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12:25 am
May 21, 2011
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I'm looking for a firepot around which to build a coal forge. I was planning on using a brake drum but have found several people who say this is a bad idea, and I'm starting to agree with them. It's just not the right size and shape. If anyone has a firepot sitting around and would like to sell it, please contact me.
Thanks.
12:45 am
December 10, 2010
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hate to tell you but the only fire pot I have ever had is a brake drum and it works perfectly. whoever told you that was a bad idea I believe is wrong.
here is a video of mine working.
Keep on Forgin
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1:56 am
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June 8, 2010
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Check out the, "Best tuyere I've ever used." thread under the forge fire. You don't need a firepot... Been there, done that, and I think this is a great idea... Also save you a bit of money... Only takes a piece of pipe and a bit of drilling, welding. Next coal forge I build will be like this.
2:41 am
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April 19, 2010
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can you weld? if so i would weld up one ... i have used a firepot and they are nice but i have also made my own for a portable forge(multiple times) and they work well also... sounds like you are starting out so it would save you money also...it dosnt need to be too thick (1/8 or 3/16 plate will work fine) . good luck!
4:17 am
March 22, 2010
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whats coal??
4:44 am
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July 9, 2010
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Gene, Coal is the stuff blacksmiths use to make black boogers.[Image Can Not Be Found]
My son is the Blacksmith
5:13 pm
March 21, 2011
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Just make your own.
6:14 pm
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April 26, 2010
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Acceptable firepots have been made from:
- lawn mowers lined with clay
- wheelbarrows lined with clay
- washtubs lined with clay
- 30 gallon drums lined with clay
- 1/4" plates welded together
A forge ain't nothin' but a hole in the ground what has been raised up to working height!
No matter where you go... there you are.
6:59 pm
March 18, 2010
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I'm with Lee, push air up through some coal and ya got a forge. I've see a wooden box filled with dirt. My first forge was a cast iron sink with a 5qt cast iron cook-pot for a fire-pot. Filled the space between the pot and the sink with dirt. Worked great!
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but then there are others who, with the help of their art and their intelligence,
transform a yellow spot into the sun.” ~ Pablo Picasso ~
7:01 pm
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August 7, 2010
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Good Morning,
The BEST TUYERE EVER, is made by John Newman at Newman Forge & Pattern, in Hamilton, Ontario.
The body of the base is over 1 inch thick!! It is not the cheapest, the cheapest isn't the BEST!!
Only In Canada, EHH. PITY!!!
Neil
As long as we are above our shoes, We know where we are.:happy:
7:41 pm
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August 7, 2010
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We have two forges in the Vancouver Island Blacksmith Association, Trailer called "the Flyin' Forge". I got the suggestion from John Little, East Dover, Nova Scotia, when he was out for a work-shop a few years ago.
A piece of 3" pipe (the length of forge you want to make) with a thread on one end (to add a cap for a clean-out). Weld 5 - 3/4" pipe nipples, 3/4" high, 3/4" between them, in a line on one side. Drill or torch out the bottoms (or drill the holes before you weld the nipples in place). Lay the pipe horizontal with the nipples sticking up, in whatever you are going to use for a container, fill around the sides of the pipe with clinker. Connect your air blower with flexible dryer vent pipe to the back end of the pipe (not the threaded end). Make plugs or use large bolts (I made the plugs with old VW Van Ball Joints that I just happened to have in stock in the scrap steel bin). You can control the length of the fire by plugging the holes that you don't need (we quite often have 3 plugged, leaves the choice open for longer fire). Make the hood with whatever you have available (I used an old hot water tank cut to about 24" tall (not galvanized) that I split vertically about 14" (leaving the bell shape of the tank at the top) and opened up the split left and right to form sides. I then took a piece of 10 ga. plate to make an angled roof over the sides and fill it back to the body of the tank). We use old Fire-brick to form the sides of the fire-pot instead of filling it with coal.
Light the forge as you normally do, start with breeze, add coal as needed, go to work. Clinker will form around the pipe nipples and not block the air flow. At the end of the day, take the fire apart and lift out the clinker that is draped around the nipples.
The complete Forge is made with BISH (ruBISH) and works fantastic.
Thanks a lot to John Little and a little enginuity!!
Neil
As long as we are above our shoes, We know where we are.:happy:
8:28 pm
May 13, 2010
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:redface::redface: Thanks Neil!!
3:04 am
June 10, 2010
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Neil Gustafson;12763 wrote: Good Morning,
The BEST TUYERE EVER, is made by John Newman at Newman Forge & Pattern, in Hamilton, Ontario.
The body of the base is over 1 inch thick!! It is not the cheapest, the cheapest isn't the BEST!!
Only In Canada, EHH. PITY!!!
Neil
Neil I think you can buy John's firepots through Blacksmith Depot. I also like John Little's ribbon burner, but totally a different fire.
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