[TheForge] Phlip--using charcoal in your forge

[Phlip]

Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...

> > Phlip:
> > I would be interested in hearing about using charcoal
> > in your forge.  Please tell me what kind of charcoal
> > you buy, how fast you go through it, adjustments to
> > the way you tend the fire, etc.

I just uploaded a picture of my forge to the PhotoAccess site- it's in the
forges and hoods folder. At that moment, we were casting bronze, using
charcoal for fuel, but you can see it had been pretty busy- there's the bick
we made for my anvil, and the drift as well as the casting stuff and a bunch
of charcoal and coal all ovcer the table.

What had happened is that at the MSS, the guy who was supposed to bring the
charcoal didn't so we made do with coal until the charcoal arrived (Thanks,
Kim) - this picture was taken at the very end of the event, after a couple
days of forging, when we were starting to pack up.

Don't see why Mike thinks his forges, much like mine, are _semi_ portable- I
consider mine completely portable, and have options as to how far I can
break it down, depending on how I want to pack it. All of the joints are
held together by wing nuts, and if I want to, I can make it very compact
indeed.

Phlip

 If it walks like a duck, and quacks like a duck, it is probably not a
cat.

Never a horse that cain't be rode,
And never a rider who cain't be throwed....