Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!bu.edu!wang!wdr From: wdr@wang.com (William Ricker) Newsgroups: trial.rec.metalworking Subject: Re: Forges Message-ID: Date: 25 Apr 91 00:08:58 GMT References: <1991Apr23.032100.26901@news.iastate.edu> Organization: Wang Labs, Lowell MA, USA Lines: 14 This is charcoal, not gas, but... Years ago I saw plans for a (char?)coal forge that used a discarded automobile Wheel and an old electrolux vacuum in Blow mode, with the other end of the hose attached to the obvious spot -- the axle hole of the wheel-cum-brazier. I've never built it, but have considered it occasionally. I think I'd want an old enough wheel that I knew it was real steel! You could probably subsitute your shop vac. Someday, maybe, when I run out of other hobbies... -- /s/ Bill Ricker wdr@wang.wang.com "The Freedom of the Press belongs to those who own one." *** Warning: This account is not authorized to express opinions. ***