 201313 yr Greetings JRM, Thats a lot of SS iron on top . I think it would be best if you put some round 3 in pads on your legs. You will also find that you pile stuff on the surface and will need to go to outbound legs for more support on all 4 corners... Good luck on FIRST FIRE... and your new PW Jim
April 3, 201313 yr That is a good looking forge. I can't tell what the legs are made of but you might find you need a brace around the bottom of them if you move it very often. Looking forward to seeing it fired up.
April 3, 201313 yr Greetings JRM, Thats a lot of SS iron on top . I think it would be best if you put some round 3 in pads on your legs. You will also find that you pile stuff on the surface and will need to go to outbound legs for more support on all 4 corners... Good luck on FIRST FIRE... and your new PW Jim I pretty much agree the legs are to close to center and its going to be unstable when you try to work at it.... Move legs further out would make it safer... Lots of cantilever weight with top so much wider that "stance".... Dale
April 5, 201313 yr I prefer four legs with spreaders supporting a utility shelf underneath, myself. As already mentioned you have too narrow a base of support as close as your legs are and only three gives it a close tip angle in three directions. So, nothing new from me, wider legs minimum and I'd make it four. Darned pretty though, let's see it with some dirty old coal on it and smoke. Yeah, SMOKE! Frosty The Lucky.
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