After goofing up forge 3 with the aluminum, I had to drill a new tuyeure-plate and since I had the thing apart, I decided to replace the ash-gate too. What it had was a quickie slapped out of a piece of sheet metal when we were just getting started, and it was time for something nicer.
On a bar of 1/2x1/2 I isolated the last 2 " with half-face blows on the far edge then cross-peined that part out to be wide enough to cover the end of the 2" pipe that is the ash-trap. It looked like a small spatula. I made some bends and an ornament on the end, and voila! an ash-gate that isn't embarrassing.
On a bar of 1/2x1/2 I isolated the last 2 " with half-face blows on the far edge then cross-peined that part out to be wide enough to cover the end of the 2" pipe that is the ash-trap. It looked like a small spatula. I made some bends and an ornament on the end, and voila! an ash-gate that isn't embarrassing.
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