Fueling one of these beasties is a real issue; BTDT, sort of:
When I was in college a friend of mine made us a forge: Large galvanized steel bucket, a length of gas flue with holes drilled in it, hole in the side of the bucket, gas flue in the hole with part we'd drilled holes in on the inside, pop-rivet into place. Fill bottom with sand to keep from scorching whatever you're setting the forge on (bare earth, in our case), but don't cover your holes, and build a fire. Now stick a yard blower on low up the other end of the pipe. We could get it welding-hot if we were patient... :)
*thinks* Alton doesn't generally do things haphazardly. Maybe there's a sneaky trick to the rationale behind the soaking thing. Further research indicated!
Would love to hear about the sauce, and the making of naan.
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When I was in college a friend of mine made us a forge: Large galvanized steel bucket, a length of gas flue with holes drilled in it, hole in the side of the bucket, gas flue in the hole with part we'd drilled holes in on the inside, pop-rivet into place. Fill bottom with sand to keep from scorching whatever you're setting the forge on (bare earth, in our case), but don't cover your holes, and build a fire. Now stick a yard blower on low up the other end of the pipe. We could get it welding-hot if we were patient... :)
*thinks* Alton doesn't generally do things haphazardly. Maybe there's a sneaky trick to the rationale behind the soaking thing. Further research indicated!
Would love to hear about the sauce, and the making of naan.