rlarkin Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Looks intriguing. Gonna go check it out.Forge Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 Yes there are pretty common, generally plumbed for natural gas and a REAL GAS HOG, they were designed for industrial shops and generally lined with hard fire brick. You would probnably need a larger gas supply line to your place than a standard home one for it. With the movable top piece thay can be a great tool for heating large items that won't fit in a conventional forge. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rlarkin Posted November 25, 2008 Author Share Posted November 25, 2008 Just did some inet research on it and found out what I needed to know. I don't have gas to my place, so that is out. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WRH51 Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 I am pretty sure you could convert to propane. That is a real buy compared to what that forge costs new. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgtwister Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 i used one about that size back in high school worked great but like thomas said gas hog i think it had a 2" gasline on it the one thing i din't like was you really couldn't heat stuff in the middle you had to put you work down in the hole so if you wanted it heated in the middle we used a rose bud and the teacher there didn't really like he prefered the coal forge that the school made them take out and put one of these in Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 25, 2008 Share Posted November 25, 2008 The Johnson Appliance Co. will supply a propane conversion kit with instructions, parts and whatever other support you might need for it. I have a #133a on a trailer I'll probably never set up. I got it at an estate sale, an all or nothing deal or I would've left it for someone else. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blksmth Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 The blower on the forge is better than a $350 blower from Centaur Forge. Perfect for a professional coal forge. Of course if you used the blower only, you'd have to figure out how to get rid of the rest of it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nealj Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 You guys are breaking my heart. I bought one of these at an auction for I think $10. Havent hooked it up yet and now don't know if I should bother. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blacksmith Jim Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 Well for 10$ you ain't out much, so ya got that going for you.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
orgtwister Posted November 26, 2008 Share Posted November 26, 2008 put it on ebay some one will buy it just make sure you put vintage blacksmith on it then you can ask three times what you think its worth sorry just had say that about ebay Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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