[TheForge] Re: coal forge

Jerry Frost frosty at customcpu.com
Fri Sep 8 22:34:13 EDT 2006


From: <LrdThorolf at aol.com>


>I just turn on the propane, click butane torch and 
>stick in  mouth of forge
> and instant fire.  No messy coal or coke waiting to 
> heat up. Throw steel in
> forge and let it heat up. No turning blower handles 
> to  keep fire lit.
> Been there, done that and now use propane. Plus no 
> coal smoke in lungs  or
> nose.
>
> Ike
> Pan's Forge
>

Hmmmm. I use a wad of newspaper to light my propane 
forge and save arm hair for real forging. <grin>

On the other hand I can and have used most anything to 
heat iron except induction. . . Yet.

Frosty
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