[TheForge] Portable Military forge

[Bruce .]

A farmer near here also has one.  It's a nice little device to be
sure.  I don't recall whether it's WWI or WWII vintage, but I doubt
it's earlier than WWII.

It has no hood, mind you, but IIRC the top can be used to help block
the wind.  I recall it taking two people to set it up, but could
probably be done by one strong person, the problem being inserting the
legs.  It could be disassembled by one person by lifting the forge and
letting the legs drop out.

If Phlipp doesn't come through with photos, I'll look into getting
them for you.  I'm out of contact with the owner, though I did run
into him a year or two ago at a Tractor Supply store.  I can probably
find a phone listing or contact him through mutual friends.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:58 AM, Saint Phlip <phlip at 99main.com> wrote:
> A friend of mine has one he takes to Pennsic. What do you need to
> know? I can try to get pictures, but he's not on line. If it's verbal
> information, I just finished playing with it a week ago- I'll try to
> help.
>
> On Mon, Aug 20, 2012 at 10:43 PM, Larry House <Larry at dragonswatch.com> wrote:
>> I once saw a military forge, don't know what time frame, but it was
>> built in a box.  That is the box was the body of the forge.  The legs
>> locked onto the corners of the box, the hand crank blower locked on to
>> the side and it was ready to fire up.  Does anyone on the list have one
>> of these?  I would like to see some detailed pictures of one if
>> possible.  Thanks,
>>
>> Larry


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Bruce
NJ