Excellent video! Much nicer than my little makeshift forge which was just an old car rim partially buried in the ground with a pipe running under it and an old air mattress pump to force the air up under it. It got torn up by vandals (aka cattle) the other day so I will have to make a new one. I might have to try to make a nicer one that is up off the ground and make it more efficient and consistent and easier on me to use. Thanks for sharing this!
Love your forge probably retains heat better than the last one I made. Better for charcoal like you said. I would also like to get a blower like yours, but for now I use a hair dryer with a foot switch works fine
You are fortunate to have that air pump. I think you just come upon a recipe for fired brick in mixing clay, mortar mix and water and then baking it with some hot fire. Thanks
Arkansas? Great idea and very ingenius! I like metalworking Roy Underhill had several programs about blacksmithing. thats a science you are demonstrating with expertise. Thermite is a great survival weld technique. aluminium and iron oxide. good use of rusty metal and scrap aluminium.
i have the same blower as that 1 & my dad has the same still mounted & functional on a forge but his fire bowl is made from an old engine sump the old heavy 1's , worked well for light work
thank-you for sharing this. I hope you do a lot of videos on this. I'm wondering about cleaning the ash and how hot it can get to work with which metals.
Alright, now I don't mean to be rude, but I have some comments to make as a self-taught amateur blacksmith. I have made my own forge too, also using a rotor. A problem that I have with mine - that I see even more of in yours - is that the rotor I used was too deep (5" or so) to heat any steel up unless I'm heating the tip of said steel. the setup you had before probably worked much better, but, since I have not seen a video of this new one in use, I can't say for sure. as far as the oxidation problem you mention - how you made the forge more deep than wide to burn off excess air - this will be completely and entirely overruled by the fact that *your blower is forcing air into the bottom of the fire*. A little bit of oxidation (rust, scale) is ok and also practically unavoidable. A workaround is to do your work in less heats - working faster. the clay is a good idea, though, since you wetted it in order to get it to shape easier, you may want to be cautious in blasting a 6000° fire. When water turns to steam, it expands 16,000 by volume. That's means one drop of water turned into steam will take up the space that 16,000 drops would. ***this is important because if you have all of that water trapped in your clay and you suddenly heat it up, the pressure from the steam has the potential to make the entire thing explode with fire, steam, hardened clay, wood, and whatever else you have in there*** this is not a guarantee, and you *may* be fine, but, then again, you may also die or be hospitalized... just wanted to give you a heads up. I would suggest taking what you have, building up the clay in the center so that the firepot (rotor) is about level with the top, then slowly curing it with a small, long fire. good luck and happy smithing
I always wondered how I could make a forge ever since I was a kid, thank you so much for providing this information. I have one question. Is there anything you can use instead of clay?
electric would be harder as u Can not govern the throttle unless u use a baffle or a air flow flute to slow & control the air flow , BTW any size forge can be made for example to get a blower big enough , how about an industrial air conditioner fan blower & shrouds (covers) just an example
You and your family always have awesome videos . Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us . God bless you and your family .
Very well done! You are indeed a good teacher - thank you for this video - looking forward to the next one!
Thank you so mucch for the information and tear down of your forge. It sure did help me figure out how to make my own....
Excellent video! Much nicer than my little makeshift forge which was just an old car rim partially buried in the ground with a pipe running under it and an old air mattress pump to force the air up under it. It got torn up by vandals (aka cattle) the other day so I will have to make a new one. I might have to try to make a nicer one that is up off the ground and make it more efficient and consistent and easier on me to use. Thanks for sharing this!
First time ive seen a forge made like this... very cool... i love ur shirt
you can use fire bricks topped with mud that has a little cement power mixed in.
Thanks for sharing your knowledge. I really enjoyed your video! Lots of good information.
Love your forge probably retains heat better than the last one I made. Better for charcoal like you said. I would also like to get a blower like yours, but for now I use a hair dryer with a foot switch works fine
Ky, my bigger concern is where to get th hand blower...otherwise I like the way yer taping and enjoyed this totally! Thank you for sharing!
Your wheel barrel flange outta a brake rotor is genius
also you can use a cold set hair dryer as a blower
You are fortunate to have that air pump. I think you just come upon a recipe for fired brick in mixing clay, mortar mix and water and then baking it with some hot fire. Thanks
Arkansas? Great idea and very ingenius! I like metalworking Roy Underhill had several programs about blacksmithing. thats a science you are demonstrating with expertise. Thermite is a great survival weld technique. aluminium and iron oxide. good use of rusty metal and scrap aluminium.
the blower is a paddle wheel (like a steam boat has) on a hand crank that pushes air through the pipe. Not too hard to make.
I second that. Awesome tutorial. Looking forward to that next vid
this forge won't get hot enough for that. you would need to build a different kind of forge. I may build one in the future and show how
i have the same blower as that 1 & my dad has the same still mounted & functional on a forge but his fire bowl is made from an old engine sump the old heavy 1's , worked well for light work
thank-you for sharing this. I hope you do a lot of videos on this. I'm wondering about cleaning the ash and how hot it can get to work with which metals.
ty for the vid , i have 2 of those hand powered forge blowers & my dad has 1 as well but it is still in working condition as mine are stored away
Awesome thanks for the video. On my way to be a apprentice blacksmith lol
Question! Do you make your own clay as well? In that case, could you explain briefly how? Your videos are really helpful and inspirational!
you're welcome and yes that's our dad.
Alright, now I don't mean to be rude, but I have some comments to make as a self-taught amateur blacksmith.
I have made my own forge too, also using a rotor. A problem that I have with mine - that I see even more of in yours - is that the rotor I used was too deep (5" or so) to heat any steel up unless I'm heating the tip of said steel.
the setup you had before probably worked much better, but, since I have not seen a video of this new one in use, I can't say for sure.
as far as the oxidation problem you mention - how you made the forge more deep than wide to burn off excess air - this will be completely and entirely overruled by the fact that *your blower is forcing air into the bottom of the fire*. A little bit of oxidation (rust, scale) is ok and also practically unavoidable. A workaround is to do your work in less heats - working faster.
the clay is a good idea, though, since you wetted it in order to get it to shape easier, you may want to be cautious in blasting a 6000° fire. When water turns to steam, it expands 16,000 by volume. That's means one drop of water turned into steam will take up the space that 16,000 drops would. ***this is important because if you have all of that water trapped in your clay and you suddenly heat it up, the pressure from the steam has the potential to make the entire thing explode with fire, steam, hardened clay, wood, and whatever else you have in there***
this is not a guarantee, and you *may* be fine, but, then again, you may also die or be hospitalized...
just wanted to give you a heads up. I would suggest taking what you have, building up the clay in the center so that the firepot (rotor) is about level with the top, then slowly curing it with a small, long fire.
good luck and happy smithing
what?
stop whining like a bitch.
you're welcome
Cool idea - I think they make outdoor clay ovens for pizza and bread baking that same way. UA-cam vids or the Kiko Denzer book explains
i just gathered it from a river bed near my house
no you can't really use bbq pit charcoal more most operations. I will show how to make the right coal in my next video
I always wondered how I could make a forge ever since I was a kid, thank you so much for providing this information. I have one question. Is there anything you can use instead of clay?
Awesomely interesting!
WTF IS YOUR ACCENT I LUV IT #Awesomeaccent
cajun (Louisiana)
love it
thanks
Fantastic!!
very cool man.....thanks
That piece u put in first that connects to your hose what was it?
Nice!
we got our blower from Ebay auction, cleaned it up.
SurvivalistWannabe if you got a yard leaf blower ( petrol motor type) would do to force air , just use the throttle to govern the air flow
Super Cool
This vídeo reminds me about eating a fried chicken
hill billys are bloody smart
electric would be harder as u Can not govern the throttle unless u use a baffle or a air flow flute to slow & control the air flow , BTW any size forge can be made for example to get a blower big enough , how about an industrial air conditioner fan blower & shrouds (covers) just an example
to make a blower is not that hard if you got a bit of stuff laying around , the blower is only to force the air force fan the fire
Your accent it rad
the dog ate some clay
Car wheel never mind lol I'm taking notes
i would have filled it up with sand or gravel instead of clay
basically making this... but im not fueling it with a hand crank blower... nope... heavy duty air compressor...
Brake rotor.
Louisiana not arkansas