[TheForge] A challenge to Harry

[Jerry Frost]

Harry:

Welltrol or other brand pressure tanks are a good 
choice if you can get them free. You don't have to 
worry about former contents except possible corrosion 
and concrete hard lime deposits. People don't replace 
them for no reason you know. <grin>

If you have to spend anything on them price SS stove 
pipe and compare. You can find it in most common 
diameters and it's easy to make specialty diameters by 
connecting adding different sizes. For instance if you 
want an 18" shell put 12" and 6" sections together. Or 
two 8" sections to make up your 16" dia.

Anyway, there are lots of good alternatives available 
some a lot worse than a well pressure tank.

Frosty
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it ain't real.
Wrought iron is.
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Meadow Lakes, AK.

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From: "IowaHarry" <iowaharry at fastmail.net>


> Hi Mikey,
>
>  Sorry about the tardy response. Had one guy get 
> canned and another one quit so I have been living at 
> work lately. Worked 10 out of the last 12 days, 48 
> whole hours off and back for another 8. These 12 hour 
> shifts don't leave much time for anything else. The 
> offer sounds enticing. I can always use a little more 
> help and info on this project. I will definetly look 
> for the Castinghobby group. I could use an 
> opportunity to get out the digicam and document my 
> progress. I've got my Inswool bought, the ITC 100 is 
> on the way. All I need now is some time off to 
> actually get some work done. What I am planning is 
> get this little forge going and move on to using a 
> "Welltrol" pressure can for a larger forge. A 
> welltrol is a doohickey on a water well that is a 
> pressure vessel with a rubber bladder inside to 
> assist in maintaining a constant supply of water. It 
> is about 40" by 16", just a guesstimate in size. With 
> the bladder removed it is very similar in 
> construction to a propane tank or freon tank shape 
> wise. And "Weltrol' is probably a brand name and 
> there is of course some common term for it that 
> apparently I don't know.  If I didn't have a job I 
> could have the time to work on all these projects. 
> But of course then I wouldn't have any money. So, Off 
> to work I go.
>
> Harry
>