On 07/17/2017 05:27 PM, Abrolag via Rosegarden-user wrote:
Hey, what sort of forge have you got.
It's a Whitlox Homestead wood fired forge.
http://whitloxhomestead.com/products/fullsize-whitlox-wood-fired-forge
I was going to go with a traditional coal forge when I stumbled across
the Whitlox design. Instead of turning coal into coke, it turns
firewood into charcoal, or you can just burn charcoal directly.
Charcoal is less energy dense, so you burn more of it, but it doesn't
form clinkers or contribute to acid rain, and the fire is really easy to
maintain. I went with a hand crank blower, because my lifestyle is much
too sedentary, and it's extra exercise.
I'm pretty impressed with the forge. There are lots of plans out there
for home brew forges, but I never got around to building one. This is a
good design, and it works rather well.
I made my first tool today. It's a small V-shaped shovel for removing
hot coals from this forge, so I can put it to bed when it's time to
quit, instead of leaving the forge out to face the possibility of
getting rained on.
These days, I'm much more excited about building things with my hands
than doing computer stuff.
--
D. Michael McIntyre
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