new William Allday & Co coke forge

[Inflight]

I found this forge in Olympia, WA.

 

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[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

Outstanding restoration, ya done good and I'm envious. Anvils aren't the only thing blackksmith's have envy over.

Don't know if you have seen this. There is a lot of info about the company. There is an ad picture down the page of your forge.

https://www.gracesguide.co.uk/Alldays_and_Onions#cite_note-2

[Inflight]

Thanks, Irondragon!  I abrasive blasted and painted everything, inside and out.  I was told the hand-crank gearbox leaked oil, so I flattened all the mating surfaces and used permatex RTV gasket material to seal everything.  I've done a couple heats with coke and it works well. 

 

I've seen the images and read the company history on gracesguide.co.uk.

 

Thanks again,

Matt

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[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

Those blowers leak when they are over filled. They use a splash oil system, where the lowest gear teeth run in the oil and splash the rest of the gears & bearings.

[bluerooster]

And I'm allways over filling mine.   I figure best too much than not enough.

[Irondragon Forge ClayWorks]

I have a tendency to overfill too. Helps to have a dirt floor so clean up is no problem. I have found one of the oils that leak the least is chainsaw bar oil with a little STP oil treatment mixed in.

[Frosty]

I use chainsaw bar oil with about 1/4 cup of Duralube to a gallon jug. I put a few drops in the oil ports at the beginning of a session and it lubes it nicely for a days use. Eventually even that little bit seeps out. Chainsaw bar oil is sticky so it doesn't sling off the high speed gears. 

Frosty The Lucky.