[TheForge] Treadle forge

[Michael Horgan]

At 09:48 AM 9/11/2004, Ries Niemi wrote:

>Through a funny chain of events- a swiss blacksmith was looking for a hand 
>crank blower, I pulled out old french blacksmithing magazines- anyway, I 
>found a german blacksmith supply company- Angele is the name- www.angele.de
>and they sell, brand new, a treadle powered coal forge. Its about 18" x 
>24", on a steel stand, with a big flywheel underneath, and you can sit at 
>it and pedal away to your hearts content. Same forge is also available 
>hand crank or electric. No price is given on the catalog I downloaded, but 
>it doesnt look all that fancy or expensive.
>
>ries

Did you notice the cyclone smoke cleaners for use with the forge hood to 
remove the clinkers and soot before it goes out your chimney? Ought to make 
it easier for those of us in a smoke sensitive area.


Michael D. Horgan , lughaid at earthlink.net
http://members.aol.com/lughaid/
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  A BRAZEN FORGERY
Blacksmithing and Metalwork
Claremont, Ca.