Just a quick look at my rivet forge including opening up the blower.
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Very nice coal Forge. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Always good to see a new video my friend. Always good to see what you will be doing. I am always learning from your videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Fab on. Weld on. Keep making. God bless.
@SchysCraftCo. Жыл бұрын
Thanks 👍
@WatersIronworks Жыл бұрын
I have a similar setup, same blower but your forge seems a bit more beefy. I was told it's a rivet forge. It's perfect size for me since I'm pretty much a beginner. The blower is noisy and you do have to crank it a ton. I've recently replaced it with a Champion 400 and man, it's sooooo much better.
@eviltwinx Жыл бұрын
I've got a few champion 400 blowers and they are super nice. I've got the same issue with the noisy blower on this one but it's perfect for traveling.
@WatersIronworks Жыл бұрын
..i have seen some people line the bottom with sand or clay. some even use mortar mix. what do ya think...?
@y-notforge8913 Жыл бұрын
I've seen that also. I don't think it's necessary. There is a lot of surface area on the forge body and while it gets hot it's never getting hot enough that I'm worried about it. The place that gets the hottest is right at the grate for the air and that's the one part that would be least covered with sand/clay. What I have noticed is that it's tough to keep enough coal in it for a good bed of coal to work with. I think adding clay/mortar would just exacerbate that issue.
@WatersIronworks Жыл бұрын
I use mortar mix and sand 50/50 add some water to it. I put a bowl over the grate make it 2” thick and I can bank it up in between demonstrating and keep a fire going all day
@blackdiamondforge5868 Жыл бұрын
How much oil do you put in the blower that takes oil I rebuilt a pretty good sized one didn't know how much oil to put in it
@samstapleton3739 Жыл бұрын
I probably put in more than is necessary in the video. I think as long as you've got enough oil for the lowermost gear to dip in the oil you're going to be okay. Putting extra oil in doesn't seem to cause any harm other than it may leak oil for a bit. The general recommendation is to use a lighter weight oil. I've been using like a 0W-10, a lot of folks use chain/bar oil.
@WatersIronworks Жыл бұрын
@@WatersIronworks thank you so much I got me a Peter wright and bull and geared all up made a bunch of your projects been doing blacksmithing on and off for a few years would like to get into using full forge instead of my propane love your channel love to see some more animal heads
@samstapleton3739 Жыл бұрын
The forge should be lined with a refractory cement.
@AccordingToScripture10 ай бұрын
I haven't seen a need for that and it has little enough space for fuel already
@WatersIronworks9 ай бұрын
I have a question....what is holding the grate ? I just picked up a similar set up but it had no Tuyere...I made one out of pipe, etc. There were bolts holding the grate and Tuyere in place....will those bolts melt???
@stephenwilliams136410 ай бұрын
Just bolts holding it down. If they are going to melt the grate itself will be melting also. The reasons it doesn't melt are: 1) The air flows through the grate which helps keep it cool. 2) The forge bottom & grate are under the fire so they have a lot of surface area to dissipate heat into the air. 3) Most importantly is the heat from the fire rises. So the fire is above the grate and most of the heat goes up. I've seen clinker breakers and stuff melt but it's almost always because a lot of fuel gets down into the tuyere and then you have fire under the clink breaker and it can melt pretty quickly at that point.
@WatersIronworks10 ай бұрын
@@WatersIronworks Thanks 👍 Where does the clinker breaker go? I think I have one with the forge but I’m absolutely clueless how that works...mine has an opening in the thick part....I can’t find anything showing how to install one....Thanks for your help!
Very nice coal Forge. Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. Always good to see a new video my friend. Always good to see what you will be doing. I am always learning from your videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge on. Fab on. Weld on. Keep making. God bless.
Thanks 👍
I have a similar setup, same blower but your forge seems a bit more beefy. I was told it's a rivet forge. It's perfect size for me since I'm pretty much a beginner. The blower is noisy and you do have to crank it a ton. I've recently replaced it with a Champion 400 and man, it's sooooo much better.
I've got a few champion 400 blowers and they are super nice. I've got the same issue with the noisy blower on this one but it's perfect for traveling.
..i have seen some people line the bottom with sand or clay. some even use mortar mix. what do ya think...?
I've seen that also. I don't think it's necessary. There is a lot of surface area on the forge body and while it gets hot it's never getting hot enough that I'm worried about it. The place that gets the hottest is right at the grate for the air and that's the one part that would be least covered with sand/clay. What I have noticed is that it's tough to keep enough coal in it for a good bed of coal to work with. I think adding clay/mortar would just exacerbate that issue.
I use mortar mix and sand 50/50 add some water to it. I put a bowl over the grate make it 2” thick and I can bank it up in between demonstrating and keep a fire going all day
How much oil do you put in the blower that takes oil I rebuilt a pretty good sized one didn't know how much oil to put in it
I probably put in more than is necessary in the video. I think as long as you've got enough oil for the lowermost gear to dip in the oil you're going to be okay. Putting extra oil in doesn't seem to cause any harm other than it may leak oil for a bit. The general recommendation is to use a lighter weight oil. I've been using like a 0W-10, a lot of folks use chain/bar oil.
@@WatersIronworks thank you so much I got me a Peter wright and bull and geared all up made a bunch of your projects been doing blacksmithing on and off for a few years would like to get into using full forge instead of my propane love your channel love to see some more animal heads
The forge should be lined with a refractory cement.
I haven't seen a need for that and it has little enough space for fuel already
I have a question....what is holding the grate ? I just picked up a similar set up but it had no Tuyere...I made one out of pipe, etc. There were bolts holding the grate and Tuyere in place....will those bolts melt???
Just bolts holding it down. If they are going to melt the grate itself will be melting also. The reasons it doesn't melt are: 1) The air flows through the grate which helps keep it cool. 2) The forge bottom & grate are under the fire so they have a lot of surface area to dissipate heat into the air. 3) Most importantly is the heat from the fire rises. So the fire is above the grate and most of the heat goes up. I've seen clinker breakers and stuff melt but it's almost always because a lot of fuel gets down into the tuyere and then you have fire under the clink breaker and it can melt pretty quickly at that point.
@@WatersIronworks Thanks 👍 Where does the clinker breaker go? I think I have one with the forge but I’m absolutely clueless how that works...mine has an opening in the thick part....I can’t find anything showing how to install one....Thanks for your help!