November 20, 20169 yr Are there any good plans for a tuyere and clinker breaker? I need to build one for an old Buffalo forge.
November 20, 20169 yr If you look at a comertial fire pot, most of the messurments will be right there in the discription as well as desent pictures
November 20, 20169 yr There are dozens of different "old buffalo forges" made in the day, which particular one are you trying to restore? Picture, model number, exhaustive measurements we need something to go from!
November 20, 20169 yr Author The forge is one that Buffalo produced for commercial applications and vocational schools. I need to get some pictures. I feel that it is beyond a complete restoration and is missing several parts. It is however still a functional Forge with the addition of a few homemade parts.
November 20, 20169 yr did it have a round firepot? If so have found that the axle covers from a Banjo Rear end make a nice round firepot.
November 21, 20169 yr Author Yes a nice big round fire pot that is part of the table. The tuyere and the clinker breaker/ ash dump is what is missing.
November 21, 20169 yr I picked up two axle covers from a Banjo rear end that had been converted to jackstands at the fleamarket for US$3 IIRC. Been using the first one for 30 years so far and have the second one in reserve in case I outlive the first. I'd engineer the tuyere and clinker breaker to suit yourself and your work and your fuel. I used to get coal with so little clinker in it that I never used to need a clinker breaker. The cool down at lunch and dinner would allow remove with no problem. I've also used coal that about every 15 minutes you needed to use the clinker breaker and re do the fire every hour or so.
December 30, 20169 yr 1st, where'd you get that photo from ? looks to be an online book 2nd, I may have the correct tuyere breaker combo for that. Do you have a photo of what you need ? I've been on the lookout for the downdraft version of that forge as seen below, but yours is practically the same and what I have is possibly for that setup. the part I have is in the middle with the hand crank blower attached (not supposed to be) Here's the post regarding it and what I'm working on... Quote
March 30, 20179 yr I have the pan and pedestal to a down draft model. I am also missing the tuyere and clinker breaker as well as the hood. I would like to find some decent sketches of these parts if there are any out there. I have a bunch of Buffalo literature that was online, but it is all pretty vauge on the parts I need. Any idea how the down draft hood would work without creating a fire hazard?
March 30, 20179 yr It had a separate fan set up to suck the smoke down into the exhaust tube. I have a different model, 4 legs no pedestal. and it was missing the hood and the previous owner used the front hood from an old Volkswagon Beetle to replace it. I've also seen one that used a hand crank to run *2* blowers, one for the fire and one for the exhaust. Just looked through my copy of "The American Prison: from the beginning...A Pictorial History" to see if any of the prison blacksmith shops used the downdraft system. Nope though one in Connecticut had a nice Champion power hammer in it.... ISTR a picture of a line of them at a College, Stanford? Have to try to dig out that book Hmm page 12 (16 of the PDF) of "Elementary Forge Practice" has a picture of a down draft forge on it
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