[TheForge] Historical type Forge

Sun Apr 27 21:01:04 2003

Frosty -

That sounded just too simple, so I ran out to the backyard to try it.

I lay down, put a bath towel on my stomach and blew like hell until I just
about passed out.....

I'm sticking with the hand-cranked blower.

Bob

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2003 11:32 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Historical type Forge

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
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.