First I'd like to say that I was impressed that you used safety tools when cutting the wood and everywhere else. Great job no talking or annoying music and showed us step by step A+++ thanks again it gave me ideas for some other things
Some see a forge, I see a idea for a hibachi with skewer's at one end. Perfect for camping, tailgating, fishing etc , with a air intake and small side boards for bun warming. Thanks for the idea 👍 👍 🇨🇦
So many quick cuts to save where more expensive shop tools or specialty items would have done EXACTLY the same thing!!! Great video, great solutions! I can see where an ash/clinker clean out could be included but if you have a constant strong input airflow then...maybe not necessary?
Nice work. Liked the use of the old compressor tank. An easier air source would be an old vacuum cleaner with a reverse flow on it with a simple slide plate in the pipe to regulate flow.
like the design... i'm building a forge at the moment, i've been messing around different ideas gas burners. The forge and the gas bottles just take up too much room. I'm loving the simple potable design that can slide on a shelf when you've finish (obviously once its cooled lol)...
Have been trying to get a small forge be built for years ! Thanks for the inspiration ! Have had a hand crank forge billows sitting in the corner of my shop for about 6 or 7 years now, guess it's time to get a fire under my butt ! ( No pun intended ) !
Ich hoffe du hast deine Frau auch mal ordentlich gedrückt für ihre gute Arbeit und die Unterstützung die du von ihr erhältst ... alle Achtung ... 😉👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽
I like that, good job man, looks good. maybe a stronger fan or bellows, but great use of available materials. I enjoy seeing that you are comfortable with welding. Stick was always my favourite method.
excellent work. i wonder if you could use something similar as a smelter. with some modifications of course. would have to sustain 2k degrees for an hour plus to smelt gold.
The air is way too spread out, your fire is going to be huge until it scorches the sides of this forge. Instead, make a single hole in the very bottom shell, weld a fairly large pipe to this, then drill a hole through it large enough for a rocker shaft- and the rocker itself is a piece of angle iron welded corner side up. you then make sloping sides around this at a 45 degree angle until the rocker is 6-8" below your working level. Like so the forge will produce a concentrated intense heat while also burning out all the air before it can ruin the steel.
I'm not often known for my compliments; usually I'm quite critical regarding details. I see you are detail oriented. Really well done. I, when I have time, will check out more of your projects. Thank you for sharing them and have a fantastic day! :)
I'm working on a similar design but utilizing a fire pit. I made a grid with 1/2 inch holes every 2 inches for air that act as a base/manifold. I used 5/16 inch plate for this. Did you coat your base,/manifold using a fire mortar or heat resistant material. Just wondering as I plan to use charcoal. I went with a large base because I will be casting fire bricks to help capture heat. I'm somewhat concerned the base with the holes drilled will survived prolonged use without some heat reflective material. This is my first forge build. I have however done a bit of blacksmithing.
Good forge but just using a hairdryer would be much easier and both more cost effective and less time consuming, also better airflow to get a better and more constant heat. Otherwise 10/10 Cheers!
Wow. I really didn't think to use an empty cylinder as the basis for a forge. Ingenious, but there's no ash dump (I'm assuming debris would just fall through the holes you drilled) and I feel like the fan setup would be more effective if you pointed it up instead.
That's the best home made forge to date in my opinion. Excellent work and I will follow your lead and look forward to future projects of yours. Keep up the good work.
