Blast Furnace Recent Photo

Really like the uptake detail! 

Very impressive.

George

Lima,

Thanks, You can see all of that Orange pipe and some other colors here:

http://kingmousecustoms.com/

Dave

Dave,

If you are interested, I can send you a CD with pics from the Carrie Furnace in Pittsburgh (Homestead).  If it is possible, I would send the CD to Mercer Junction since you have their link in your posts.  Just Let me know!  Also did you know that there is a group that gives tours of the Carrie Furnace?  Their web site is riversofsteel.com.  They have not yet scheduled posted a 2014 Tour Schedule.  I took it last summer and it was great, got to get right up next to the blast furnace.  There is a similar tour of the blast furnaces in Bethlehem, PA which I hope to do this summer.

Zeke,

I would sure appreciate a copy!   out in seattle so its tough to see the real deal!

email in profile.

Thanks!

Zeke,

Thank you very much for the offer.  AnthonyK supplied me with some great photos of the Carrie furnace.  I have not taken the tour yet but plan to in the future.

I would love to see the mill in Bethlehem.  I guess they have a great music venue there too along with 6 different blast furnaces.  It is nice to see some of that stuff preserved.

Dave

You may want to add lots of graphite material around that area.  I used to work at the Briar Hill Open Hearth of Youngstown Sheet and Tube and when the Iron came in from the blast furnace, there was always a lot of graphite in the air and all over everything.  I worked there from 1972 until it was shut down.  Went back to school and ended up getting a job down in NC.  It was a great education though.  I also worked on the narrow gauge line while there.  We used go to Kuzman's in Girard or over to Stanley's for great hot dogs after work.

David

I'm not real certain that the upper catwalk would be supported on the heated stack like you have shown. The heat from the stack would cause the flimsy catwalk to heat up and melt!

The catwalk would be supported on a thermally isolated structure or exoskeleton. 

 There ya go.......

Looking Great Dave!

This is awesome! Good job Dave!!

Jim,

Thank you!  Are you and Leslie working on any projects?  Something 'Top Secret' maybe?

Thanks to all for the encouraging comments!

I started the downcomer yesterday.  This pipe will hook into the dust collector.

I also started on the skip cart elevator.  It will actually go on the back side of the furnace.  I just placed it on the front to get the mounting angle and take a quick photo.

Dave

Dave, WOW It is really getting TALL. LOOKS TOTALY AWESOME. Thanks for sharing with us.

That truly is shaping up to be an awesome structure, my friend!  I guess I'll have to bring a hard hat with me when I come to visit. 

Dave..if it can be made you can make it !!! very nice..john

Dave....this project has got to be the finest we have seen here on the forum....WOW!!  Hopefully you and Allan can get together and do an expanded article for our magazine...  What an artist you are my friend!!

Alan

Jim,

I don't know much about that track and the Atlas controllers but I will say that sometimes it helps to get a loop done and be able to run some trains.  'All work and no play makes Jack a dull boy'.  A big project, such as building a layout, can get very overwhelming.  Run a train, it will make you feel better!  Good luck my friend!

Dave

Allan,

It just so happens that I acquired a Bessemer hard hat yesterday!

Dave

This looked familiar. It's the base for the MTH bridge we tore-apart to put on the hobby shop layout.   Unique.  Great idea.   Excellent hand rail detail.   Can you do two skip cars or just one ????    

Who would-a-thunk.

 Mike

dave, you should have some fan driven smoke units to blow smoke around inside the structures so it comes out vent holes and spaces.  would be pretty cool. 

chris

Amazing rendition. 

I got a little more detail done on the top today.  I corrected some mistakes.

Dave

You're rockin' it, Dave! 

George

Great stuff Dave. 

Mike

Dave,

You captured the detail at the top of the furnace. It looks just like the ones at Bethlehem Steel. You can still see the furnaces when you go to the Sands Casino. In the halls of the casino, they have original drawings of some of the buildings and the blast furnaces on the walls.

Alan Graziano

Talk about great detail, nice job.

WOW! Very cool... Keep up the great work!

This is amazing me more and more.

Thanks Dave for the update!

Dave....I sure am enjoying this thread.  I grew up in the Gary Indiana area, we lived in Portage, and this sure brings back memories of the huge U.S. Steel Gary Works complex....

Thanks,

Alan

Dave, It is looking GREAT!!!!!

You'll need a flag and blinking lights at the top as well.

Really great modeling! Here is a video shot recently of a  Chinese steel mill in operation. from YouTube

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3E8VS_6hY0Y

Fred,

That is a great video!

Dave

Fred...thanks for the video.  Really great!!

Alan

Dave..it should be in the carnegie museum in pitt.awesome..conrail

Thanks John.  Happy belated birthday!

Dave, outstanding workmanship!! Going to have to stop by for a visit when time permits.

Jeff

Dave

once again you keep out doing yourself.  Is this in your shop? If so, I need to take a road trip to Mercer Junction.  But not until this cold weather eases.

Fred, WOW now that was really some GREAT shots. Thanks for posting the link to the video.