VandegriftIronworks Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Hi all, first post here. just bought a forge in Amish country, came with a functioning blower. Neither the forge or blower have any ID, the blower just has oiling instructions and the number 1075 and 1088 on it, plus a serial number. Forge has nothing at all on it if you can lend a curious smith a hand! It would be appreciated! Thanks -VI Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Blower is a canady Otto, I have several like it, forge may be an Otto also but they are harder to identify because champion, Buffalo an Otto made hundreds of different models Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandegriftIronworks Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks Willow! Looking at the catalog they have this exact forge set up (Otto) as the Chicago forge. Any idea of year? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 No idea on the age, I’d just look through old catalogs an advertisements from Otto to get a ruff guesstimate, im not aware of a serial number number date list for their products but if you find one please pass on the knowledge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Looks like a good setup, hope you have read about claying the cast iron forge pan to prevent it from cracking. I would say Canedy Otto too. This will open as a PDF in case it's a different catalog than the one you have and others may want to get it. www.bamsite.org/books/canedy.pdf Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandegriftIronworks Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 I found this in their catalog 8. no year on the catalog of course, but it said you could order it with either a pump or cranked blower. So this may be the original set up almost entirely. And the forge is currently clayed, I had just never heard of it before. Even at work during my apprenticeship our forges were unlined. if I find a year I’ll let you all know! Oh I see you mean claying the entire pan. I live in WV so I’ll get some clay from the creek right beside my shop Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Modern forges are made from steel so you don’t have to worry about clay unless it’s thin material, but a lot of the older forges are cast iron and are prone to cracking from the heat stress between the fire heat and the cooler parts of the pan, Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 (edited) That is the catalog I have but it looks to me to be a Royal 102, the Chicago forges are all lever operated. It also may be from a later catalog where the pan has the lower side section. Or over the years the pan may have been replaced with a Champion. note: Looking back at your post, I see the blower had option to be lever or crank. Edited February 20, 2022 by Irondragon ForgeClay Works add note Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irondragon Forge ClayWorks Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 1 hour ago, VandegriftIronworks said: I live in WV We won't remember this once leaving this post, hence the suggestion to add it in your profile. BTW: Welcome from the Ozark mountains. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TWISTEDWILLOW Posted February 20, 2022 Share Posted February 20, 2022 Oh I forgot introductions… lol Howdy! And welcome from eastern Oklahoma! if you plan on sticking around the forum then you might browse over the read this first thread, it will give you tips on navigating the forum as well as give you an idea of how things work around here! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandegriftIronworks Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 Thanks guys for all the tips and help, I started updating my profile a bit. See you all around, I’ll probably be here a while! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VandegriftIronworks Posted February 20, 2022 Author Share Posted February 20, 2022 I really cannot determine a year on this model. But I believe it to be dated 1906-1912 Ive seen some people selling this catalog and estimating it was released in that time frame. Wonder why they didn’t put dates on there anywhere. Anyhow! This forge was a real steal for $700 with the blower included! Thanks guys -Ian Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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