[TheForge] Where have all the firepots gone

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on 6/23/04 10:15 PM, David E. Smucker at davesmucker at hotmail.com wrote:

> I found it -- it is under "How To"
> 
> http://magichammer.freeservers.com/weld_your_own_fire_pot_by_lonnie.htm
> 
> 
> This makes a very good fire pot.
> 
> Dave Smucker


I agree, I have always preferred grates with holes such as this to the old
cast "clinker-breaker" style of firepot, clinker breakers seem to mostly
dump good coal into the ashes, which then has to be picked out by hand,
because I'm such a cheap bastard that I refuse to let any nuggets of good
coal escape.

I have used slightly bigger holes, up to 1/2" diameter, as I like huge
fires, but even a 1/2" diameter hole will not let much coal through, actual
clinkers (should they occur) can be fished out the top easily enough.


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