34 Spring 519 Time to begin work on the forge having begun, Crylon started by drawing out a plan. This was a culmination of quite a bit of research. Of reading on masonry, practice making and using mortar, inspecting previously made forges, and many other things. Now, he was to actually begin it. But first, as a sign of devotion to Izurdin and to further honor him in this act of industry and creation, sitting in his room he made a brief prayer to Izurdin in the tongue of the Isur. “Izurdin. I praise you, and honor you today. As so many Isur before me, I shall build a forge. Let it further honor you in its creation, and by each thing made upon it. I do not have the skill of some Isur, I am still learning. But let my effort show my diligence, and my adding to your domain.” His prayer complete, Crylon sat and taking out his journal book where he kept his other such notes, began to draw out the plans for the smithy. First and foremost was the forge itself. Note as precise as some, he still felt the general gist was clear from his illustrations. Drawing them out, he added them bit by bit in simple detail, and from several angles. First from the top. A chimney of brick upward. In front and partly below a lowered recessed area where the heated material would go. Wood. Coal. The like. With the smoke rising upward into the chimney. But the actual part where the coal, fire, and metal would be placed, was below the chimney. In front was the bellows, being pumped to add in air to allow the smith to get the temperature just right. More air being forced in to allow it to get hotter. Less for less heat. From that viewpoint little else was visible. Above the belows within the recessed bit was a metal grill. Wide enough to let ash down and air up, but not wide enough so that heated materials like wood and coal would fall through. From the front, a bit more could be seen. An opening for the forge, with the chimney above and a brick base below. The bellows at the front with their mechanism, a simple drawn out representation consiting of a few open lines. It did not after all have to be realistic, besides the main structure, as the main bit was the idea and intent more than the exact nature. The idea was somewhat straightforward, which he drew out in more detail from the third view from the side. A metal part at the base, a tube or other shape, with a grill at the top. The bottom emptied out where it could be cleaned and the excess removed. The top came up inside the recessed area were the heating elements were held. The bellows met in the middle of the tube, such that it forced air in and upward into the heated area. The hearth above, the dump below. Around that, with the metal tube, part of the bellows inside of it, and the grill, was bricks holding it together. Keeping the heat in, and travel ling upward giving a direction for the smoke to go out of the smithy. Along with the forge would be the anvil. A trough or barrel for quenching hot metal. Various hammers and tools for working the metal. A floor of packed dirt, added in another layer of detail. Brick walls on the sides, and a wooden roof with the chimney of the forge poking through. His designs done, Crylon put away his writing materials and let the ink dry, before heading to his meeting with the contractor Kelski had advised him of. WC: 624 |