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NightmareN8

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Hello everyone first time here. I've made a few coal, propane and electric forge over the year well I've been thinking which sometimes is dangerous (Coonass who moved to Oregon) in the basement of my house is a coal burning furnace which a few years ago was converted to natural gas so it has a new fan new gas jets (which would have to be changed for propane) my question is if its sealed of right from its ventilation system and I just keep it piped into the chimney for exhaust (we have now upgraded our heating so it's no longer in use) would it make a good forge? It is full of fire brick and is wrapped in fire brick and a bestest coating so its insulated very well. So and thoughts? Thanks.
 
I'm personally not brave enough to use forge in my house. Seems too risky but I'm quite extreme in safety things sometimes.
 
It may be good to tear down and repurpose the parts, but I wouldn't put a forge in the basement. One thing to consider is that it will almost surely void your insurance … so if you do have a fire you won't get any coverage. It also would likely violate the local fire codes.
 
Any place other than basement. I built a stand outside for anvil with a cover over anvil. Carry forge outside next to anvil for forging. Pick up an old condemned 20 lb (or 30 lb) propane tank. My propane provider has a stack of them sitting outside and says "get all you want". Use one of those to build a propane forge.
 
Ken, quit carrying that anvil. Just drop a BBQ cover over it and leave it outside.
 
If I had to do it inside I would get a induction coil. Electric bill might not like it though.
 
Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith said:
Ken, quit carrying that anvil. Just drop a BBQ cover over it and leave it outside.
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Another case of me not writing to get my meaning across correctly - I built a stand for anvil, put anvil on stand, and have a cover for anvil so the anvil can live outside. My anvil is <100 lb but still more than this old man wishes to carry.
 
Ken H> said:
Another case of me not writing to get my meaning across correctly - I built a stand for anvil, put anvil on stand, and have a cover for anvil so the anvil can live outside. My anvil is <100 lb but still more than this old man wishes to carry.
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You probably know this already but for the people that don't know. It's a good practise to spray your anvil with WD40 if you store it outside
 
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