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09-18-2011, 08:24 PM
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yup a forge. I am thinking of building it out of local iron ore rock, using local iron ore clay and sackcrete for the mortar, building a trough with the tweer in the bottom, then building up and kinda domeing both sides to the hood and leaving a hole open in the front to work iron through. I was also going to build a nice rock shelf out front to allow for slow cooling pieces on when reducing hardness. And I am going to build a bellows. I don't plan on running ANY electricity to the smithy, I want to do it all primitive. I will also be building a kiln to make my own hardwood charcoal...
Also how far from the house should I put the smithy? Any advice on using the local iron ore rock? etc GoodOlBoy
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