adeny Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Attempting to determine the exact age (possibly 1929) for my vintage forge. From my research, it looks to be the Buffalo Forge Down Draft #62 from the 1929 manufacturer's catalog. Can anyone confirm? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brian robertson Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 usually a down draft forge is much larger and has a hood shaped like I/4 of a circle that would draw the smoke into a large air handling system. you have a portable rivet forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted August 10, 2014 Share Posted August 10, 2014 Greetings Adeny, Welcome to IFI... Take the time to fill in the information on your profile.. We like to know where you are from.... Your forge is not a downdraft... It is a common rivet forge of about the 1900s .. You can tell by the blower ... Early ones had a ratchet driven blower on the bottom... I have several forges and you have a good one... It will serve you well... Looks like you are burning charcoal.. You will find that although possible to use charcoal it would work best with just coal... Good luck Forge on and make beautiful thing Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 11, 2014 Share Posted August 11, 2014 Welcome aboard, glad to have you. That's a rivet forge, not a downdraft. Have you clayed the pan? It's a good idea, especially if it has "clay before use" cast in. Cast iron doesn't like differential heating and cooling, the clay will help disperse the intense heat from the fire. I have a rivet forge that's cracked almost all the way across from not being clayed and probably over use of water. You can deepen and shape the fire with fire brick arranged around the air grate. While it's nice to know, it's birth date has no bearing on it's utility. There's nothing wrong with wanting to know, I'm not saying there is, I'm just a function trumps cosmetics kind of guy. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SmoothBore Posted August 12, 2014 Share Posted August 12, 2014 I've got one just like yours, ... but haven't a clue as to it's age ..... I'd guess that it's even older than ..... me ..... and that's getting up there. . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
adeny Posted August 13, 2014 Author Share Posted August 13, 2014 All the info is very helpful and appreciated. I'd found researching this forge extremely interesting. Any idea as to value. It's in perfect working order. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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