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Well a friend of mine surprised me and made me a new coal forge. I finally get to retire the old Bar-B-Q.
Here is the new one. It still needs some modifications made to it yet, but I'm excited to give it a try.
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Here is the old one that I made about 5 years ago when you guys helped me out with my first razor.
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interesting design. Is that whole length the fire pot? I've been toying with the idea of making a small portable forge to compliment my gas forges. Some things are easier to do in a coal forge.
Overall the thing is like 50 inches long with about a 13 inch deep fire pot. Sorry for the fuzzy picture.
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wow! that must really use up the coal. Do your forge a lot of large items?
Well with the old forge I couldn't forge anything large. That was the problem. So now I can complete some larger projects that I have on my list. Also, the new forge is simply too deep. I'm going to have to modify it somewhat and even then I don't think that I'll fill it full to the top.
That makes sense, maybe cut some notches out of the ends?
Ya I just might do that. I cut some notches in the old Bar-B-Q forge in order to get some longer pieces in it.Quote:
Originally Posted by tintin
That piece if railroad track in the first post is getting a face lift. I reground it to more of an anvil shape and am welding a piece of Hardox to the top for a better working surface.
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that should make a nice surface. I started with a piece of rail too and i think you'll like that bigger surface much better.
Ya, I wanted to buy a real anvil, but I had to make some choices on what tools to purchase. I was able to do this for about $25 in supplies, so I couldn't really justify buying one.Quote:
Originally Posted by tintin
Pardon me if this is a dumb question but when you say coal do you mean wood coals or actual coal rock like anthracite? I'm admittedly ignorant about this but I was not aware that you could buy coal outside of the utility industry.
I buy forging coal. You can still get it and it works better then the fuel coal that I would use as a kid.Quote:
Originally Posted by PaulFLUS
https://www.centaurforge.com/Coal-Coke/products/277/
Yeah pleading ignorance here but I was under the assumption that use of it had been banned. I thought fuel call was banned in the UK at least. That's good that you can use coal for that because I know it gets a lot hotter than wood calls.
It may be banned in the UK, I have no idea about that. We can still use it here in the US but it is not very popular due to the availability, even heat and convenience of propane. I still prefer coal though. It reminds me of my childhood and it does have some advantages over propane. One day I may get a small propane forge to go along with the coal.
I have a supplier locally so I don't have to go far to get it (just haven't made the switch/addition yet. If you have a chance share some of you work in the "we have skills too" thread. Always fun to see what other smiths are doing.
Well the forge is just about complete. I have the blower (shop-Vac) controls all mounted as well as a tool rest for it and the ash dump mechanism is complete. I still need to complete the vent and hood.
The anvil and anvil stand are done as well. It's a bit ugly but it was made with scrap that I happened to have on hand.
I've got a new checkering file in so you will start to see jimping on my razors.
I've about got the electro-etching process figured out so I can start marking my work.
My honing set-up now includes a Shapton 12,000 grit stone, so my progression on a new razor is now 1,000 DMT - 4,000 Norton - 8,000 Norton - 12,000 Shapton - linen strop with green rouge and finally a leather strop.
As a side note, I've decided to dive into the world of Kydex so I have all of that to set up and organize as well. I still have some more work and organizing of the work benches to do before I can get back to knife/razor making. I can't wait to be done with all of this, but it will be nice to have it all in place finally. It is long overdue.
Oh, I thought that I would show you all the building that this is located in. At the bottom of this post is my old barn. Welcome to Orient Knives :)
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Neat looking barn in a beautiful setting. would be great to have a work space like that.
Thank you. The barn has been a huge blessing for us in many ways. This is a remote area and it has it's challenges, but it has its perks as well.Quote:
Originally Posted by tintin
There are still a few things left to do, but I was able to fire off the forge for the first time today. A new kamisoriis in the works ;)
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Nice shop! So neat and organized !
Thanks, but I didn't show you the messy side with the belt grinder, drill press, lathe and buffers :)Quote:
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