[TheForge] RUST-BE-GONE

[The Millers]

Leather belting is still available from Regal belting in Cincinnati, 
Ohio. They can make it up to 4" wide, I believe and as long as you need.

How its done is skiving the leather gluing and clamping. I've seen them 
make them as long as 20ft.

Ray Miller
Cincinnati

On Friday, March 7, 2003, at 11:42 AM, Kenny O'Loughlin wrote:

> I picked up an old forge with no name on it, just the No.150 on
> the blower. It has a piece of oak stick on a pivot which moves a pie 
> shaped, counter balanced gear, which in turn rotates a shaft, via a 
> pulley
> and a ratcheting mechanism that turns the blower. There is no belt. 
> Whew, no I can't repeat that!
> The hearth is cracked in two but not a problem, also it is very rusty. 
> I took lots of 35mm pic's. I wish I had a digital camera to share the 
> process!
>
> Well The mixture works great with baking soda, next time I go
> onto town I will get washing soda.
>
> What do I line the hearth with? Can I mix up some sort of adobe 
> concoction or is there an easier way, that's not to spendy?
> I paid $57.00 for the whole deal. The hearth is 18" across. It is 
> going to need a belt, leather would be OEM but how does one get a 
> continuous piece of leather , maybe slice a pig in the dorsal plane, 
> frozen first to make it neat, anyone have a pig with about a 20 inch 
> diameter?
>
> Thank All
>
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