[TheForge] Forge explosion

Thu Oct 10 11:22:00 2002

I get them occasionally when using coal in the riveters forge. Doesn't do it
with coke. At the historical site where we have a bellows, we used to get
them frequently. I suspected that the valves inside the bellows were leaking
and creating a little backflow as the lower chamber slowly refilled. I hung
a weight on the bottom of the lower chamber, where the connection for the
pull rod is, to pull the bottom down faster and I don't recall having that
occur in a long time.

Ray Baker
Frontier Forge
Olympia, WA
----- Original Message -----
From: "Bob Ehrenberger" <[email protected]>
To: "theforge" <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 09, 2002 8:30 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Forge explosion

> Hi guys,
>
> The other day when I was getting started making coke, I stoped cranking to
> go get something and suddenly there was a wosh pop in my forge. I guess
some
> of the volital gasses backed up into the ash dump and then ignited. No
harm
> done.
>
> I was wondering if any of you have ever had or seen a serious explosion in
a
> coal forge. At one of the BAM workshops we had a much louder explosion but
> it didn't blow the coal out of the fire pot or any thing like that.
>
> Bob Ehrenberger
> Shelbyville, Mo
>
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