hot coal Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 i an wanting to make a new fire piot from a old farm dish blade an welding a 4 inch ring around the top to add more coal or charcaol to it with a tee thype pipe at the botton for a bolwer an ash dump , will line it with fire clay , what is your thinking on this the disk blade is about 18 inch across an will drill a tryee hole in it for climker clean out , what say u alll Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rob Browne Posted February 3, 2009 Share Posted February 3, 2009 (edited) I have one just like it and find the following:I put a 2" collar all round and found it to be too deep for use with my small hand cranker. I used an old vacuum cleaner but it burnt too much coal and I was burning jobs. I use a quarter inch plate as my tuyer with 9 half inch holes in it. I have a length of 10" bore casing in the centre to form the fire pot. I have made the fire pot shallower by using an adobe mix so the tuyer is only about 2 1/2" below the top of the bore casing. I can forge and weld in this set up but it will be better when I cut the sides down so its not so heavy to move!! As the fire is higher than the sides I can run long pieces through it and coke new cola around the edges as I go. A few ideas.... Cheers Edited February 3, 2009 by rmcpb Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Hill Forge Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 Here's a forge I'm building from a farm disc. This one is made from a 24" disc. I'm going to roll a 1 1/2" band to weld around the outside edge. The firepot is made from a 6" X 3" industrial pipe reducer about 3/8" thick. It also has a rotating clinker breaker from 1" stock. See attached. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
welder19 Posted February 4, 2009 Share Posted February 4, 2009 I had one similar to these and one thing I recomend is making the ash dump longer so it doesn't fill up so fast, other than that they work great. welder19 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Oak Hill Forge Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Mine will have a 3" TEE and another length of 3" pipe for a total of 11 1/2" below what is pictured. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ralphy Posted February 5, 2009 Share Posted February 5, 2009 Nice design, Mine is made from steel plate about 14" dia. with a 3" high band, and a 12" dia. 3"high band to make a 2" space filled with sand to insulate it, a 2" pipe with a "t" welded to it for a dump and blower sticks up 1" through the plate with a layer of sand in the bottom it gives me a 10" fire pot, a 3" x 3", 1/2" thick plate with holes in it works as a tyre. it's crude but works well. if you like i'll try to get some pics later. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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