vthokie93 Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Picked up this forge recently and I am wondering if anyone knows much about it. I did some googling and couldn't really find any information on the hood, at least that is the only part of the forge tagged with anything. It has hanchett manufacturing with a size 132 tag on it. The blower is a champion model 40. I am sure it will suit me well, i just need to work on finding a source for coal locally now Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Very cool. Oh, and welcome to IFI. If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 3, 2018 Author Share Posted February 3, 2018 5 minutes ago, JHCC said: Very cool. Oh, and welcome to IFI. If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST! Updated my location, in terms of research I really did look for this searching a number of different things but didn't have any luck finding any real information. I am not sure if the forge as a whole is made by this company or possibly just the hood Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 3, 2018 Share Posted February 3, 2018 Hanchett is still in business, and someone there might be able to help you. Take a look at this comment from 2009. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 I tried the email provided in that thread there and got a bounce-back, he must be gone from the company. I sent a general email to their contact us page, we will see if that gets a reply. Still hoping someone on here has seen one of these before and has more info on it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Keep us posted if anything turns up! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 5, 2018 Share Posted February 5, 2018 Would love to see a picture with the lid open to get a look at the firebox. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 5, 2018 Author Share Posted February 5, 2018 47 minutes ago, Irondragon Forge & Clay said: Would love to see a picture with the lid open to get a look at the firebox. I'll get you that tonight, hopefully with a little better quality too. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 6, 2018 Author Share Posted February 6, 2018 Some more photos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tubalcain2 Posted February 6, 2018 Share Posted February 6, 2018 Definitely a super unique forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 7, 2018 Author Share Posted February 7, 2018 Haven't heard back from Hanchett, hopefully one day someone sees this and knows a little more about it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
swedefiddle Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 Good Morning, For quite a few people, an e-mail is a bother. They won't answer. Pick up your telephone and call them. If you ask intelligent questions, you most likely will get an interested person. Neil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted February 7, 2018 Share Posted February 7, 2018 And if you don’t find the person with the information you need, make sure to ask, “Whom should I speak with, and when is the best time to call?) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 On 2/7/2018 at 10:58 AM, swedefiddle said: Good Morning, For quite a few people, an e-mail is a bother. They won't answer. Pick up your telephone and call them. If you ask intelligent questions, you most likely will get an interested person. Neil Tried that a few times now too, phone rang busy twice now from the google number and can't find anything on their site with an updated number Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BIGGUNDOCTOR Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Looks like a soldering furnace. The soldering copper would be put in and heated to temp for large soldering jobs. I have seen a few that looked like that that were gas. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted February 8, 2018 Share Posted February 8, 2018 Welcome aboard, glad to have you. Is that an id plackard I see riveted to it? There will be a model or and serial # and probably the patent on it. Exercise your GoogleFu. Use the interForce it is your friend. Frosty The Lucky. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vthokie93 Posted February 8, 2018 Author Share Posted February 8, 2018 15 minutes ago, Frosty said: Welcome aboard, glad to have you. Is that an id plackard I see riveted to it? There will be a model or and serial # and probably the patent on it. Exercise your GoogleFu. Use the interForce it is your friend. Frosty The Lucky. Sure is, in the first post I listed the info on that tag, its model 132 and serial number 357. Neither of these plus any combination of hanchett return anything, nor does any hanchett patent search... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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