[TheForge] Brick BBQ type of Forge

[Dick Nietfeld]

Jerry, you can look at a brick chimney forge @:
http://www.blksmth.com/Cthe_blacksmith.htm.  You can only see part of it,
but it will give you an idea of the opening and the arrangement of the
firepot etc.  If you want, I can send you a picture of another brick forge
chimney that I designed, but you'll need to e-mail me offline to get the
picture.  Both of these chimneys work exceptionally well and were patterned
off of 2 plans were found in old "Anvil Ring" magazines.  My (above) chimney
is 34 ft. high and the inside above the smoke shelf has a 12" square tile
flue liner (I'm in a wood building in the city).  The other one is 16 ft.
high and doesn't have a tile flue liner (not in the city and in a metal
building).  One key component is the configuration of the bricks at the
opening - 15" wide opening next to the firepot and 11" wide opening in the
bricks on the side away from the firepot.  Both of these have smoke shelves,
but I doubt if that is really necessary as I've looked at several brick
forge chimneys that didn't have the shelves and they all worked well (with
or without).  

Dick



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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Bob Willman
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 9:25 PM
To: 'Sponsored by ABANA'
Subject: RE: [TheForge] Brick BBQ type of Forge

	When you say brick, I assume you mean a brick base with standard
cast iron fire pot. I built mine in 1988. It took less than 300 regular
brick and about 20 +/- hard fire brick. The fire brick are not really
necessary. I used them on the top to cover the 1/4" plate that holds the
fire pot. They give me a deeper fire and a flat surface to lay hot things on
without danger. It also provides a place to rake the fire apart and a place
to let the coal go out until next time. I also put a coal storage hopper
inside the hollow space on one end.


Bob Willman
Bowling Green, Ohio
The Eagle's Anvil
WB8NQW

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[mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of Jerry Smith
Sent: Sunday, January 29, 2006 8:47 PM
To: Appalchian Blacksmiths; The Forge
Subject: [TheForge] Brick BBQ type of Forge

Has anyone out there built or has workable plans for a brick type of forge,
I was reading about them in a couple of books and saw one in England in use.

I was just wondering because I have the space, the time and some extra money
to build something like this.

Jerry
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