[TheForge] coke vs. coal

[bohlb]

Dave,

My forge is not all that big.  Just a standard, round farm/ranch forge.  I 
generally pile the coke up 5 or so inches above the tuyere.  I do not let it 
sit very long until it is going pretty well.  Then I get a bright red area 
of roughly 6 to 8 inches in diameter.  After that it can be left for longer 
periods of time.  It gets very hot and I have worried about burning thru the 
bottom of the forge, but so far have not had any problems.  When I let it go 
out, I spread the hot coke out away from the center to enable the heat to 
dissipate better.

Bill




----- Original Message ----- 
From: "David E. Smucker" <davesmucker at hotmail.com>
To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 4:58 PM
Subject: Re: [TheForge] coke vs. coal


> 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
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "bohlb" <bohlb at comcast.net>
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> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 5:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [TheForge] coke vs. coal
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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
>>
>>
>> ----- Original Message ----- 
>> From: "GHS" <GHS at execpc.com>
>> To: "Sponsored by ABANA" <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
>> Sent: Saturday, April 07, 2007 1:28 PM
>> Subject: Re: [TheForge] coke vs. coal
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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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