[TheForge] Portable Military forge

[Larry House]

Thanks Bruce, if he wants to sell it even better but I'll let you know 
what I come up with from what Saint Phlip has for me.

Larry
On 8/21/2012 6:32 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> 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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