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| Meldonmech:
Hi Rob It's working great, did you forge anything while the the forge was nice and hot? Cheers David |
| vtsteam:
Rob, that's the first time I've ever even seen it available anywhere online, here. Btus (or calories) are relatively proportional to weight, rather than volume for different fuels. And diesel fuel is somewhere around $0.40/lb, locally available. 20 lbs of propane costs me $16 and is locally available. So that fuel is $0.80/lb Blacksmith coal via ebay, delivered is about $1.00/lb This dude seems to want to make a killing on the non-existent ebay coke market at about $4.00 a lb. delivered. It would be cheaper to buy brand new machine parts than cast them with that coke. :doh: |
| RobWilson:
--- Quote from: Meldonmech on May 17, 2015, 09:15:57 AM --- Hi Rob It's working great, did you forge anything while the the forge was nice and hot? Cheers David --- End quote --- Hi David , I did not forge a thing as the anvil was not accessible , so I just poked and prodded the coke about and vaporized the end of a bit 20mm bar :lol: --- Quote from: vtsteam on May 17, 2015, 09:27:46 AM ---Rob, that's the first time I've ever even seen it available anywhere online, here. Btus (or calories) are relatively proportional to weight, rather than volume for different fuels. And diesel fuel is somewhere around $0.40/lb, locally available. 20 lbs of propane costs me $16 and is locally available. So that fuel is $0.80/lb Blacksmith coal via ebay, delivered is about $1.00/lb This dude seems to want to make a killing on the non-existent ebay coke market at about $4.00 a lb. delivered. It would be cheaper to buy brand new machine parts than cast them with that coke. :doh: --- End quote --- Hi Steve , Aye at that price for coke , bit of a rip off .Is there no were else that you can by coke form ? Rob |
| drmico60:
Prior to the industrial revolution coke was not available. Charcoal was the preferred fuel for blacksmiths. Mike |
| RobWilson:
Just messed about today again ! :) I am going make an extraction hood for the forge ,so I dug out this heating fan from the loft . It shifts a fare old bit of air , only thing is the motor is in the wrong place for my needs . So I removed the motor ,stripped the motor and swapped the field coils around so the motor would spin in the opposite direction ,and mounted the motor on the other side of the fan case . :zap: Being on the outside with little air flow for cooling I ran it for a couple of hours to see if it would overheat ,its was fine peak temp was 65c , time to come up with a hood design . :smart: Rob |
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