Quote Originally Posted by bg42 View Post
here are the pics as promised ,the first is a general set up ,you can see the vacuum cleaner hose, this will be changed in the near future ,I have a blower and a small 1/4 horse electric moltor, the second is air input and the leaver on the side lets the ash and clinkers from the air supply pipe the third is the top with bricks ,I usually position those each side of the air supply and fill the area with coke or coal , there is coke in there at the moment, notice the slots cut out from the side to allow for long pieces ,at the bottom of the forge under the coke there is a cast iron drain grate to stop the coke from falling through .
Once the materials were together it only took a couple of hours to knock up ,like I said ,nothing fancey but it will melt hardened steel
If you use coal, how do you light it?