[TheForge] TheForge Digest, Vol 151, Issue 18

[Bruce .]

OTOH, we're using 1/4" steel firepots -- fabricated specifically to be
light weight -- and are having no problem with them.  I wouldn't put them
up against a 3/4" thick cast iron pot, but they do work.

I think the pot dimentions and proportions, and the direction in which the
air enters the pot matter a lot, independent of the material or thickness.

Bruce
NJ

On Wed, Aug 31, 2016 at 10:06 PM, Steve Bloom <sabloom at ironflower.com>
wrote:

> On 8/31/2016 7:02 PM, barry myers wrote:
>
>> Re. Portable Forge.
>>
>> You said about welding up the firepot.  Use thicker than 1/8" if you can
>> get it.  Maybe 3/8" or even half would be much better.  Brake drums are a
>> really good choice.  Usually free and they don't burn out if you mud them
>> up.
>>
> I welded up a 1/8" SS pot -- no mud -- it glowed red and the sides swelled
> out but it last a number of demos -- then I sold it <with full
> disclosure>.  Go thick - especially if mild steel & not SS or cast.
> Remember rust never sleeps and the heat is like steroids.
>
> Steve
>
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