Coke Forge Build

[Mayhem]

Nice work Rob but you forgot to put the blades in before you welded it up That will teach you to tease me about my 'pink looking' paint

[RobWilson]

(08-25-2014, 05:37 AM)Mayhem Wrote: Nice work Rob but you forgot to put the blades in before you welded it up That will teach you to tease me about my 'pink looking' paint

Dam Darren ,,,,,,,,,,,,, I just new I had forgotten something , anyway you crack on with your pink palace, you got your curtains picked out yet ? some floral pattern maybe


Rob

[Mayhem]

Paisley

[RobWilson]

Hi Lads and Darren



First job this morning was to trepan two holes in the side of the fan casing .






That done the bore was bored to size .



Well that that for the fan case .



And the reason that the holes in the side were done last ,was if they were done first before welding the distortion would have been horrendous


Cheers Rob

[DaveH]

Rob,
What is a 'zip disc'?

Your fabrication work is outstanding

DaveH

[EdK]

(08-25-2014, 01:41 AM)RobWilson. Wrote:

(08-24-2014, 02:28 PM)EdK Wrote: Rob,

How did you cut the sheet metal to shape?

Nice job!

Ed

Hi Ed , I used an angle grinder with a zip disc in it to cut the larger sheet into 4 , then I used my 10" bench shear to cut the sides out .

Cheers Rob

How did you cut the circles out?

Ed

[tackit]

It's fascinating for me to watch someone with skills and knowledge how to use their tools the proper way....I'm enjoying watching this build, thanks for posting pictures of the build Rob.

[tackit]

(08-25-2014, 01:32 AM)RobWilson. Wrote:

(08-24-2014, 03:16 PM)tackit Wrote: Very nice Rob.. Yours is ten times the forge I built.


I built a take along forge, I was hoping to take mine to a hammering and have a smith that knew how use a forge teach me the basics so I could get on with forging without wasting coal..

Rob can you buy seacoal?

http://s1298.photobucket.com/user/cyberj.../Forge%202

Tackit ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, now thats a cracking forge thoroughly enjoyed that slide show with my morning brew photo 28 /78 , clever ,you sure can fabricate ,love the wheels .



As John mentioned I could pick see coal from the beach if I wanted , but I just buy bags of coke form the coal merchants ,its only about £6 a bag . Sea coal is just normal coal that gets eroded from coal seams that are close to the surface of the sea bed or from the tailings from coal mines that get dumped at see , and ends up washed up on the shore line . I probable will be down there later today ,so I will see what I can fined .


Rob

Thank you Rob. I have some basic metal working skills but moving along slowly seems to be my best attribute, slow gives me time to think things along before I ruin material.

It's hard for me to find coal and coke where I live, I have to order it and pay to have it shipped to me in a cardboard box.

If you could show us sea coal that would great, it would be interesting to see something I've read good things about but not available here. .

[RobWilson]

(08-25-2014, 10:47 AM)tackit Wrote: [
Thank you Rob. I have some basic metal working skills but moving along slowly seems to be my best attribute, slow gives me time to think things along before I ruin material.

It's hard for me to find coal and coke where I live, I have to order it and pay to have it shipped to me in a cardboard box.

If you could show us sea coal that would great, it would be interesting to see something I've read good things about but not available here. .

Nothing wrong with your workmanship Tackit ,only one thing I could think of that was wrong !,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,you didnt do a forge build thread

Shame you cant get hold of coke/coal so easy ,,,,,,,,,,,,,, well myself and the granddaughter had or usual walk along the coast this afternoon .



Rather allot of kelp has been washed a shore and the tide was nearly all the way in ,so I could not get to the exposed coal seam but there was still plenty of coal about.






Rob

[RobWilson]

(08-25-2014, 08:03 AM)DaveH Wrote: Rob,
What is a 'zip disc'?


DaveH

(08-25-2014, 09:14 AM)EdK Wrote: How did you cut the circles out?

Ed

Hi lads I will take a few photos

Rob