November 20, 20169 yr You can make tong racks that slip over the rim on your forge to keep them handy where you need them and out of the way. Just remember to give them a dip in the water before you hang them as the bits are what's sticking up, it's just too easy to grab the hot end. If the racks just slip on the rim you can move them as necessary, I often use them to hold lengths of stock temporarily. Frosty The Lucky.
November 20, 20169 yr my forges come with a tong rack or bar rest, I would post a pic but that is difficult until the forum is working for me again, text is hard enough trying to post a link, dont know if it will work ********* http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/3/7/8/uo_1479671357-15017-358.jpg ********* http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/8/1/6/uo_1479671355-15017-357.jpg ********** one should be the tong rack and the other the bar rest
November 20, 20169 yr Nice forge, the second link has an error. No it does not, ha ha ... there you go ...
November 20, 20169 yr you might as well have the other pic of the front ********* http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/3/2/0/uo_1479671353-15017-356.jpg the legs slot in from below and the holes in the top of the tubes for them were left for accesories, also on one pic you can see part of the sun shade we use at outdoor demos where we have no shelter or shade , it hinges to any angle and if horizontal is good for cooking on
November 20, 20169 yr My travel coal forge has a tong rack that fits in the top of the pipes for the legs too, actually 2 of them; only as it's generally worked from the sides I bowed the racks out a bit so the tongs stay cooler; also for the longer one I did some loops to make hammer holders. Definitely a task made easier with a bending jig in a postvise you can access from all sides: Heat a section, place in jig, run around the vise. flatten with a wood or rawhide mallet, repeat. I use 3/8" round IIRC as I can do the final bending cold to get the arc I want placing the straight sections into the postvise opened wider than the stock and give it a good tug. If you go too far a nice broad anvil horn can help back off the bend a bit.
November 21, 20169 yr Author 7 hours ago, Daswulf said: The fire pot looks a bit deep IMO, but overall Nice work! You are right it is about two inches to deep, it is six inches deep, I'm thinking it should have been like four inches? Thank all of you guys for the suggestions, I see tong racks in my very near future like probably Tuesday :-)
November 21, 20169 yr Two to three inches deep has been good for me. That's just me tho. 2" for small stuff and 3 for larger. It is opinion based and others have different experiences. im still learning myself after 3 years.
November 21, 20169 yr 6 hours ago, the iron dwarf said: you might as well have the other pic of the front ********* http://ebid.s3.amazonaws.com/upload_big/3/2/0/uo_1479671353-15017-356.jpg the legs slot in from below and the holes in the top of the tubes for them were left for accesories, also on one pic you can see part of the sun shade we use at outdoor demos where we have no shelter or shade , it hinges to any angle and if horizontal is good for cooking on You are welcome One dumb observation ... if you post a link, the link sits there and the picture does not come up unless you press enter. In other words, if you paste the link and post, you will post just a link, if you paste the link and press enter the picture comes up .... well you probably know that
November 22, 20169 yr the forum is not working right for me or many others, I cannot use gallery or embed links but just use plain text, i cannot browes the forum or search by all new activity past 1 page, i cannot attach files or use chat or do much else
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