Mark 1991 Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 this ugly son of a gun right here is my first try at building a forge made it out of a old steel chair lol. tell me what you think or if or if you have any sujestions to make it better Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 10, 2015 Share Posted August 10, 2015 Welcome aboard Mark, glad to have you. If you'll put your general location in the header you might be surprised how many of the IFI gang live within visiting distance.Nice expedient forge, well done.You'll need a better air grate, that one will burn through probably first fire. Then a fire and some steel heating aught to about do it.I already answered your intro post but was Forbidden.Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 1991 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 lol yeah iIdidnt think i did to bad for never have touched a plasma cutter or mig iwelder in my life. yeah I basically just said Im done reading lets try this and just grabed what ever i thought would work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Good job! I think you're going to fit right in here. Blacksmiths are pretty well known for improvising, making do and just generally liking to mess with stuff till we have something that works or come up with a good story about why it's really something else.You like puns I trust. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
phabib Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Looks good, not to even mention its a first cutting and welding project. I noticed you used exhaust pipe for your air inlet. Are you taking precautions to make sure your fire doesn't go backwards? For a fire grate on my forge I use some cast iron drain covers that fit 4" pipe. I just lay it on the bottom and replace every couple of years. That expanded metal won't last long. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick O Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 love your forge how are you going to supply air to your fire Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave51B Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 forbidden Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 1991 Posted August 11, 2015 Author Share Posted August 11, 2015 what do you mean by fire going back wards. and Im not sure what Im gonna use as a air supply. Ive seen some guy on you tube use a bathroom ventilation fan I might try that after I fix the grate. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarry Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Your tuyere might backfire if air starts to draw into it while you aren't cranking. It's rather loud. I usually see it happen when wetting the fire to control it, or wetting the coal to help it coke. Best solution for either situation is to make sure that the blower is going until all excess water (not soaked in) is steamed off. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 Back in the days of making "producer gas" for gaslights they made it by running steam over hot coke---sound like anything we might do accidentally? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quarry Dog Posted August 11, 2015 Share Posted August 11, 2015 TP: Well, that provides an explanation for the phenomenon that I had not heard yet. And what's more, it makes a lot more sense than steam going into the tuyere. Correct me if I'm wrong, but you're implying that the watering of the coal/coke in the fire creates steam, which creates a condition similar to that used to make producer gas. This gas goes back through the tuyere and mixes with air there and in the blower. When the mix is right for combustion, the live firepot is the ignition source and KABOOM!!! The rafters have received their yearly cleaning, and hopefully the precious blower/bellows didn't grenade. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 yup; mainly CO which is why the old head in the unlit oven suicide method worked back when folks didn't generally have a car... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 1991 Posted August 12, 2015 Author Share Posted August 12, 2015 used this bad boy for the first time today., did not acomplish much besides using a whole 17lb bag of charcole and burning the cap out of my self a couple of times. but I still manged to flatten out a couple of pics of rebarb in a failed attempt at making tongs lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Michael Cochran Posted August 12, 2015 Share Posted August 12, 2015 Tongs are not easy for some of us so don't feel bad about that. Or gettin burned for that matter, I burn myself almost every time I have my forge goin. Sometimes it's hot scale sometimes I just forget that a piece was in the fire 10 minutes earlier and I quickly remember when I pick it up. I like your forge, nice and simple, nothing like any of the ones I've built. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
turbo7 Posted August 13, 2015 Share Posted August 13, 2015 If your using charcoal build duck nest with mud or bricks, use a lot lees fuel Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mark 1991 Posted August 13, 2015 Author Share Posted August 13, 2015 Yeah that was my problem I was burning threw charcole like crazy. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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