Coke Forge Build

[hermetic]

Hi Rob

"School of life Phil , no formal training"
Well now I am gobsmacked, I thought you had been on a 7 year stint at Vickers at the very least, Your skill and finish is outstanding, I am just popping out to the woodshed to cut my hands off! Edison said "Inspiration can be found in a pile of junk. Sometimes, you can put it together with a good imagination and invent something". Today I have been looking for inspiration, when it would have appeared to anyone walking into the workshop that i was kneeling in the midst of a pile of junk. But I enjoyed it, and I'll be damned if he aint right! Its all coming together!
Phil

[RobWilson]

Thanks Phil ,,,,,,,,,,,,, what ya making mate ? 

Got a wee bit more done tonight , welded up the pipe work that joins blower to fire pot . 





Loving my new TIG  ,it welds canny . 




Rob 

[hermetic]

Hi Rob, What am I making, at the moment....................A Mess! I managed to rescue this from my back garden, and get it onto the workshop yard for extra storage, but at the moment I am still in "everything must go" mode!

[hermetic]

As you see, my yard is quite steep, over the years that slope has tried to kill me on several occasions, but it can get hairy!

[EdK]

Rob,

Is that one of them R-Tech welders that John likes so much?

Ed

[RobWilson]

Hi Phil , keep at it mate ,,,,,,,,,,,I am sure you will get there in the end 


Hi Ed , aye I am using my new RTec  TIG ,MIG and Plasma  on this project .  TOOL TIME ! 





I think I may use the MIG for a tad of stick welding at the weekend .   , use it to weld four pads onto the bottom of the stand legs . 


Rob  

[f350ca]

Thats not plumbing Rob thats art work. Beautiful job.

[Good Mann]

Hello, Mr. Wilson.

I'm an obvious newbie.
Your welds look amazing.  I did a bit in college, certainly not up to those standards.
Stainless for the forge?
Would you really want to get it dirty?
Think it should go on the mantle, no?

GM

[RobWilson]

Thanks Greg 


Hi and welcome to Metalworkingfun GM , 

Quote:Would you really want to get it dirty?

oh yes I will surely get it all black and crispy , tools are to be used    

Quote:Stainless for the forge?

Yes , but only because I have it and it was free , I would have used any type of pipe as long as it was to correct size for the job . well near enough the correct size lol  . 

My projects work like this , first off wake up with some brain fart   , like I need to build/make X  , then spend a few months sometimes years collecting scrap materials to do the job . 

See mostly made from junk pulled from skips . 





Rob 

[RobWilson]

Well I gave in lads     , dragged the forge  out of the shop and whacked some coke on  ,its  not quite finished but  finished enough for a bit mess about . 




Blower performed spot on , bags of air . 


Rob