[TheForge] Treadle forge

[Peter Fels And Phoebe Palmer]

Yeah: John Fick's version was set up like a slot forge with the ceramic 
balls filling the slot. The air/propane mixture was blown in the bottom 
and burned in the medium. The flat forge top was dry stacked with  soft 
bricks into whatever shape was needed. Work heated in it showed almost 
no scaling, even after 1/2 hr at yellow.
..Pete F

Jerry Frost wrote:

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>>I have heard of this ceramic chip technique on big industrial oil fired
>>forges, and I think they work kinda like kaowool, absorbing and
>>radiating heat. Also kinda like "lava rocks" in your barbecue.
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>That's the impression I get too. I'm just wondering how the combustion
>works. I imagine it has to burn within the chips making a blower pretty
>mandatory.
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