[TheForge] New to this

[jerry Frost]

A good forge for a portable is a side blast. Once you've gotten away from
the need for a fire pot, air grate and such the rest of the forge can be a
box of dirt. Heck, you can pie dirt on a wooden table, scrape a trench in it
and lay the air blast through the far end about an inch off the bottom and
you're golden. 

I've been picking up mattress and raft inflater blowers at yard, garage,
etc. sales for years. Most are 12v. and develop far more air than necessary
for a large forge fire, I've been using the high output Coleman Inflatall
for burning brush lately. 

A simple wooden box say 24" wide x 40" long and 4" deep makes a nice size.
Of course a box long enough just fits the trunk would be a good option. A
side blast forge likes longer than wider if you have room to wiggle. After
that all you need is something to stand it on. For break down table legs I
like hinging two pieces of plywood along the sides to make my target height.
The width is what room will bear. to use the legs you unfold them and use a
long gate hook to link the halves together forming a V standing on end. Then
you lay on your table top and you're golden.

A person can get fancy and make the table top fit over the wooden box forge
and form a forge table to store coal, charcoal, corn, etc. lay tools and
support work. If it's going to be close to burning stuff I like concrete
backer board, that way you can kil the fire by spreading the coals across
the board.

Oh, another thought just occurred to me, rather than use a gate hook, use
something more stout, say 5/16" or larger rd. bent into a hook on each end
to slip into hasps. Mount it at a height convenient to hang your tongs from.
I love a multi tasker you know.

Anyway, that's my take on a simple easy to make portable solid fuel forge.
It'll fold up in a compact package and only require a couple buckets of damp
dirt to complete. The box can carry your stock, tongs, hammers, etc. The
buckets can double as a slack tub and even stack. Oh heck, one bucket and a
couple bags of damp dirt and a bag of coal.

Just be aware I'm a propane forge guy but I can and have used almost
anything. I wasn't joking about corn, it works surprisingly well even sticks
together like coking coal.

Frosty 

-----Original Message-----
From: TheForge [mailto:theforge-bounces at mailman.qth.net] On Behalf Of
McKenzie Miller
Sent: Thursday, August 25, 2016 12:49 PM
To: theforge at mailman.qth.net
Subject: [TheForge] New to this


I'm a PA college student welding engineering major, and I'm making a hobby
backyard sized coal forge for my Capstone project, and I'm not sure on the
fire box sizing and over all table size (needs to fit in the trunk of a
compact vehicle). Any help or suggestions would be appreciated


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