A kit for forming a forge pot having a container for supporting fuel to be combusted and an air chamber which is fluidically communicated with the container for guiding to the container an airflow from an airflow source for combusting the fuel in the container so as to generate heat for heating a metallic workpiece, the kit comprising:
- first and second floor components made from rigid non-combustible planar sheet material each having upper and lower faces, longitudinally opposite ends and laterally opposite sides extending therebetween, the floor components being arrangeable in a floor forming condition to form a bottom of the container of the forge pot on which the fuel can be supported;
- in the floor forming condition the first and second floor components being arranged (i) in fixed intimate relation to one another, (ii) generally side by side, so that a first one of the ends of the first floor component is beside a first one of the ends of the second floor component and a second one of the ends of the first floor component is beside a second one of the ends of the second floor component, and (iii) in transverse relation to one another, with the upper faces of the floor components facing generally upwardly, such that the bottom of the container is generally V-shaped from one of the sides of the first floor component, which is distal to the second floor component, to one of the sides of the second floor component, which is distal to the first floor component, the bottom of the container including a longitudinally extending bottom vertex and defining an angle less than 180 degrees between the upper surfaces of the floor components;
- in the floor forming condition the first and second floor components defining an airflow opening for permitting air to pass from below the bottom of the container and above thereof;
- first and second wall components made from rigid non-combustible planar sheet material each having a top and a bottom, the first and second wall components each being connectable at an adjacent pair of the ends of the first and second floor components arranged in the floor forming condition in a manner such that a plane defined by the wall component is oriented transversely to both a plane defined by the first floor component and a plane defined by the second floor component, and so that the top of the wall component is located spaced above the bottom vertex formed by the first and second floor components in the floor forming condition, so as to form end walls of the container of the forge pot enclosing the bottom of the container at either adjacent pair of the ends of the first and second floor components arranged in the floor forming condition;
- first and second tuyere components made from rigid non-combustible planar sheet material each having a top, a bottom and opposite sides extending therebetween, the first and second tuyere components being arrangable in a tuyere forming condition in which, relative to the first and second floor components arranged in the floor forming condition, the first and second tuyere components are arranged (i) in fixed location under the floor components with the top of each of the first and second tuyere components in intimate relation with the lower face of one of the first and second floor components, (ii) in a manner such that a plane defined by each of the first and second tuyere components is oriented transversely to the plane defined by the floor component with which the top of the tuyere component is disposed in intimate relation, (iii) in a manner such that each of the first and second tuyere components extends from one of its sides to the other in a generally longitudinal direction of one of the floor components, and (iv) on either side of the airflow opening, so as to generally form a duct underneath the floor components, which is arranged to be closed at either proximal pair of sides of the first and second tuyere components, for guiding the airflow to the airflow opening;
- a gate component made from rigid non-combustible planar sheet material having opposite ends and opposite sides extending therebetween, the gate component being arrangeable, relative to the floor components arranged in the floor forming condition and the tuyere components arranged in the tuyere forming condition, (i) at a fixed location spaced below the floor components, so as to be spaced below the airflow opening, and (ii) in a manner so as to extend from one of its sides to the other generally between the tuyere components at a spaced location from their tops, so as to close the duct at a location opposite the airflow opening so as to form with at least the first and second tuyere components the air chamber of the forge pot;
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- a chamber opening defined in the first tuyere component for fluidically communicating the airflow source with the air chamber so that the airflow therefrom can pass through the air chamber and through the airflow opening to the container of the forge pot.