[TheForge] Wombat is back from the forest!

[Michael]

There are a number of oil burner designs that can be coaxed from foundry enthusiasts; turn a furnace on its side and you have a forge. Try Hobbicast and Castinghobby (Yahoo news groups) along with the foundry ring.
Mikey

-----Original Message-----
From: theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Frost
Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2006 12:33 PM
To: Sponsored by ABANA
Subject: Re: [TheForge] Wombat is back from the forest!

Oh yeah, I know just what you mean though in the states 
the polite term is "laid back" or "relaxed". <grin>

Fuel oil is (I believe) called paraffin in the UK. Here 
it's called heating oil, fuel oil or diesel fuel 
depending on what you're using it for and what color 
dye is in it.

It was a good enough description most of us will get 
the idea. Oil fired forges aren't so popular in the 
states where coal or propane is so common. A Babington 
type burner uses compressed air or a high velocity air 
flow. There are a number of sites on the web with 
various oil burner designs if you want to find out 
more. Just search "oil burner" and you'll find all 
kinds of sites from the sublime to the ridiculous.

I have to say I like the term, "arse about", I think 
I'll be using it frequently, it fits sooooo many people 
sooooo well. <grin>

Sounds like you did alright for yourself, learned how 
the hammers work, picked up a new(to you) anvil, tongs, 
hammer heads and rivets. I usually don't trade labor 
for hardware unless it's really good stuff and a 
written in blood contract; I seem to get screwed over 
otherwise. Of course I'm kind of arse about anyway. 
<grin>

Frosty
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If it ain't forged
it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
The FrostWorks

Meadow Lakes, AK.

http://www.artmetalradio.com/

From: "Stephen Viola" <stephen.viola at gmail.com>


G'day Frosty!

Yep, I made it out of the forrest with little more than 
a bumkin
accent to my Finnish language ;o) nice people just a 
little
sloooooooooooooow if you know what I mean.

The liquid used to fuel the brick forge is apparently 
the same oil
used to heat the Finnish houses. It kind of smells like 
diesel and as
I have lived in Finland for close to 15 years I can't 
for the life of
me think of what this oil is called in English.
There is some pressure on the oil coming out of the 
nossle and if I
worked it out properly there seems to be some 
compressed air as well.
When fiddling with the 5 different levers and taps to 
adjust the flame
every morning, I discovered that I could achieve quite 
a hot flame
with less oil and more compressed air. I know I'm 
explaining this as a
complete novice but all my training has been using 
"kivihiili" (stone
coal??) in my forge. This oil / brick forge was a new 
experience for
me as were the spring hammers. My complete repair on 
one of the
hammers has now given me good insight the the workings 
of them.. but
this oil system still has me baffled.

A bit of an arse about way of explaining it but I think 
you'll grasp
what I mean.

OH I should say the best thing about this summer job 
was the over
time!! I managed to strike up a deal with the boss 
man.. 29 hours of
overtime and I earned a 100 kg anvil in prime 
condition, a couple of
hammer heads, a few pairs of tongs and a bucket load of 
rivets of
various sizes. Not a bad deal for the equivalent of € 
330 !!!!

Stephen



On 18/08/06, Jerry Frost <frosty at customcpu.com> wrote:
> Good to hear from you again Stephen, glad to kow you
> made it out of the woods alright. <grin>
>
> The pics made it fine. How is the brick forge fired?
>
> Frosty
> -------------------------------
> If it ain't forged
> it ain't real.
> Wrought iron is.
> The FrostWorks
>
> Meadow Lakes, AK.
>
> http://www.artmetalradio.com/
>
> From: "Stephen Viola" <stephen.viola at gmail.com>
>
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > Sorry it's been more quiet than usual from me.. 
> > I`ve
> > had a summer job
> > for the past 10 weeks as a blacksmith up in the
> > sticks somewhere. I
> > have attached some pics of my workshop including 2
> > spring hammers and
> > the forge I rebricked. I have plenty of other pics
> > but I just want to
> > see if this works well or not.
> >
> > Log into "the forge" photo site and look for the
> > Wombat Forge albumn
> >
> >
> > Stephen aka Wombat
> >
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