[TheForge] charcoal firepots

Mon Jul 8 09:01:04 2002

what would account for that perhaps the extra clay in the
rivet forge ? guessing that has clay terry
----- Original Message -----
From: "Rafter Lazy C" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Monday, July 08, 2002 6:51 AM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] charcoal firepots


> I have recently had a thing driven home to me.  I have a forge that I made
> from an old  brake drum and an electric blower with a light dimmer switch
> for blower control.  The wind this spring took down my chimney, and I
> haven't had time to fix it the way I want, so I keep leaving it alone.  I
> also have a rivet forge that I got at an auction.  In my brake drum forge
> (my forge) I find that a fire left unattended will go out in about 10 - 15
> minutes.  Also, I get huge amounts of clinker in this forge.  In the rivet
> forge, I found out yesterday that a fire left unattended for about 2 hours
> (with lots of coal and just fired well before leaving it) will still have
a
> lot of heat to it, and will start right back up when you crank the blower.
> Both forges are bottom draft, and I could not believe the difference until
I
> saw it with my own eyes.  I get almost NO clinker with the rivet forge.
Let
> me know what you all think are the reasons for this, please.  I thought
that
> I built a nice little forge, but after using this rivet forge, I can
hardly
> figure out what is going on.
>
> Rick Crawford at  Rafter Lazy C
> Home of Rick's Forge and Lem the Wonder Mule
> email = [email protected]
> home page = http://www.tbcnet.com/~rafterlazyc/
> near Rochelle, in the middle of northern Illinois, USA
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "T.L.Tallman" <[email protected]>
> To: <[email protected]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 5:02 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] charcoal firepots
>
>
> > ok thanks good idea i want to replace the old truck tire rim forge with
> > another type .. wood i.e. charcoal is no promblem here surrounded by
hard
> > woods terry
> > ----- Original Message -----
> > From: "Jerry Frost" <[email protected]>
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Sent: Sunday, July 07, 2002 12:10 PM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] charcoal firepots
> >
> >
> > > Morning Terry:
> > >
> > > From what I've seen charcoal firepots are about twice as deep as coal
> > > firepots. There will (I'm sure) be several folk respond with actual
> > > dimensions though.
> > >
> > > Regardless, I favor the old "duck's nest" to a firepot. Basically the
> > duck's
> > > nest is a shallow depression in a clayed table around the air grate. I
> > then
> > > build whatever size "firepot" I need from firebrick. This lets me burn
> > > almost anything and build virtually any size or shape fire I want in
one
> > > forge.
> > >
> > > Something else to think about is the basic type of air blast. I
believe
> > side
> > > draft forges are better suited for charcoal than updraft forges.
> > >
> > > Of course that's just my opinion. I could be wrong.
> > >
> > > <grin>
> > >
> > > Frosty
> > > ------------------------
> > > If it ain't forged
> > > it ain't real.
> > > Wrought iron is.
> > > The FrostWorks
> > >
> > > Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
>
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