CLEARWATER FORGE

 
This is a picture looking down into the firepot on my homemade forge. 
The table is just welded up 1/4" deck plate and 3" angle iron. 
The firepot is actually a centrifugal pump casing bolted to the underside of the table.

 
Here we see the underside and the rest of the tuyere assembly. 
The pump casing is cast iron so I expect it to last.

 
And here's my anvil, it's a future 2 I bought from Georgia Farriers Supply. 
My neighbors appreciate this anvil since it has an aluminum base and a gasket between the upper assembly and base, it's not very loud.



Maker 

I was a mound of earth, impure, unremarkable, and dirty.
Then I was washed and rinsed.

 I was a pile of ore, of one kind, but not whole.
Then I was placed in the fire.

 I was a bloom, irregular and ugly.
Then the hammer first found me.

 I was a billet, made whole but without purpose.
Then the hammer moved me.

 I was forged by the Smith…and glad am I of my time between fire, hammer, and anvil.
By Him and through them I was made, and now may do as I was meant to.

 BBP 11-22-04
 
 
 
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