ArtMetal

Hi Janet, I recently bought a Whisper Daddy II from NC Forge and like it a lot. I have to agree with Jim though, although mine has a nice large door/opening in the front and a 2"x2" door in the back, it is has it's limits with large shapes, say in the middle of the picket. I've been able to do it, but it's not as easy as Jim's and neither are as flexible as the open bed of a coal forge. I don't have a whole lot of experience forging, but I ran into the limitations of my forge quickly. The forge I was educated on was similar to the whisper daddy only it was about twice as tall and twice as deep. The front and the back panels were actually gates that slid vertically on a counter weight system so that if you wanted to you could have a 14"wx14t" opening in both the front and/or back or you could have a 14"wx2"t opening to conserve heat while forging smaller items. They made it themselves and were reluctant to give me the plans. I went ahead and bought the whisper daddy b/c didn't feel that comfortable building my own, but now that I've seen the burners close up, I'll probably try to build my next forge like the one I described above.

Jake