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Old 07-16-2002, 11:05 AM
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Question shop layout?

welp besides the odds and ends Im doin with a bick anvil to finish it up, Im at the point where I have to build the actual shop. So before I do anything I figure I'd look for advice from ya'll wot have gone before

keeping in mind a few things;
Its a "unplugged" shop aka no juice except a lamp or three

I live in the upper northeast that has brutal winters and lots o snow,
The smithy will be a stand alone structure down wind of anything that would catch a cinder or spark. (our buildings are 180 plus yrs average and would go up like kindling given half the chance)

I cant afford to heat the shop when its not being used and will be relying on the forges fire to heat when I am working in it.

ok with those things in mind, any of ya'll that have similar circumstances and anyone with ideas, I'd appreciate any and all feedback on layout, construction, item placement, etcetcetcetc.
thanks!
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Old 07-16-2002, 11:50 AM
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well Layout is explained real good in Jack Andrews "edge of the Anvil"

Northest eh. check this out http://www.ecodesign.bc.ca/f1smithy.htm


for more info than you can shake a stick at go here


http://www.strawhomes.com/surfinstrawbale/

seems cheap and warm.


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Old 07-16-2002, 11:54 AM
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shop layout

I live in Michigan and have a metal shed as a forge. While it's not as cold as further north, I do understand. I run an electric line down to the forge to run the attic fan to pull the Carbon Monoxide out of the forge. I run a propane forge, but a charcoal forge should be vented too I would think. My shed is 10 x 14 and my gas forge is enough to warm it so the most I wear during the winter is a sweat shirt to keep warm. Granted that if I spill water from the slack tub (after breaking through the ice) it will freeze on the concrete as most of the heat is waist high and up. Nice to forge in the winter. Better than right now with the forge heating up to 120 degrees on 90+ days.
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Old 07-16-2002, 12:55 PM
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I dunno that a forge will keep the shop warm but a little potbelly stove would.

Straw/hay bale always sounded nifty to me. Mud hut smithy.


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