[TheForge] coke vs. coal

[David E. Smucker]

Bill,  How deep is your fire pot?

You seem to be doing well with coke.  One of the things that many folk miss 
is that for a forge using coke all of the time most folks use a fire pot of 
about 1 and 1/2 to 2 times deeper than our common coal fire pots.  This help 
a great deal in keeping the coke fire going.  Coke can't be beat for a hot 
fire and or for forge welding.

Dave Smucker
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>I burn coke due to the close proximity of my neighbors.  Getting it going 
>initially took some major effort - including some failures - but is now 
>pretty easy once I got the hang of it.  I use either paper and a little 
>charcoal (initially a lot of smoke) or a propane torch and a little 
>charcoal (almost no smoke).  Either way I start it, I get very little smell 
>or smoke once it's going.  I buy my coke from a local farrier shop that 
>sells it marble size by the sack.  What smoke I get seems to be mainly from 
>impurities - metals (?) - mixed in with the coke.  Even that little bit of 
>smoke (often greenish) generally disappears after a short while.  Once I 
>get it going well, I can leave it for 15 minutes or longer without cranking 
>the blower.
>
> Bill
> Littleton, CO
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>> Don how is coke on smoke and smell?
>> I know that my coal fire is a lot more neighbor friendly once it has 
>> coked up.
>>
>> I have been thinking of coke or charcoal for just that reason.
>>
>> Mike Graf
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