[TheForge] using a tipi as a smithy

[Gladish Family]

We used a tipi for a bedroom while we were building our house.
No disrespect toward Jack Andrews, but I don't see how I could use a tipi
for a smithy, except in an emergency. I'm always swinging long pieces of bar
around and I know I'd have the thing full of holes in a week!
It does have the advantage (over a canopy) of having a ready-made chimney,
and it is adjustable to be comfortable in different temps and weather
conditions, but for the $1200 plus poles that we put into ours I could build
a fine little pole building, on skids, that would have a rough chimney and
be fireproof too.
If you absolutely can't have a permanent structure and you don't heat long
stock, then, yes, it would work great.
IMHO,
Andy G.

 If we have not quiet in our minds, outward comfort will do no more for us
than a golden slipper on a gouty foot. -John Bunyan, preacher and author
(1628-1688)