[TheForge] Portable Military forge

[Larry House]

Yes, this is like the one I saw, and it answers my question about how it 
was assembled.  I agree that it might need some insulation around the 
tuyere to keep from burning out the floor of the forge. Thanks!

Larry
On 8/21/2012 6:45 AM, Bruce . wrote:
> 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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