gw7777 Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Hope this is the right place for this. Can anyone help me out, I found this forge in Boulder city, Nevada being used as a planter for the last thirty years. I have rebuilt most of it but would like to find out the model and year if possible. any help would be great, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted April 12, 2014 Share Posted April 12, 2014 Champion Number 1, from about 1888 until 1910, give or take. Would have had a sheet metal half hood, and a water tank. Both items rarely survive intact. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw7777 Posted April 13, 2014 Author Share Posted April 13, 2014 This forge does not have the cut outs on the sides is it still a number 1 ? I found this on the internet a number 83 . I am going to build a hood for it if I can get some better pics I am going to try to keep it as close to original as I can Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 14, 2014 Share Posted April 14, 2014 You mean I missed one!? Hahaha. Welcome gw7777 from another Southern Nevadan. I am out in Moapa Valley, but get into LV every week. Nice job on the restoration, but my question is when are you going to fire it up? There are a small number of smiths in the valley, so it is nice to see another one on here. There is another thread for Smiths in Las Vegas that you may want to check out, and possibly meet up with some of us. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw7777 Posted April 15, 2014 Author Share Posted April 15, 2014 Thank you , I would be interested in the other thread for smiths in Las Vegas How do I find it? about the forge, I still need to build the hood for it. but I do have another one. I would be interested in meeting up with you guys. Thanks again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted April 16, 2014 Share Posted April 16, 2014 Try searching for Las Vegas in general blacksmithing. If I was at a desktop I could link it, but the tablet makes it a bit tougher to do sometimes. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gw7777 Posted April 16, 2014 Author Share Posted April 16, 2014 Will do, Thanks Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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