Thats Hot... Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Fired her up this morning and made the rod to go on my flapper, when I was done I had some coal clunks left. The coal I have is small ( 1/2" ) or so. Can I keep the large clunks and reuse them ?.. I was not going to weld a rod on to the flapper, I needed to make one and punch in the hole. It worked... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 You are supposed to save your coke from one fire to the next! Clinker and ashes get discarded. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Thats Hot... Posted December 18, 2015 Author Share Posted December 18, 2015 Ok thanks, I will save them. I have a lot metal I can heat up and get some anvil time with. I have a FB page Skunkworks Fabrication, it is horse shoe items I make. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Wish I had a lot of metal; I only have a couple of tons in my personal piles. But with luck I can visit the scrapyard tomorrow! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
arkie Posted December 18, 2015 Share Posted December 18, 2015 Thats Hot, Some guys (me included) at the end of a forging session might even make up some extra coke for the next session. If I have little coke in my fire after forging a lot at the end of the day, I'll just pile on some green coal, let it burn down slowly and rake it aside once it cokes. Most times, the coal and coke will extinguish out of the air supply, but if it doesn't just sprinkle some water on it (NOT the firepot!!...it'll crack) once you've moved it aside. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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