Subject: Re: side draft hood

From: [email-masked] (Elton O Grubbs)
Date: Sun, 11 Aug 1996 17:03:39 -0700

You wrote: 

>>
>How high above the fire pot is the bottom of the hood, and how big is
>the opening of the hood?  Need to build a new hood myself.
>
>Rusty
>
>Get it hot and hit it hard.
>
>Never use force, get a bigger hammer.
> [email-masked]
>
>
The hood sets on the same table as the fire pot. The opening is 12" 
high and 10" wide. The shelf inside must be on the correct angle.
The best thing to do is contact Jerry at the address below and ask him 
to send September 1992 issue of the Blacksmiths Journal.

Blacksmiths Journal
PO Box 193
Washington,MO 63090

The hood works real good. Hope this helps.

Buster

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From: Jim McCarty <[email-masked]>
Date: Mon, 12 Aug 1996 08:56:08 -0500

> The hood works real good. Hope this helps.

BAM had a workshop a couple years ago and we built 25 of these in one 
weekend. It cost us about $200 counting fire pot and 15 feet of 12 
inch pipe -- best investment I ever made. Perhaps some of the other 
chapters could try this. All you need is a place to hold the event 
where there is plenty of room, a metal sheer and bender and lots of 
welders. We had all the cutting and bending done prior to the workshop 
so most of the work was drilling and welding. We machined blast gates 
from aluminum. Centaur Forge gave us a heck of a deal on firepots. We 
spread the word around and lots of folks bought just a firepot so we 
ended up ordering 70 of them (hence the cheap price). If anyone is 
interested, Lou Mueller made full size plans from Jerry's drawings, 
with a few improvements along the way. My forge draws so well that I 
can't put the fire out without blocking the opening. Stainless would 
be a good idea. Mine is starting to rust out.
-- 
Jim McCarty
Father Helias Forge
Taos, MO
Editor Rural Missouri Magazine
Newsletter editor, Blacksmiths Association of Missouri

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