[TheForge] Historical type Forge

Fri Apr 25 23:36:00 2003

Ayup. That's the one I was remembering. Makes me feel good to remember
something accurately more than a week past. <grin> Thanks Harry.

I've been thinnking about portable forges as per this thread. I think the
Mastermyr Chest is a perfect example of a portable forge. Okay, smithy.

Don't see the forge? Well, that's because you don't need to pack the forge
along with you. All a forge is is a fire place. You can make a bellows from
a bath towel and a stomach: goat, cow, deer, etc. works even better. The
forge pan needs be no more complicated than a camp fire and a tuyere pipe. I
know this last as I've spent many a night forging found scrap on a RR rail
anvil by a camp fire. Making charcoal is about as simple as it gets, build a
fire and shovel the coals out as they form and douse em.

So, the ONLY thing you'd need to pack for a forge would be a reasonably
fireproof piece of pipe a foot or so long. The section from the fire pit to
the bellows can be as simple as rolled birch bark.

Frosty
------------------------
If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

----- Original Message -----
From: "H and P Foster" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 7:44 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Historical type Forge

> I found a couple of images that I had put up on the Historic Sailing page
> back in 98. These images are not very large as back in 1998, bandwidth was
a
> real issue, but you can get an idea of what the outfit looked like. In one
> you can see the arm to operate the bellows.  The air supply came in from
the
> back side rather than from below.  It is a great outfit that always gets a
> lot of attention.  Here are the links.
> http://historicsailing.tripod.com/98mal4.jpg
> http://historicsailing.tripod.com/98mal20.jpg
>
> Harry Foster
> Rusty Dog Forge
>