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Old timer forge(build your own)

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x22

12-16-2007 15:42:11




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Red clay plus horse hair and rock salt. Add water to make a thick paste and form like a big dish.Leave a hole in the center for air and to drain the ashes.The drain and air supply fittings can be a pipe flange,nipple and T with the air going into the side of the T and a cap on the bottom of the T.After the clay has dried a couple of weeks, build a coal fire in it all over to cure it.The end.




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Sagebrusher

12-18-2007 06:30:50




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 Re: Old timer forge(build your own) in reply to x22, 12-16-2007 15:42:11  
Guys, thank you for sharing your experiences. I'll look around and see what material is available localy. As soon as I heal up from property taxes, the last spate of new tubes and tires and get the latest project tractor out of the shop, puttering with the forge is next on the list.
(Wish I had that 180 lb anvil. Completely outclasses my thirty inch chunk of railroad iron. Want to trade?)
Best wishes for a Merry Christmas, Don

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unioncreek

12-17-2007 17:16:05




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 Re: Old timer forge(build your own) in reply to x22, 12-16-2007 15:42:11  
You can get fireclay at most lumber or hardware stores, the last 50 pound bay I bought was around $12. Mix it with sand at a ratio of 1 part fireclay to 3 parts sand. Add just enough water to get it to a pasty consistency and then trowel it in the forge. I built a propane one and it's lasted for 5 years now.

Bobg



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Tom-Mn

12-17-2007 13:13:16




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 Re: Old timer forge(build your own) in reply to x22, 12-16-2007 15:42:11  
Mix 1/2 wood ashes with 1/2 portland cement and water. One inch thick.



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Coldiron

12-17-2007 11:57:18




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 Re: Old timer forge(build your own) in reply to x22, 12-16-2007 15:42:11  
I have a forge made in the mid 1860`s that I put a castable refractory in to protect it`s bowl. I picked the refractory up from a boiler repair company. I believe the bag was about 30 or 40 dollars. The people there will be glad to tell you how to install it and cure it properly. Worked for me. Now all I have to do is build my muscles up to move the 180 lb anvil around.



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Sagebrusher

12-17-2007 11:35:47




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 Re: Old timer forge(build your own) in reply to x22, 12-16-2007 15:42:11  
Does anyone have a recipe for lining small store bought forges? On my list for post tractor fixin" is replacing the fire bowl lining in a new to us antique two foot diameter forge. It tipped over while we were moving it and the old lining shattered. We are a bit short of red clay here in So. Idaho but we have a lot of lava rock of various sizes. Lots of horsey people here "bouts anymore too. Just have to raid a magpie nest for piles of horse hair. Would the rock salt tend to corrode a sheet steel bowl? Also, does anyone have a practical use for all the yuppie refugees from other states?

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kippster

12-17-2007 04:45:36




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 Re: Old timer forge(build your own) in reply to x22, 12-16-2007 15:42:11  
thank you very much for adding this useful piece of information. So many of the old trades are dying out and are then lost forever. Thanks to you, this tidbit of knowledge will not be lost.



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