Glenn Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Show us your fire tools you use at your forge. Poker, Shovel, Rake, etc What other fire tools do you use? Photos would be most helpful. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mesquiteforge Posted October 14, 2008 Share Posted October 14, 2008 My fire tools and a few turning tools too. Left to right: knotted handle for a new fire poker(not yet tapered), turning/scrolling fork, monkey wrench, ladle for water, fire poker, spoon(great for getting coal out of fire pot when done forging), shovel, and fire rake. Nothing fancy-just the bare necessities.;) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Here's the fire tools I use regularly. I made most of these several years ago and always intended to make nicer ones.....but these work and haven't broken or worn out....... Left to right... A sprinkler made from a stick of wood and a soup can....a roofing nail is driven through the edge of the can into the end of the handle. I've made 4 or 5 of these in 35 years.....they keep rusting out. A rake made from 1/4 in. rod and a section of metal refrigerator rack.....the old ones were made of steel An ordinary little poker with wooden handle A little scoop made from a piece of heavy aluminum sheet and an old hammer handle. I made it curved to fit in 5 gal. buckets and to clean out my round bottomed 'wheel' forge. A 20 in. long piece of angle iron I use as a slice sometimes.........The end is flattened. What's confusing maybe, is that I might use the scoop to rake coal into the fire....or I might use the slice as a poker. It just depends on what I need to do at certain times........and what tool happens to be in my hand. James Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jayco Posted October 21, 2008 Share Posted October 21, 2008 Oh, I forgot one tool I use quite often....I guess it's a fire tool. My basket I use to sift ashes from the forge or to sift ash from my home made charcoal. It's made from 1/4 in. hardware cloth. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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