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----- Original Message ----- 
From: <LrdThorolf at aol.com>
To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 14, 2005 8:49 PM
Subject: [TheForge] Re: coal or coke or propane


> Since I started blacksmithing I  have used coal, coke and  propane. I 
> hate
> coal because of the smoke and having to  make a  slurry  of it to work in
> until it coked. I liked the coke because a  small wood fire would get it 
> hot.
> Good burning and had clinkers that came  out in one piece. Good working 
> and could
> let it bank down and come back to  it later. Propane is good because I 
> could
> feed lots of pieces of 1/2 inch square  stock in and keep rotating them in 
> and
> out as I  forged them.  The  problem with my coke was I could not get any 
> in
> AZ. nobody wanted it, they  wanted coal. Although the cost of propane goes 
> up
> I  can put up with  it. I  just got to make a smaller forge now. My old 
> one
> weighs in over 125  pounds. 2 burner atmospheric. Made out of 1/4 inch 
> steel
> barrel  with steel base and legs. Takes 2 people to  lift it to it's stand
> about 4 foot high. I  like it at eye level and it makes it easier to see 
> when
> pieces are hot and pull them out. I  have worked on many forges  and the 
> small
> ones are good for small stuff.
> It is just a preference of what a person likes and what they  want.
>
> this is my 2 cents worth.
> Ike
> Pan's  Forge
> Out of the heat and into 4 seasons.
>
>
>
> Life is not a  journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely 
> in
> a pretty and  well-preserved body, but rather to skid in broadside, 
> thoroughly
> used up,  totally worn out, and loudly proclaiming-
> "WOW!! What a  Ride!"
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