April 15, 201412 yr Author Welded me on a new tab and repaired the broken tab on the blower. Bout ready to go all back together and build a fire.
April 15, 201412 yr Very nice! cant wait to see pics! coal, coke, or charcoal? (this can be important for amount of air you need to use.)
April 15, 201412 yr Cool! Blow the heck out of it and wet the outsides of the coal. Wash it too. Good luck! PICS!
May 3, 201412 yr Author Been busy on the tractor but cut a belt sewn it on, dug some clay from my secret spot and just packed it in. Just need to finish off the handle and build a fire.
May 6, 201412 yr Good job restoring the forge. Claying it is a common sense preventative for heat checking as is NOT bumping lots of water on the fire in a cast iron pan. Frosty The Lucky.
May 6, 201412 yr Author Sprayed the pan with high temp paint for rust prevention then clay for insulating from the heat. Figured it can't hurt and may save the cast iron from cracking. Plus got me a nice little clay bowl to hold the fire together.
May 6, 201412 yr Sprayed the pan with high temp paint for rust prevention then clay for insulating from the heat. Figured it can't hurt and may save the cast iron from cracking. Plus got me a nice little clay bowl to hold the fire together. The little depression around the air grate is a duck's nest, what that forge was intended for. I stack bricks around it for any shape or depth fire I need. The "don't dump water on it" isn't for rust prevention it's the rapid cooling of a cast iron pan that's the thing to be avoided. It's better to control the fire size by controlling the coal quantity and position with just a little sprinkle of water if you must. Cast iron does NOT like differential heating, and especially not FAST differential temperature change. I have a cast iron Buffalo forge about like yours that's cracked almost in half from someone not claying it and maybe watering the fire. No telling it's been cracked since I got it. Frosty The Lucky.
May 23, 201412 yr Author My backyard forge up and running. First project was to modify my tongs. Everything worked out pretty good.
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