{"id":217,"date":"2018-01-22T08:33:45","date_gmt":"2018-01-22T08:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/?p=217"},"modified":"2021-01-15T23:39:51","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T06:39:51","slug":"installment-4-building-a-vertical-welding-forge-wip","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/2018\/01\/22\/installment-4-building-a-vertical-welding-forge-wip\/","title":{"rendered":"Installment #4, Building a Vertical Welding Forge (WIP)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>After checking on the new forge this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it appeared cured enough to remove the forms&#8230; so I did. It wasn&#8217;t too tough of a job. I cut the tape with a razor knife, and pried the forms out of the &#8220;door&#8221; areas. Luckily, everything came out smoothly.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbCodeImage LbImage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.ibb.co\/bJGH2R\/weldingforgebodylined.jpg\" alt=\"[\u200bIMG]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I suspected there would be some dressing up needed on the door openings, so I grabbed a ceramic tile file that&#8217;s been in the shop for years&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbCodeImage LbImage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.ibb.co\/fiZvNR\/file.jpg\" alt=\"[\u200bIMG]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>After a bit up filing, I got the front and rear openings cleaned up nicely&#8230;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbCodeImage LbImage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.ibb.co\/h8Uqp6\/formspulled2.jpg\" alt=\"[\u200bIMG]\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbCodeImage LbImage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.ibb.co\/m2awU6\/formspulled4.jpg\" alt=\"[\u200bIMG]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking that forming in a &#8220;flame channel&#8221; might have been a good thing. Guess I&#8217;ll find out when it cures enough to put in place and fire. A little bit of the duct tape got hung up in the curing refractory, but my guess is that won&#8217;t be any big deal&#8230; it should just burn out when I fire the forge for the first time.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbCodeImage LbImage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.ibb.co\/hMdEn5\/weldingforgebodychannel.jpg\" alt=\"[\u200bIMG]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Looks like my measurements worked out correctly for using fire brick in the front and back &#8220;doors&#8221;. Here&#8217;s a pic of the front door&#8230; from inside the forge.<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"bbCodeImage LbImage\" src=\"https:\/\/image.ibb.co\/g0OQuk\/wedlingforgebodyforms1.jpg\" alt=\"[\u200bIMG]\" \/><\/p>\n<p>I&#8217;m thinking that after it cures, I&#8217;ll take the torch to the inside to burn away all the stuff left over by the forms&#8230; gotta make sure the surfaces are fairly clean prior to coating the interior with ITC-100.\u00a0<img decoding=\"async\" class=\"mceSmilieSprite mceSmilie1\" title=\"Smile :)\" src=\"https:\/\/knifedogs.com\/styles\/default\/xenforo\/clear.png\" alt=\":)\" \/><\/p>\n<p>MORE TO COME!!\u00a0 STAY TUNED!!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>After checking on the new forge this morning, I was pleasantly surprised to find that it appeared cured enough to remove the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-217","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-edseditorial"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=217"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":315,"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/217\/revisions\/315"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=217"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=217"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/legacystudioproductions.net\/knifemakertraining\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=217"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}