Everything Mac Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Not all that bushy I know but fun all the same. This last 3 weeks at home has been a busy time for me. Lots of wedding organisation stuff and a trip away with the full family which was great. In the between times I even managed to get some shed time with a lot of welding admin getting sorted and a little forge time. I made a start on a "product line" of bbq tools forged from horse shoes. A steak flipper and a fork. I'll be adding a spatula type doodaa when I get back from the rigs in about 3 weeks. I've got my first ever show coming up this year so it will be pretty busy in the coming months trying to make as much stuff as possible. I'm also on a quest to make a good number of bottle openers too... As for the welding - Ive needed to get a few projects off the ground for a good while. This will be a portable forge once it's all finished. (For the show) - All I need is legs and to sort the front of it out a little bit. - the hand cranked fan weighs a ton! I've got another forge to build too as I've got all the bits just taking up space so best get welding and sell it on. And finally I needed to sort out my swage block stand. I threw the last one together and being a bit skint at the time I scrimped on the legs - so you had a tripod of pipes rather than anything solid. I also didn't have a recess to hold the block vertical which was frustrating as well as the original stand being too high... The added bit of angle iron at the front acts as a place to store my angle grinder which works a treat. I did the whole project with the stick welder, I desperately needed the practice but it's nice to see I'm getting there. I had actually run out of wire on the mig and got some yesterday - It seems I now need to practice my mig skills again... Thanks for looking all the best Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DSW Posted February 17, 2015 Share Posted February 17, 2015 Nice. A stand like that is on my to do list for my new swage block. I have to keep my eyes open at the tech school for some scrap angle iron. About the only major thing I'd change is some braces near the bottom of the legs and probably some feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 Cheers bud, I added some discs to the feet shortly after that photo was taken funnily enough. And braces are on the agenda when I get back from the rig in a few weeks. I'm not sure what to use for the braces, just some flat bar or more angle iron. I'll just have to see what I can get when I go to the scrap yard to be honest. All the best Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted February 18, 2015 Author Share Posted February 18, 2015 So who can spot the design flaw in the forge then? I can't believe I didn't spot this myself before I welded it all up.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Besides the lack of legs and support for the blower? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Coke Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 Electric blower ? Toooo much air Hand crank ? You must be left handed... Not enough space for ash gate dump and cap will get hot.. suggest a flap style.. Fire pot design... you will have to build a bigger fire than you need for that bowl shape and coke and coal arrangement will be hard. Clinkers will form and you have no breaker. Plus what TP said.. Back to the drawing board Forge on and make beautiful things Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted February 18, 2015 Share Posted February 18, 2015 C0uld be he wanted the blower mounted downward; is there an airgate anywhere? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Everything Mac Posted February 19, 2015 Author Share Posted February 19, 2015 Well this is the third time I've written a reply to this thread. Maybe the gremlins are gone at last? So, I've added an extra 90 degree bend in the path of the air that doesn't need to be there. Granted it is a slow bend so shouldn't affect much but I should have just mounted the blower straight onto the horizontal pipe. And as Jim points out the handle is set up on the wrong side. - As much as I hate to have to cut it up again I feel I will have to. Annoying but I should have noticed this to start with. I guess I just had that design in mind and that was that. Oh well. No real harm done. It's a hand cranked blower so an air gate won't be necessary. As for clinker etc I'm not concerned about that as I'll be using charcoal in this forge. Last time I used good quality British made charcoal I had barely any clinker to speak of. The ash dump could probably use work though. All the best Andy Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.