July 19, 20187 yr 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
July 19, 20187 yr 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.
July 19, 20187 yr 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
July 22, 20187 yr 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.
July 23, 20187 yr Author 5” deep was what I was planning. Thanks for the comments.....I’ll use 3/8 for the fire pot.
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