saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 This is the old floor, removal, the patched up forge, and the finished floor. I took out an 8 x 8 section of floor and put in one ton of pea gravel. If you have any suggestions for improvement let me know thanks. kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 8, 2008 Author Share Posted January 8, 2008 looks like I didn't do the attachments right. Well you get the picture (s). How do you get them horizontal? Still have a lot of organization and cleaning up to do, but at least I can work without having to dance around junk all over the floor! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Glenn Posted January 8, 2008 Share Posted January 8, 2008 I edited the listing from vertical to horz in the post you made. Seems to work. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 SaintJohn......I like how you extended the forge table with the sheet metal. Clever idea! I might have to steal(I mean borrow) that idea myself! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Czar Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 If you have any suggestions for improvement let me know thanks. if that hole, or some other hole in the floor is handy, cast a big chunk of cement or drop a good sized solid rock in it (with a flat face up) ideally topped with a steel plate, a "floor" anvil, where you brace the end of a longer piece of stock to do upsetting, ideally you mount a leg vise over it or a leg vise with a good thick base, but again the objective is to transfer force to a large mass that has no give, this principle scales up to power hammers having isolated foundations of their own not so much a suggestion as something to keep in mind depending on what direction your work takes you ;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Martin Posted January 9, 2008 Share Posted January 9, 2008 Good job is that I have to say really, can't wait till we see what it produces. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 9, 2008 Author Share Posted January 9, 2008 thanks jayco, I am going to make some more additons to the opposite side I work on to get some more room. Someone suggested hang on shelves, but my forge is cracked in several places and I think that would add too much stress. I am thinking I will support it with the sheet metal side panels. thanks ice, i get the idea. At this point I have no idea where all this will lead me. But that is how I do everything! thanks for the replies. kevin Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Valentin Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I like the way it looks but having so many little stones on the flor hmm...what happens when you drop a screw ? I don't know maybe it works Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
saintjohnbarleycorn Posted January 10, 2008 Author Share Posted January 10, 2008 yes drop a screw its gone, but I guess you could use a magnet. the rest of the shop is concrete, which at some point will be replaced by concrete that is stronger and a flat finish. the stones are nice to walk on, having worked on concrete for many years i know how it takes its toll on you feet. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted January 10, 2008 Share Posted January 10, 2008 I have a slightly bad back.....so I prefer the gravel type floor. Stand ing on concrete makes my back ache after an hour or so. One of the most important tools I keep in my shop is a magnet with a string attached: which I keep hanging near the forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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