S i've seen many posts on lining forges and firepot depth and all such manner of things but how do you determine a good height to have your forge at ?

i know with anvil it's knuckles with slack arm but never seen a discussion of forge height anywhere 

Depending on how tall you are but 31 to 34 inches seem to be the standard. I like mine to be waist high.

grab a bar of steel and stick in the fire horizontally---what height makes that happen automatically?  Some people like to have their forge and anvil the same height so you can rest long pieces on each other.

as standard I make them 30" that way the legs fit inside the box for shipping, other heights to order

One of my friends' forge is only up to just below his knee. That's where he likes it. Mine is up to about my waist. I think it's really all personal preference, just like anvil height. 

I set up mine to be at belly button height.  Just seemed right to me.  -- Dave

On 2017-04-20 at 0:45 AM, PapaDooks said:

i know with anvil it's knuckles with slack arm but never seen a discussion of forge height anywhere 

I think you should read that up in the anvils section. I believed that to be correct and it was a back killer. I ended up at wrist height and my back is now OK.

yah the "I know that something that's wrong!..." gets me too

I went with the height of my out side grill...