[TheForge] Forge Design.

[CGRAF]

I have tried the charcoal , to switch would involve a pretty big 
modification to my coal forge in order to get enough depth and still 
keep the fire at the right working height.
Charcoal worked just fine when I built a firebrick rim around me tuyere. 
There was just not enough Btu's available from the charcoal with the 
shallower coal fire setup. At least not for my tastes. Perhaps I would 
just need to revisit part of the learning curve.

You are right about the coke. When I am up and running the coal fire is 
primarily coke and the coal at the edges isn't all that bad as it converts.

I am sitting on a fair stockpile of coal at the moment , but am 
contemplating  a change over as I run out.

Mike Graf

On 4/10/2015 10:38 AM, Ron Childers wrote:
> Charcoal or coke takes care of the odor problem
>
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> Most of us have used , or are using, Coal and gas fired forges.
> I am frustrated by the limitations of each.
>
> The coal has the whole irritating the neighbors with the odor issue.
>
> The gas forges have problems putting the heat exactly where I want it heating up to large an area or limiting the forms I can make and still insert the piece into the forge.
>
> I have been playing with forges built to purpose out of just a loose pile of firebrick. This allows me to modify fire shape and area pretty much on the fly. It is a bit more trouble than changing the shape, size and intensity of a coal fire but not much more.
>
> Anybody else out there have any thing that you have tried to address these or other issues with differing fuels and forge designs?
>
>
> Mike Graf
>
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