Chuckbuckeye Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I just bought a vulan 8 anvil from a friend . Got it for $200 probably over paid a bit but he needed the money and I wanted the anvil. It’s in good shape . Some nicks and things but all in all a good looking anvil. However as I was cleaning it up I seen a raised 2 on the other foot . Was wondering if anyone knew what that means . Not sure why this is . Do they all have this ? I know nothing . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 I believe the 2 is a casting batch number, some Vulcan's have a year cast into them, mine is 43 a year younger than I. One comment I feel obligated to mention, is the base of your stand presents a serious trip hazard with the boards sticking out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 I see . thanks ! Yeah I know the boards are a trip hazard but helps it balance a little better . Good thing you can’t see the rest of my garage . Lol I’m working on it . The legs will come off as soon as I can bolt it to the cement . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted November 1, 2018 Share Posted November 1, 2018 If you have a welder, make a steel tripod. Beats a loose stump hands down and you can still shift it around. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 1, 2018 Author Share Posted November 1, 2018 I thought about that but I need to acquire more metal do it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 You say that like it's a bad thing! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 No my ears are peeled literally every where I go now for scrap metal. Still trying to find a 8” chimney pipe and a blower motor . I’m an electrician so shouldn’t be hard to find Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JHCC Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 If you’re an electrician , you must know some contractors. Ask them about steel from demolition jobs. The stands for my anvil and post vise started life as a 4x8 I-beam from a house down the street that was being torn down. My new guillotine used to be the steel support for a fireplace mantel. All free for the taking (with permission) — it saved them the hassle and expense of hauling it to the scrap yard. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 That is true. Scrap metal for a stand is easier to find. I beam or Rectangular hollow section from demolition make for a fine tripod. Grammar Hammer, your other post about the Australian story book has a few spelling mistakes ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 2, 2018 Author Share Posted November 2, 2018 Oh I have all my buddies looking out for me too. Lol I have a small piece of I beam already . Need some legs though. I have lots of friends finding all kinds of things . It shouldn’t take long but just don’t have it yet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kozzy Posted November 2, 2018 Share Posted November 2, 2018 You said "8" chimney pipe"....although I know not what your plans are, the general consensus here has been that 8" tends to be too small. You might want to search the site on the subject for better input but IIRC, generally 10" is about the minimum and 12" better. I'm assuming a forge hood here so might be far off base. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 I see that now ! Guess I will look for 10” . Where is the reference for how high I need to habe the chimney above my roof line ? I’m having trouble finding it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 Did you check the local code? For woodstoves it's usually 3 feet above where it sticks through the roof and 2' more than anything within 10' of it. Mine is stuck out a hole in the shop wall at a steep angle and is a 10' section of 10" spiral seamed ductwork I got cheap from the ReStore. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 Well I was working at a heating and cooling place today . So I of course had to ask where I could get some duct work like they got . The nice guy said “ I’ve got some here how much do you need?” I’m thinking SCORE!!!! Well then he asked me what I was doing with it . I explained it was for a forge and going through my roof in my garage . He said that it had to be double walled pipe if it’s going through the roof . I assume that means it’s code here in my neck of the woods . That stuff is expensive ! Not sure code enforcement will make it to my house though. Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John McPherson Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 If you have any large trees near the building, the top of the chimney needs to be 3 - 4 feet above the top of the roof line to assure a good draw. Look at any building from the 18th and 19th century when they cooked and heated with wood and/or coal, and built structures around the fireplaces and furnaces. Compare that to recent homes where the fireplace is an architect's cosmetic afterthought. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 3, 2018 Share Posted November 3, 2018 It this garage attached to your house? If so NOT following code can mean that if there is ever a house fire for ANY reason the insurance doesn't have to pay out. Me I live in a rural area and the forge is quite a distance form the house and has to follow farm code===*much* more lenient. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 3, 2018 Author Share Posted November 3, 2018 Nope not attached to the house . I’ll be checking the code either way . But am eyeing some 10” pipe . I assume I should get galvanized . So looking into that. Just got rid of some solar panels so I got a little cash to spend . So I’m looking into it . I think I can get some 8” for free . Would that work if I got a in line fan for it ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 4, 2018 Share Posted November 4, 2018 Inline fans do not usually deal well with heat and smoke and fly ash. Why spend money if you can find it cheap---any building remodelling going on? I felt chuffed that I had got my 10' spiral seemed ductwork so cheap at the ReStore till the next time I had an endocrinologist visit and they were remodelling the building behind there and had a 40 yard dumpster full of ductwork of various sizes. Of course when I found it cheap I bought enough for several chimneys---it stores right well in the roof trusses of the shop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 4, 2018 Author Share Posted November 4, 2018 I like the way you think Thomas ! Lol that’s what I’m looking at trying to do! lol find it cheap and make it work ! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 It always surprised me the reluctance of using fans to boost flue performance. Very comon in the UK If you add up the cost of 12" double wall flue, and compare with 6" or 8" fan forced flue, i think the fan will come for free. The fan you need to look for is called a centrifugal fan aka squirrel cage fan, very much like a forge blower. . The fan is inside a box and the motor is outside the box, so heat is a non issue. Axial fans like a bathroom fan would be of course out of the question. Check Cincinnati fans and Dayton fans. Plenty there to choose from. Someone posted a forge in an enclosed space some time ago ... believe it was Sweden (?) 6" pipe at 45 then horizontal and then upwards, would never work not even in a storm, yet worked a charm with a simple fan. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Ok thanks ! I’ve worked on a lot of this type of fan . On a much larger scale . I’m talking like 3’ to 4’ in circumference . Have not yet got my hands on something I can use at home . I’m doing as much homework as I can on this as the smoke is really bad in my garage . Probably go this weekend and get something in . I was just really hoping to find something for free. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 So NOT an inline fan but an inducer. As far as large ones; I've seen the one that blows air through the Moffat tunnel , you can walk through the motor windings of that one... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marc1 Posted November 5, 2018 Share Posted November 5, 2018 Yes, the large industrial one are easy to find. Yet there are smaller ones for relatively cheap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chuckbuckeye Posted November 5, 2018 Author Share Posted November 5, 2018 Free is the big word for me right now . Lol cheap will work but free is......well free . Lol Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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