http://www.alexbealer.org Last posts in topic Cotonti Fri, 08 May 2026 23:04:09 -0400
Is anyone interested in Interstate Steel coming to the meeting with some of their products?
Let me know that as well.]]> Sat, 22 Nov 2014 14:26:41 -0500 Mon, 10 Nov 2014 10:19:39 -0500
The bag it yourself is the newer stuff, and supposedly a better grade of metallurgical coal. It's a long drive, but for the equivalent of $8.13 every 50 lbs, it'd be worth some gas money in bulk. You can get anthracite up here for that, but I don't like forging on it.]]> Fri, 17 Oct 2014 08:47:20 -0400 Thu, 16 Oct 2014 08:05:58 -0400
I while ago I posted a note about Georgia Coal in Blairsville. I had bought a couple of 50 lb sacks from the fella for $12 each. He charges $11 if you buy a ton. I have now used a couple of buckets full. Up to now I had used GA Farrier supply as source and bought 1 bag from the Campbell School when I took a class. So that's what I compare.

First, the coal has a lot of volatile gases, but I got used to it. More ash is produced, which combines with the clinkers. It's not really much, and I keep up with loosening it, so I don't know if you forget to practice this, i.e. how badly it would cake up the works. Further, the fire does burn a bit wider than I am used to. Previously I could keep it confined and small when this was appropriate, and I never used water sprinkling. With the GA coal batch it was needed sometimes.

Overall, the coal is well worth its money. Georgia Coal's phone number is 706-400-8329. As I previously said, the owner has a cabinet shop in Blairsville and he uses coal to heat it, and he buys it by the truckload.]]> Wed, 15 Oct 2014 08:26:05 -0400