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Hi guys, I was working on a new smaller forge during my time off last week. Sold the old bottom blast forge with the intent of putting the cash into a big water cooled side blown forge build but I figured it just wasn't worth the effort at the moment given what I tend to make.

Anyway I had enough scrap kicking around to make this.

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I realised I'd set the tue too high so added the extra material to the front. I'll be lining the bottom with a fire brick and either dirt or refractory or something - not sure yet.

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As I say I'd initially planned a water cooled tue but I just don't need it right now, a sacrificial tue worked fine for me for 5 years before I tried a bottom blast forge. I bent some 10mm cold to make a tool rack which may of may not get used. I never used the one on my last forge as all my tools were pretty close by.
I'm going to have to get some oxy acetylene on the rack though just to even out the curve, it annoys me that it's not symmetrical...

I've made it so the "fire pot" can be bolted to the stand so that I can dismantle it when I like. The tue is held in place with a grub screw (soon to be two) that what I can adjust it's position when needed. And allows for easy replacement eventually too.
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Once I'm happy with the position I'll run another bolt in there to keep it secure.


Cheeky coat of paint.
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I'd like to spruce it up a bit with some sort of decoration. Just small details nothing too drastic. I'm also wondering about fitting a small chimney?

Thanks for looking. Any thoughts for alterations would be appreciated
Cheers
Andy

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Thanks Charles. I am certainly leaning towards dirt rather than gaffing about with any kitty litter etc. 

 

I spent a bit of time trying to get the lines roughly symmetrical. I'm sure it's way off perfect but I'll happy with the overall look baring the tong rack. 

 

Ridgeway - I'll be using coke initially but I will switch back to charcoal eventually when I can make a decent quantity of it. 

 

All the best 

Andy

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I'm not too sure Charles. The pipe that was in there for these pics wasn't any good as I'd taken it to the grinder to thin it down for another project that it didn't work for. It was just left over scrap. 

I need to add another grub screw yet. It looks deeper than it it but I'm inclined to leave it that way so I have plenty of room for a firebrick or dirt directly under the tue. 

 

It's a pain being so far away from home otherwise I'd go and play around with it. 

 

Thomas - when I say portable I really mean that I can move inside my shed when I go back to work. 

 

I've heard that Mark Aspery combines dirt and ash with a little water to form a hollow in the forge. 

 

All the best 

Andy

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