[TheForge] Shameless Self Promotion / Smoke Shelf Irony

Wed Dec 18 01:15:02 2002

> The December Irony has a newly designed Side Draft Coal Forge courtesy
> of Tony of Junkyard fame.  He shows a very simple fabricated smoke box,
> a low-loss stack cap and a couple of pages of carefully stated physics
> about why a Smoke Shelf is not required.  Also in this issue is Dimitri
> Gerakaris' forge featured in his1979 Anvil's Ring article...

I've recently finished a side draft smokebox from scrounged stainless
sheet.  Works pretty well although I've had too many other things to
do to run the forge much yet so it hasn't been tested in all weathers.
(My previous shop was across the street -- 100 feet -- from a large
church.  When the wind -- rarely -- was from that direction, my flue
drew backwards and I hadda just quit for the day.  New shop is near
tall trees but not near any other larger buildings.)

Based on my previous 16ga m/s smokeboxed (now rusted away) which were
based on Dimitri's plans.  It has a smoke shelf.

I'll soon post some pics on the web.

- Mike

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Michael Spencer                  Nova Scotia, Canada 

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