[TheForge] Portable Military forge

[Bruce .]

Paul,
Yeah, that's the one I remember -- or one very like it, anyway.

(I'm referring to the one under the text, "Portable Coal Forge July 10
I don't know exactly how to describe it, other than it has a Champion
Blower. The pictures tell most of the story. It might have been a
military forge, but I have no ID to confirm this. The case measures
19x22x7 inches approximately. Perhaps someone from HABA would be able
to tell.")

I vaguely remember the box being longer, but that could be a faulty
memory.  Also, it was painted green -- probably olive drab.  But I
don't know that the paint was original.  IIRC, the box was NOT empty
like the one in these photos, but rather was lined with a castable
refractory or hardened fire clay.  (Heavy!)  One could use lightweight
castable refractory and/or fire bricks, but I doubt that running the
thing empty would be a good idea.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 7:38 AM, Paul Novorolsky
<crosspein at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> There are a handful of photos here: http://www.habairon.org/forsale.htm
> about 2/3 of the way down the page. It's been sold, but the ad is still up.
>
> **Paul
>
> On 8/20/2012 9:43 PM, Larry House 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
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