My old coal forge finally rusted through the firepot after 12 years

I was working on a batch of leaf hooks last Tuesday and noticed the fire was burning weird, then saw a big hole near the tuyere. I patched it with some scrap plate and furnace cement for now, but it's not a good fix. Has anyone here replaced a firepot on a Centaur Forge rig before, or should I just build a new one from scratch?

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butler.shane8h ago

Man, that's rough timing in the middle of a project. My buddy had a similar thing happen on his old rivet forge. He tried to weld a patch in but the metal around it was just too thin and crispy, kept burning new holes. Ended up ordering a new firepot from Centaur because he wanted to keep the original table, and it was a pretty straight swap. Took some grinding to get the old one out clean though.

jade6395h ago

Yeah, grinding out the old one sounds like the worst part, @butler.shane.