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May 18, 2013
7:38 pm

Bruce Macmillan

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Well, the old frankenforge has needed new doors forever and the new sculpture project I'm planing would have been a real pain with the old ones so..........
I had a Sandia forge long ago and the one thing I really liked about it was the doors swung in an upward arc and left the top of the forge CLOSED when doing so. These were only open at one end (at least mine was) and had a notch cut into the door so they couldn't be closed 100%. I figure I can trust myself to leave at least one door cracked at all times so both doors fully close and there are little gaps at the bottom of each door anyhow. So far the 'clutch' system workes pretty good keeping the doors where I set them, we'll see....The doors can open/close 0-100%.
There may still be some fine tuning still to come but I sure ain't gonna miss the old ones....:banghead:

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May 18, 2013
11:25 pm

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Good job!
When I want to do some work I want to do the work, not fiddle with the tool.
Can you post a pic of the inside of the door?
Dave

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May 19, 2013
2:39 am

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D_Evans;17997 wrote: Good job!

Can you post a pic of the inside of the door?
Dave

Funny you should ask....:poop:....The bare frame in the pic is 1'' too short so it never got M board mounted in it....Took me a while to find it weeds in front of the shop where I hurled it..:redface:..Made from 1 1/2 x 2 x 1/8'' angle and the 2'' thick M board just presses into it. If it tries to fall out in the future I'll likely mount tabs to keep it in, but so far so good. It was pointed out to me over at IFI that the door could burn the propane hoses when opened 90* as shown so I might replace the rubber hoses with copper when I get a round tuit or they get roasted, whichever occurs last.... Cool