Thread: New Coal Forge

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.


Here is the old one that I made about 5 years ago when you guys helped me out with my first razor.

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.

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?

Originally Posted by tintin

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.

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.

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.

Originally Posted by tintin

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.