pintail1 Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Recently acquired a Centaur Forge with blower and foot pedal (see photo) together with a Hay Budden (~250#) , Peter Wright 1.1.24...I've also acquired a few tongs and hammer and am looking forward to my first time moving metal (also planning to take classes at Hannaway Blacksmith Shop in Lincoln, RI). After reading several of articles I think I have a pretty good idea of how to start a burn: how do you determine how much fuel to add to the forge (I think I'll figure hat out) but how do folks stop the burn to conserve fuel. Bought 80# of nut coal at Cranston Coal (Cranston, Rhode Island).Have burned a woodstove for years and now how to manage that so I always have a good bed of coals in the AM: have just never wanted to "stop" a burn.Thanks Centaur Forge.tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Coal, or actually the coke tends to go out with out air. One usually puts a piece of 2x4 the size of a site rest pack in the heart of the fire when you break for lunch to keep it from going out.simply cut the air and pull the uninvolved fuel back and it will go out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
norrin_radd Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Thats what i do. What is "nut coal"? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 21, 2015 Share Posted February 21, 2015 Screened and sized coal, about the size of a nut. Bagged coal from your farrier supply Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Smith Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Hey! I I have a forge just like yours. I bought it when I lived in an apartment so I could work anywhere I could set up. Is yours a 12volt DC also? Just pull the coals away from you air source and all is good. Your forge is the only other one like mine I have seen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pintail1 Posted February 22, 2015 Author Share Posted February 22, 2015 Haven't fired it up: the weather in the Northeast has been very uncooperative. Not sure on the power, have been spending all my time clearing snow, going to work,and finishing an addition (where the forge will live). So have not looked that carefully.I wrote to Centaur and they provided me a brochure page showing the forge; I have attached. They had no other info.How is it to work with? Centaur Forge.tiff Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Screened and sized coal, about the size of a nut. Bagged coal from your farrier supplyWhat type of nut? cashew, brazil, M40 (1 1/2" Whitworth?)Alan…who has bought and used coke of all the above sizes…. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 As we have inherited the turmoil from the English I would think wall nut, lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alan Evans Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Don't blame I, blame 'e….Evans is a Welsh surname…unlike Stevens which sounds pretty English to me.I did have one grand parent who claimed to be British. She had one of each, an English a Welsh an Irish and a Scot grandparent.Alan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Charles R. Stevens Posted February 22, 2015 Share Posted February 22, 2015 Lol, yes sir, a whole lot of English sir names, Barber, Wilson, Wassen, Sims... And Stevens. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
L Smith Posted February 23, 2015 Share Posted February 23, 2015 worked great I was very happy with the forge. If there was one thing I would do different would be is to cut a door in the back to pass longer pieces of stock. So far never found a need to do! ENJOY Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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