[Sca-cooks] Charcoal forge suggestion ;-)

[Stefan li Rous]

Phlip replied to me with:
> Well, since you brought it up, Stefan ;-)
>
> One of the easiest ways to set up a forge in your back yard, without
> irritating the neighbors TOO much, is to set up a charcoal forge in an
> old barbecue grill.
>
> Start with an old grill, take out all the grill parts, if it's gas, 
> set a
> brake drum down in it (you may have to reinforce the bottom, if it's 
> flimsy),
Yep. That is why I saved my old gas grill when we moved rather than 
dumping it. Although I'm probably going to try the idea of coating the 
inside with kitty litter (an easy source of clay) soaked in water 
rather than the brake drum. Although I guess I'm might go to the 
junkyards and see what I could find in brake drums. I had been 
comparing this to the stand-alone brake drum forges. The gas grill 
looks innoculous and is already nicely supported on a nice cart with 
wheels.

Stefan
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