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Sidedraft or Hood


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I am going to buck the trend here. I started with an overhead hood which did not draw well. A few years later I switched to a side draft with a 10" pipe and it drew better than the old hood. Recently I built a 34" conical overhead hood and it seems to draw quite well, when I first light the fire I sometimes get a little smoke escaping but I had the same problem with the side draft. I have the hood 17" over the forge but it hangs on chains and can be adjusted up or down.
The reason I switched to the overhead hood was so that I have access to all sides of my forge, so that I have access to 2 power hammers, hydraulic press, anvil, vice and flypress. The other advantage to an overhead hood is that you get much less radiant heat on your face. Come the heat of summer I may move my gas forge under the hood on days that I am using the gas forge to help exhaust the heat.

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