[TheForge] Portable Military forge

[Bruce .]

Unfortunately, that military forge is damned heavy.  The clay just
makes it heavier.  Better designs are possible.

Go back to this page: http://www.habairon.org/forsale.htm
and scroll down a little beyond halfway to "Forge and Coal Sept 10"
with the photo labeled "Centaur Coal Forge" highlighted in red.

We have a forge similar to this on our NJBA trailer, and it's not bad.
 Make the legs detachable or foldable (like those newfangled folding
chairs) and you'd have something really portable.  Hoods like the one
shown in that photo can be made stackable, so four of five of them
take little more room than one (and would sit nicely atop a bag of
coal).

Caveats:  The firepot MAKES this forge.  Weld one up of 3/16" to 1/4"
plate, with tuyere pipe at least 3" in dia.  If possible, use a
removable cast iron strainer over the tuyere.  Some drain strainer
might work for this.  (Ours has a steel strainer -- not removable.  It
works.  Sometimes burns out.)  Give yourself 2"-3" to connect a
lightweight pipe to, no more, to save weight.

If you really want portability, avoid cast iron blowers.  They can
work great, but they're HEAVY!  A lighter weight blower, if you can
find one, will work as well.

On Tue, Aug 21, 2012 at 5:03 PM, Larry House <Larry at dragonswatch.com> wrote:
> Hey Saint Phlip, sorry we missed you at Pennsic, wish I had known where
> you were hang'n out.  I would have enjoyed meeting you and probably
> would have gotten all my needs filled at the same time.  I want to
> basicly build about 4 or 5 of them for taking to events such as
> Pennsic.    I took 1 forge and had a great time teaching and hammering.
> What I need to see is how the bottom of the forge is put together, how
> the tuyere assembles and how it all packs up for transport.  I have a
> couple of rivet forges, but the whole packs up in a box is very
> appealing to me.  Thanks,
>
> Larry
>
> On 8/21/2012 4:58 AM, Saint Phlip 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
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