[TheForge] Fire pot depth - opinions wanted

Sun Feb 10 10:06:56 2002

I have a stainless steel container (got 2 it for $10.00 at a garage sale) I
keep by the forge.  When I close down the fire for the day, all the coal,
ash, etc is shoveled into this pot.  Only then I add water to douse the
coal.  I do the same thing with my portable forge when demonstrating.  The
pot resides underneath the ash dump to help keep the work site clean.

Paul McComb
Fat Raccoon Forge
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Subject: Re: Re: [TheForge] Fire pot depth - opinions wanted

I use water to control the fire, but pull the fire apart and just let it go
out.  One thing to think about, for those with cast iron pots is that water
on a hot pot can crack it.....

mike

At 12:53 PM 2/9/02 +0000, you wrote:
>         I believe Dick means they do not put water on the fire to
> extinguish it at the end of the day.  What happens when you do this is
> the water combines with the sulphur in the coal to form a weak Sulfuric
> Acid.  Since the fire isn't burning any longer the sulphur/water sits on
> the firepot for an extended period of time.
>         I too have stopped using water to put the fire out (I still use
> it to control the fire).  Instead I rake the coals out onto the forge top
> and dowse them there.
>
>Dan
>
>
>At 09:55 AM 2/9/02 -0700, you wrote:
>>How does one manage a coal fire without wetting the coal?
>>
>>Thanks, Adam
>>
>>At 01:36 PM 2/8/2002 -0600, you wrote:
>>>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
>
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