[TheForge] Coal vs Propane

Wed May 1 10:39:00 2002

Well kind of on this topic, I got a coal forge given to me the other day,
Ive only used gas till now, it doesnt have a blower though. I played with
using a jet of compressed air through a 2mm hole into the opening of the 2"
pipe that leads to the forge tuyere,  same principle as a reil type
burner,it seemed to work ok, anyone else use this or am I the only one too
lazy to go hunting for a blower of some kind, I have checked the largest
local machinery scrap yard and they didnt have much. What sort of cfm do
coal forge blowers usually need? My 2 compressors will easily keep the flow
up to a 2mm hole but I guess its kind of inefficient, nice and easy to vary
though with a valve I have in the line.

----- Original Message -----
From: "Doug Ayen" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 01, 2002 11:40 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Coal vs Propane

> Todd Rich sang:
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, 30 Apr 2002, Doug Ayen wrote:
> >
> > >
> > > Anyone know of a good source for bulk charcoal? I'm doing some
primitive
> > > ironmaking experiments and could use a ton or so. Ditto iron ore
(found
> > > one place that carries 50lb sacks, may have found a local iron mine,
but
> > > still trying pin that one down.) Northern VA if that matters.
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > >
> > > --doug
> >
> > Whoops...sorry, just noticed, what you were looking for the charcoal
for.
> > What type of iron ore do you want?  I got 1100#s of magnetite
powder(only
> > have 200# left) for iron smelting last year.
> > Todd
> >
>
> Magnetite sand would be great, I'm also seeing about experementing with
> limonite and, if I can find a decent source, bog iron.
>
> Thank you kindly for the pointers.
>
> --doug
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