[TheForge] Fire pot depth - opinions wanted - YAK

Fri Feb 8 14:38:24 2002

Phil, you have one of the old ones and they must be better.  Old is always
better, you know!  My experience comes from the one I burned out which took
about 3 years and from a friends who's also took about 3 years.  I still
like the firepot well enough that I keep a spare on hand.  We do not put
water on our coal, so that is not the cause of the burn out.  I've heard
smiths at the Ozark Conference say that they quit using water on their coal
due to the frequency of burnouts or cracking with the Centaur pot.  Now that
is not a lot of experience on my part with them, but it is my experience of
2 burnouts for 2 pots.  I could publish a picture of the last one that
burned out if you want.  It burned a silver $ sized hole in the center of
one of the big flat sides.

Dick

----- Original Message -----
From: "Phil Rosche" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, February 08, 2002 5:42 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] Fire pot depth - opinions wanted - YAK

> Dick:
>
> My Centaur Vulcan is about 20 years old.  When can I expect for it to burn
out?  I'd like to have another one on hand.
>
> Phil
>
> > Deep pots are, for the long term, overcome with a more powerful fan
rather
> > than putting the iron down in the pot.  For the relatively small items I
> > make, I like a 4 1/2" deep pot.  Great for burning the oxygen out of the
> > fire and for forge welding.  I like the Centaur high powered blower and
> > wouldn't use anything less, unless I didn't have one.  I also like the
depth
> > and size of the standard Centaur fire pot.  They are about 4 1/2 " deep
if
> > you plug up the end depressions which I do.  The big problem with the
> > Centaur fire pot is that they are thin, approx. 3/8" and burn out much
> > quicker than some of the 3/4" thick ones.  The last firepot I made to
the
> > size of the Centaur and made it out of mild steel  5/8" for the big flat
> > sides and 3/8" for the bottom and ends.  Again, here is my 2 cents
worth.
> >
> > Dick
> >
> >
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "wmullett" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 6:50 PM
> > Subject: RE: [TheForge] Fire pot depth - opinions wanted
> >
> >
> > > Actually, I think too deep is a problem.  If the pot is deep you end
up
> > with
> > > your stock at an angle and one end is always in a bad area.  If the
sides
> > > aren't cut down already, you'll end up doing it.
> > >
> > > On the other hand, if the pot is shallow and as Bruce says, you can
always
> > > make it deeper by adding brick around the sides or just mounding up
your
> > > coal.
> > >
> > > Walt
> > >
> > > > -----Original Message-----
> > > > From: [email protected]
> > > > [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Bruce Freeman
> > > > Sent: Thursday, February 07, 2002 8:56 AM
> > > > To: [email protected]
> > > > Subject: Re: [TheForge] Fire pot depth - opinions wanted
> > > >
> > > >
> > > > I've successfully worked small stock (not over 3/4" thick)
> > > > over pots ranging from 2" to 6" deep.  It's not the depth of
> > > > the pot but the depth of the coal.  A flat table with a
> > > > tuyere pipe would do fine if you piled the coal up high
> > > > enough for the work at hand.  Put a few firebricks around the
> > > > coal to keep it from spreading across the table and you don't
> > > > need a pot at all.
> > > > Bruce Freeman
> > > >
> > > > >>> Frederick Faller <[email protected]> 02/06/02 05:43PM >>>
> > > > OK folks, what is the best depth for a forge firepot.
> > > >
> > > > Please support your opinions with reasons :-)
> > > >
> > > > Frederick Faller
> > > >
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