Smokeyred Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 What thickness of mild steel would members suggest for a firebox? This is for a welded firebox, unlined and designed for a coke forge. cheers. Smokeyred Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 Welcome to IFI, Smokeyred. If you haven't yet, please READ THIS FIRST!!! This is more properly a question for the Solid Fuel Forges section of the forum, and I'm sure one of the moderators will move it there. There are a number of other threads there about building firepots, so I would suggest taking a look around for the recommendations made there. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon ForgeClay Works Posted July 19, 2018 Share Posted July 19, 2018 One of the best fire pots is this one. I believe the metal thickness is 3/8 inch or 9.5 mm. http://www.bamsite.org/firepot.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stevomiller Posted July 22, 2018 Share Posted July 22, 2018 3/8” seems ideal, that’s about what my old Champion cast iron on was. If you are burning coke and not coal, would you not want a deeper fire pot than illustrated in that pic (3”)? I only tried premade coke, as opposed to my usual bituminous coal, a few times, but it seemed like I really had to force feed it air. 3” seems like you’d still be in the oxygen rich zone of the fire. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Smokeyred Posted July 23, 2018 Author Share Posted July 23, 2018 5” deep was what I was planning. Thanks for the comments.....I’ll use 3/8 for the fire pot. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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