[TheForge] fire starting

[Chris Worsley]

Gee Bobbi,

If you are going to slam someone, at least get the name right!

Chris

Evelyn Hart wrote:

> philip,
>
> You show your I Q when you have to use profanity to describe the smoke from
> your fire ( or any other item).
>
> Bobby Hart
>
> > [Original Message]
> > From: Phlip <phlip@99main.com>
> > To: <theforge@mailman.qth.net>
> > Date: 7/24/03 12:39:06 AM
> > Subject: Re: [TheForge] fire starting
> >
> >
> > Ene bichizh ogsen baina shuu...
> >
> > > You said hard coal as in anthracite? if your using that you need to add
> > > some kindling. Hard coal also takes more air to keep going which can be
> a
> > > problem. When your welding remember that your trying to suggest to the
> > > steel that they want to get together not force them together. Hit it too
> > > hard and all you do is splash out the metal that would form the weld.
> >
> > Calamity, Kim is someone I listen to. He's got it together, knows his
> coal.
> >
> > But, this is about starting fires. Now, there's a lot of ways to firew up
> a
> > coal fire, and most of them involve wood, charcoal, charcoal lighter
> fluid,
> > or any combination, but I've found myself a sure-fire method, that reqires
> > minimal stree, throughout your forging. Please understand, too, that I was
> > trained on a coal fire, and later learned to use propane, then formed my
> > preferences.
> >
> > Get yourself either a round firepot, or a square one that's big enough to
> > build a round fire in. Build yourself the makings of a small wood fire, in
> > the round, in the center. Surround it with partially burned wood, and or/
> > coke, again in tepee shape. Douse it with charcoal lighter fluid, or
> > kerosene, or even  non potable (fairly) pure alcohol. Nest the whole mess
> > with good coal, from whatever your source. Light it off, and leave it
> alone
> > for a few minutes, letting the flame light up the wood and charcoal,
> > cranking air to it, at need.
> >
> > Get rid of them goddamn smokey, stinkey coal rocks, and add good hardwood
> > charcoal at need to the mess, and simplify life instead of dealing with
> that
> > silly modern coal- good charcoal burns nicer, cleaner, and you can even
> cook
> > over it, and unless you forge weld and pour lotsa borax all over
> everything,
> > all you need to do is dump the ashes every couple of days, rather than
> > continually crapping with the fire or cleaning out the clinkers.
> >
> > And if you want it much easier than that, go to Ron Reil's website and
> build
> > yourself a good propane forge, using his instructions- but don't come
> > talking to me about it- my charcoal does my jobs for me ;-)
> >
> > Phlip