While on a midnight run; I thought to myself: forge sticky.

[deker]

Those are awesome pics. You can feel the warmth coming from the colors.

Am I correct in saying, you run both coke and gas forges?
Thanks for sharing the pictures, Fred

I've been known to use gas and coal both. Learned with coal, have gas at home. All those pics were actually from friend's shops. A buddy of mine recently built a forge with a Beckett burner (like the one in an oil furnace) that works GREAT so I can say I've forged with diesel as well

-d

 

[rocketmann]

I like forging at night as well... Here is the birth of a cable Damascus Tomahawk from the Milk can forge..

 

[efleming]

Hey Deker,

That last pic is awesome. Yes, forging at night is the best!

Here is a pic of my forge. I do not take pictures of it running anymore as it fried one of my digital cameras. Just like taking pictures of the sun...

Eric

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Eric,
I see you are running a dual control system on your forge. How do you like the operation of the system.

The forge is a beauty.:thumbup:

Fred

 

[efleming]

Eric,
I see you are running a dual control system on your forge. How do you like the operation of the system.

The forge is a beauty.:thumbup:

Fred

Hello Fred,

The dual control system is excellent. One solenoid is in case of power loss and the second controls gas delivery. It will hold most any temp at +-2 degrees. Also running on natural gas instead of propane. Can range from 1200F to 2400F quite easily. BTW, it was pictures of Karl's smaller forge that inspired my forge design. (nice forge design Karl) My forge is 3 ft tall and has a false bottom that is used for forge work as well as my short salt tube for salt pot. If I remove the false bottom I can put in my long salt tube and use both burners. For long tube operation, top burner is started to melt top salt, then switch to lower burner to get entire tube up to temp. I have very limited space so, this is a 3 for 1 enduro model.

Eric

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Hello Fred,

The dual control system is excellent. One solenoid is in case of power loss and the second controls gas delivery. It will hold most any temp at +-2 degrees. Also running on natural gas instead of propane. Can range from 1200F to 2400F quite easily. BTW, it was pictures of Karl's smaller forge that inspired my forge design. (nice forge design Karl) My forge is 3 ft tall and has a false bottom that is used for forge work as well as my short salt tube for salt pot. If I remove the false bottom I can put in my long salt tube and use both burners. For long tube operation, top burner is started to melt top salt, then switch to lower burner to get entire tube up to temp. I have very limited space so, this is a 3 for 1 enduro model.

Eric

Thanks for the explanation. You have put together a well thought out system that covers many contingencies.
Inspiring work on your part, Fred

 

[indian george]

Here are some pics of mine. its not done yet! and i am thinking about the next one already. this set up was originally for a couple of venturi burners but i have come to see that forced air might be the way to go.

i will finish it as soon as the wife gets done with school again and is back to work!

jake

Jake, looking good.:thumbup:
I'll post a pic of the forge I completed yesterday. It's a 6" diameter @ 14" long. It's like a Lil Rocket-ship.I'll be raffling it off at the HI.

 

[strahd71]

looking forward to the pics IG!

jake

 

[moon59]

Let's bump this one shall we.I'll try to get some pics of my set up this weekend.Moon

 

[cotdt]

Can someone post a picture of their forge roasting marshmellows? Thanks.

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Good to see this thread get a bump.

I am forging tonight and will take some pics of the hot stuff

Fred

 

[Dixieblade57]

I really enjoy forging at night.
The pic is of the Vulcan's Chariot on a midnight run.

Vulcan is the God of the forge. Greek I believe.

I would like to see a sticky for forges somewhere in the makers forum. Anyone else?

I think the sticky would be inspirational to people wanting to build their own forges. Not a how to, just pics of your forge.

Share your forge pictures with us on this thread and see if we can get something started.

Fred

The forge on the right is for heat treating, it has a closed muffle inside it.

It has no name

Fred I have got to know more about this forge you call "Vulcan's Chariot"!
Is the pic you have above and the one in Burton's post the same beast?
Got to have some explanations for all the tubes and in Burton's pic it look like a chimminey at one end!
Would like some closeup pics and descriptions as too what I am seeing!

 

[69_knives]

In the beginning...

While it was in the building stages I decided it was going to be dual fuel (propane and used motor oil) It works great, I start it on propane and after it warms up a bit start adding oil. After 30 - 45 minutes it is burning only oil and after an hour it is 2100+ F it will hit 2300F+. It burns roughly a litre to 1.5L of oil an hour.

First firing before satanite...

Barbecue from hell...

Heat treating in the muffle...

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Fred I have got to know more about this forge you call "Vulcan's Chariot"!
Is the pic you have above and the one in Burton's post the same beast?
Got to have some explanations for all the tubes and in Burton's pic it look like a chimminey at one end!
Would like some closeup pics and descriptions as too what I am seeing!

Being a teenager growing up in the sixties, meant hot rods and drive inns for most of us and I was no exception.

The blown natural gas forge, carrying the name: Vulcan's Chariot, is product of those years.

The forge was built to resemble a hot rods engine.

The forge has a dual controled, gas/air set up, that is operated from the panel, below and in front of the forge. The forge uses natural gas for fuel, the air is supplied by a 140 cfm blower mounted under the table. The air comes up the 3" stainless tube and is distributed through the manifold into the stainless flex tubing [thanks to the US Air Force] that goes to each of the five burner ports.
Each burner has its own needle valve, so it can be adjusted independently.
There is an exhaust port at the rear of the forge body. There is an elbow attached to this exhaust port, that deflects the blast upward.
There are rubber wheels mounted to the table the forge sits on so the forge can be moved if necessary.

The pics in Burton's post were taken here at the new smithy.
He has apprenticed here over the last couple of years and has made good progress at becoming a knife smith.

The Vulcan's Chariot was a fun project and it reminded me how much I enjoyed being a hotrodder.

 

[Dixieblade57]

Thanks for the reply. It reminded me of a Hot Rod. You see me and my boy use to dirt track race and that was my first thought when I saw the pics, it looked like headers! :thumbup: That looks like one awsome setup!

 

[Chris Meyer]

This is my forge. I bought the shell and most of the components from Tim Zowada. I have have a thermocouple, but it's not set up to regulate the temperature automatically (yet). The forge works great.

This side view was taken before I changed to the curved metal air pipe.


I also have this coal forge, but it doesn't get much use.

 

[strahd71]

Its good to see this thread back up. i was disappointed when it didn't go further than it did in the beginning

Jake

 

[Fred.Rowe]

Nice set up Chris.
How many cfm does the blower turn out?

My coke forge sat around without being used, for so long, that I finally sold it to a gentleman who would put it to use.

Thanks for posting your forge pics, Fred

 

[Chris Meyer]

Fred, I don't really know the CFM rating. I looked at the blower, but it doesn't say. It's a Dayton 4C108 "High Pressure Direct Drive Radial Blade Blower", with a 1HP motor.