[TheForge] Historical type Forge

Sun Apr 27 23:07:01 2003

I think you missed the point, you have to wrap yourself in the bath towel,
then someone was supposed to jump up and down on your back.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bob Rackers" <[email protected]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Sunday, April 27, 2003 8:57 PM
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Historical type Forge

> 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
> ------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
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