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Assembled furnace and lehr Assembled furnace and lehr

Furnace Assembly (Stourbridge)

With the help of Steve Wagstaff and Fiona Rashleigh, we transported both structures from Quarley to Stourbridge on Monday 19th August and set them up in the afternoon.

Levelling the ground and assembling the furnace took about 45 minutes and, having rehearsed it at Quarley, went without a hitch. It was not necessary to include the steel pot shelf supports as the furnace was to be fired the next day to fire the inside of the structure.

Photographs of the inner furnace walls are on this page, which also shows the furnace in action.

Assembling the firing chamber
Assembling the firing chamber Assembling the firing chamber
Assembling the melting chamber Assembling the melting chamber
Assembling the melting chamber Assembling the melting chamber
Securing the tie rods Securing the tie rods
Placing the stoke hole tunnel Testing the holes for the pot support bars
Placing the roof Placing the roof
Placing the roof The assembled furnace
The assembled furnace Adding the gathering hole floor bricks


Lehr Assembly (Stourbridge)

The lehr, although more complex to put together, was also easy to construct, again taking about 45 minutes and the ground only requiring a minimum amount of levelling.

Levelling the firebox
Levelling the firebox Placing the shelf support bars
Placing the side walls Placing the side walls
Fitting the lower shelf Fitting the lower shelf
Fitting the lower shelf Fitting the back wall
Fitting the back wall Fitting the back wall
Fitting the front wall Securing the tie rods
Securing the tie rods Checking the level
Pushing the walls together Fitting the roof seal
Placing the roof shelves Placing the roof shelves
Placing the roof shelves View of the top shelf
Placing the roof bricks The finished lehr

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