To protect your anvil face, place a piece of channel iron over it. Secure it by either welding a hardy tang or put a large magnet on either side of the anvil and slide them up to contact the channel iron.
Tip:To protect your anvil face, place a piece of channel iron over it. Secure it by either welding a hardy tang or put a large magnet on either side of the anvil and slide them up to contact the channel iron. |
What is the preferred material for forge/hood Smoke exhaust pipe?Hello Blacksmiths: I am setting my forge up behind my house under a spring porch. The patio below the porch allows room beyond the extend of porch and roof line over-hang for the forge and hood. If I take the pipe stack up twenty feet, I will clear the roof of house by six feet. Now for my question, since I am not going through a roof and the pipe will be 8-10" from the side of house. Do I need to only use stove pipe (8") for the first four feet above the hood and then use the less expensive *"duct" pipe for the remainder? Being as our area is very dry, my spouse worries about my forge starting a fire (on the house and/or in the woods) from sparks flying. It seems to me a twenty foot stack would cool off any sparks and provide a good draft? I plan the use 1"x 1/8" mild steel as straps to hold the stack secure and to attach the stack to side of porch and maintain distance from the house. Then, I will paint the pipe stack forest green to hide it in the trees behind my house. What is the best material and how high above the forge hood does it need to go? Thanks for your thoughts! previous forum topic | next forum topic | printer friendly version
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