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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Feb 15, 2008 12:39:09 GMT -5
I was out yesterday on the forge redoing a blade for griz to make a scrapper and a thought crossed my mind and I thought about boiling water and how if you cover it it will boil faster so I took a old fire pot I have and turned it upside down on my fire I just started and it wasnt no time till it was glowin and so I left it there while I was forging and learned that it would heat faster I just poked a little hole to stick my blade in and it would reheat really fast like a gas forge . Im new at this so yall probly allready know this but I was amazed at how better it was and faster WOW.
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Post by phoenix1967 on Feb 15, 2008 14:05:17 GMT -5
Yup, the lid keeps the heat from escaping as fast. It also will help prevent decarb and scaling.
Lawren
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Feb 15, 2008 14:14:22 GMT -5
I have never heard of it anywhere wonder why.
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Post by metalbender on Feb 17, 2008 1:05:12 GMT -5
heya Cody yep youll hear talk of it now and then on some bladesmithing forums, fellas use old pipes or kawool refractory cloth etcetc, Tai Goo a great bladesmith turned me onto that thou I havnt tried it yet as Ive been working on my domed coal fire skills ... ie ducksnest with greencoal on top and kept wet. been real tricky in my pot cause I run a "lively" style forge
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Post by Cody ( The Patriot ) on Feb 17, 2008 8:54:09 GMT -5
you just put coal on top and water it and it hardens up over your fire?
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Post by metalbender on Feb 17, 2008 11:24:09 GMT -5
yep! when you clean out your firepot from the night before, put aside your coke ( cooked coal thats still lumpy) build a small wood fire and when its going good and has settled some place the coke on it and a little green coal, let that cook up a bit and then hand handfuls of coal on top until you've covered the entire fire, keep that air going, when you see less smoke and some small orange flame or lots of yellow flame time to water her down! just sprinkle about a cup of water over the coal, as you run the forge the inside will convert to coke and youll be adding little handfuls and keeping it wet. theres a book out there I recommend called "The Practical Blacksmith" see if ya can come by a copy of it, real handy one that is.
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Post by phoenix1967 on Feb 17, 2008 11:44:56 GMT -5
I use charcoal mostly, so I just made a forge out of an old air tank. I made a cut down one side, welded on some hinges, and finished cutting the other three sides. The whole mess clamshells open, perfectly aligned. a Lively style airpipe in the bottom, and some adobe lining finished the bottom. Kaowul goes in the top part of the shell (cause its light, and don't crack and fall down)
At 18 inches long, its long enough for big blades, yet small enough to be fuel efficient. I have been using a paint stripper (with an air dump for volume control) for air blast, but My buddy Steve Just scored a champion 400 and crank blower for me. The blower looks like hell, but it still works well. Now if I could just find a post vice...
Lawren
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Post by metalbender on Feb 17, 2008 12:18:43 GMT -5
Lawren aint them champions sweet?! I got one a year ago and it sure beat my lil bufco all to hell and gone. for post vises find out who your local auctioneer is ... picked up a 4 inch post vice for 5 bucks that needed nothing and had barely been used, the trick is dont go to the auction looking for the post vice, go looking for a anvil. works every time lol.
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