Stove pipe forge

Raymond Richard

Raymond Richard

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I'm not sure if someone else has come up with the idea of using stove pipe as a shell for a forge. This was the simplest and easiest forge I have ever made and it works real well. I bought a 24" section of 6" stove pipe. That took more time trying to find the pipe than it took to make the forge. I cut it to 18", cut a small hole for the burner, layed the kwool inside the pipe while it was still open. Cut the Kwool the same size as the sheet metal and then coated it with the clay coating while the pipe was still open. Closed the pipe up with some wire and it was done. I used wire just to make it simpler for when I need to re work it. This gives me 4" wall to wall. I'm sure you can get the pipe in 8" and maybe even 10". Make sure its stove pipe and not galvanized vent pipe.

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Ray,
I recently made one somewhat similar, but I'm having a problem with getting even temps. I have a hot spot that is about 1800 when I put the probe there, but a couple inches in front of that, it's only about 800. How do you get the proper "swirl" going on, and heat down the length of the pipe?

Ryan
 
Whit said:
Ray,
I recently made one somewhat similar, but I'm having a problem with getting even temps. I have a hot spot that is about 1800 when I put the probe there, but a couple inches in front of that, it's only about 800. How do you get the proper "swirl" going on, and heat down the length of the pipe?

Ryan
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I've got the ventura burner about the center of the forge and its on a upward angle. My main concern was not getting enough heat near the openning but you can see by the photo its plenty hot there.
 
Ray,
I made one using the double wall stainless steel chimney pipe left over from a tornado hit. It was nice and light, so light it got up out of the back of my truck while I was in the grocery store getting some fixins. Guess the anvil wasn't light enough.
Worked very well the short time I got to use it. Being double walled, I didn't have the luxury of snapping open and closed to install the k-wool. Easy enough anyways. Just the torch portal was a little floppy.
 
crex said:
Ray,
I made one using the double wall stainless steel chimney pipe left over from a tornado hit. It was nice and light, so light it got up out of the back of my truck while I was in the grocery store getting some fixins. Guess the anvil wasn't light enough.
Worked very well the short time I got to use it. Being double walled, I didn't have the luxury of snapping open and closed to install the k-wool. Easy enough anyways. Just the torch portal was a little floppy.
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Funny how an anvil makes a person think twice about running off with it. I was thinking about going stainless but after the salesman told me the price I went with the standard stove pipe.
 
Raymond Richard said:
I'm not sure if someone else has come up with the idea of using stove pipe as a shell for a forge.
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I made mine with stove pipe... I think this is the most cheap and simple way
to make a small forge. And you can use caps at ends. In my case, I used soft
bricks and ceramic wool. After two years, that work again like a dream !

I already posted this picture two years ago:

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This is the link to my old thread:
http://www.bladeforums.com/forums/showthread.php?t=336541&highlight=forge

Alain M-D
 
Gotta love it! Dueling torches! Nice simple set up Aklain (bench is too clean though).
Hey Ray, it helps to have a tricky/sticky tailgate latch. Guess they didn't want to try lifting it up over the side (sound of their 'nad strings poping would draw to much attention!).
 
On top of the sticky tailgate, they couldn't have just stolen the truck. Bet the little wee truck wouldn't start! Heh, heh
 
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