[TheForge] Burning Clean

[Washington, Aubrey O.]

Mickey,
Before I moved back to the country 8 or 9 years ago, I had my coal forge set up beside my garage in a modest blue collar neighborhood with houses less than 20' apart.  When I would start up the forge (lots of smoke) a neighbor or two would often come by to make sure my house wasn't on fire.  But, no one ever complained or called the cops.  Mostly they either ignored me or came by to watch.  If they stayed long enough, I always tried to send them home with a little trinket.
 
Aubrey

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Aubrey,
Thanks for the recommendation. Recently a bunch of amateur founders got
together on the Peninsula for a casting party. I got to watch a coal forge
in action. My suspicions about their unsuitability for suburbia were
confirmed, but must admit that running the hand crank was a blast :-)
Mikey