Subject: What's in the bottom of the forge??

From: [email-masked] (Guy Burnham)
Date: 15 May 1996 15:41:10 GMT

I know this is a dumb question, but what goes in the bottom of a portable
 forge to keep the pan from burning through.  I bought an old Buffalo
 portable forge from an old gent last night. He though he bought it from
 the Sears catalog about '33 or so and never really got to use it much.
 It is a little (~20" dia.) farriers forge with a stamped metal pan,
 three metal legs that bolt together, and a small hand crank blower
 mounted to the rear. It has a little deflector shield on the back of
 the pan.  I know he didn't use it much because when we dumped the coal
 and dirt out of it, most of the original paper label was still intact,
 glued to the bottom of the pan. 

 Please email me direct cause I don't keep up with notes too well
 anymore. Thanks

 Guy  ([email-masked])

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From: [email-masked] (Rick Cook)
Date: 17 May 1996 07:13:34 GMT

> glued to the bottom of the pan. 
You can use a lot of things. I used to have one with the pan lined with
ordinary clay. A refractory material would work better.

These weren't high-ticket items and they weren't all that well designed.
However for most folks doing smithing these days they work pretty good.

--RC