[TheForge] question regarding depth of charcoal forge

[terry l. ridder]

hello;

On Wed, 11 Jul 2007, toni smith wrote:

>
> i have a question regarding the ideal depth of a charcoal forge after
> the weekend when i was at mediaeval fair. there was a blacksmiths shop
> running there with 3 guys working in it and they said the old forge that
> i used to have was just really wasting charcoal. mine was about 10
> inches deep and could when cranked be like an oxy flame 2 1/2" in
> diameter. they were saying that it was just a waste of charcoal being
> that deep and that 2" is more than enough for a charcoal forge no matter
> what you are doing including welding. one thing i do know is that my old
> forge used to use a hell of a lot of charcoal.
>

i have been experiementing with charcoal the past couple weeks.
more for my own knowledge and experience. i am not running a
charcoal forge for metalworking. given that, i would say that 2 to
3 inches deep of charcoal would be enough for nearly anything that
i can think of off the top of my head.

>
>
> toni
>

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terry l. ridder ><>