Just so everyone knows, that's an air to air boot ment to connect turbo boost tubes to intercoolers on diesel trucks. They are use to 30 to 50 psi at a couple hundred degrees. They can easily take the heat and pressure of a hair dryer.
Just wanted to say thanks. Been wanting to build a small cheap forge for projects and hobby work. I thought I would have to get in my pocket a good bit, thanks to this video, I know I can find everything for at most $10-$15 if even that much, so thank you my friend.
I have been bolting rotors together for pedestal grinders/polishers for years now. I can get them for free from my local tire store. Love this little forge bud. I am going to stop and get a rotor or two from the logging truck shop I used to be the head fabricator for and make a pedestal with one and a forge with the other. Love that clinker breaker. Great idea fella ! Neat build from a bunch of scrap Kevin, Well done !
@@MyLife-lg6tg These forges really shine when the parts are the right size for smaller pieces. Briquets are an inexpensive fuel and last a good long time. I can do a 3 or 4 automotive piston melt and pour in just over an hour. Sure nothing wrong about that and it is recycling too. Win, win eh.
🚣🏴 I going to try flux cored. Looks top heavy. Thanks for them video. Admire your stuff. Just sussed out a old sewing machine. Have fun. Peace and love everyone Rick🇬🇧 🌈❤
Great build - I don’t know why UA-cam waited two years to show it to me. I don’t know what I need more, a forge, or a use for the extra brake rotors I saved!
Nice job fit and function is damn near perfect now I’m headed off to my local big truck repair shop to get a brake drum maybe something just a little bigger than that! Thanks for the idea and the instruction God bless America
Great idea for a forge! I am going to copy your idea with much thanks, but I am going to ad another brake drum with a hinge on top. so that I can add a little more coal, and also have a lid on it to increase the heat if needed. The top cove will have a cutout so that I can have longer items in the forge. Once again, thank you for the great idea. It just so happens there is a heavy truck garage down the road, maybe they will have a few spare old drums.
I think everybody starts with a hairdryer for their first low-buck forge. I still have one that looks like it was in a housefire from my first, and it still blows air mostly out the front! Since moving up to a 'high bypass' leaf blower (😎) that can scream more air in for crucible days, my only problem is finding good diameter stainless steel that won't melt! Oddly enough, charcoal chimney-style starters are a lot more durable than you'd think for that purpose, or I lucked out and the factory that day was running Inconel, ha! Yes, your coupler is silicone and will handle ~800F, though as you said, as long as air is passing through and around it, you'd have to worry about the welds melting down first long before your heat ever gets way down there! Junkyard Forge works every time.
Good project, I made my forge out of an old camping gas bottle, I cut it in half length way's and inverted one half into the other and seam welded them together, but not before cutting a hole for the hair dryer, then drilled holes along the length of the furnace bottom for air flow from the dryer, works brilliantly. All the best to you. Paul.
Wow, I haven't been here in ages. Crazy how busy life gets that draws us apart eh old friend. I trust/hope all is well at the new homestead my old friend.
@@Robinson-Homestead It is nice to see what you are up to these days. I was just reminiscing about the day you turned left off the road into that wall of bush. I have a bunch to get caught up on. I just told her about your little fe-line. I think she liked that and it makes me feel kind of special too my friend. Thanks eh.
Tomoko ,it is good to hear from you , yes we came a long way but still a lot of projects to do maybe one day we will get done but i doubt it lol.I am glad to hear your doggie like that we named our kitty cat after her. take care and thanks for watching.
@@Robinson-Homestead One guarantee in life when we go into a situation that you have here is there will NEVER be nothing to do, LOL. Big or small, makes no difference eh. Getting the big takes 20% of the time and that 80% of the time for finishing as you know sooooo well SO YOU CAN PLAN ON TAKING IT EASY IN YOUR SEINIOR YEARS. It will be really nice to travel along with you old friend.
My first forge I used a bean can and silver tape to connect the hair dryer, worked as good as it needed to until I upgraded! The point is, if you want to give it a go just do it, find, beg,borrow or pilfer the materials to build and get started, you wont regret it, unless the pilfering part bites you in the arse!😂 get forging, its great fun and very addictive!
Very cool got pieces together for drum type just gotta weld legs and I didn't know about that rattler deal thinking I'm going to use some old t Post that were Bent should have 3 with enough straight to make leg's
I used the outer 16" rim ring from a cube van dually truck. The portion the tire would mount to unbolts and is then the perfect size for the coals. I remember the first times I started to weld. My teacher said "when your getting a good weld it should sound just like your frying up some good greasy bacon". That is a good reference when learning to weld imo. You'll squeeze a few more cfm using hairdriers if you disable the heating coil, since the colder the air becomes the more dense it becomes, its obvious that equals a hotter forge. That's merely nit picking ISPO. But if you can use a touch more of cfm it helps to get it there. Thanks for the upload blacksmith I always find some tips that are useful.
Suddenly feels like the only person in the world who doesn't know what a clinker is...
Grinder and paint make you the welder you aint 👌
Thanks for watching.
Just so everyone knows, that's an air to air boot ment to connect turbo boost tubes to intercoolers on diesel trucks. They are use to 30 to 50 psi at a couple hundred degrees. They can easily take the heat and pressure of a hair dryer.
Thanks for the comment and info.
Also the pipe appears to be either 2 3/8 or 2 7/8 EuE tubing and you can get caps collars Bull plugs at most oil field supply stores or pipe yards
Great video for a quick forge build, and built from scrap, my kind of build.👍
Very imaginative. Great for scrap collectors like me. You are efficient and relaxed when working. Really inspiring. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks for the comment glad you liked it.
Finally, someone who uses a torch.👍
LOL thanks for watching
Great build. Love watching your videos. Looking forward to your next project. Take care.
I Love projects especially if they're free.
Great Job Kevin, works perfect as a heater also. A solid 10 for you sir.
Thank you my friend glad you liked it.
Just wanted to say thanks. Been wanting to build a small cheap forge for projects and hobby work. I thought I would have to get in my pocket a good bit, thanks to this video, I know I can find everything for at most $10-$15 if even that much, so thank you my friend.
Thanks for the comment and watching glad to help.
Great little forge.
Nicely done. Not only effective, but takes the mystery (and cost) out of forges. Thanks.
Fun project thanks for the comment.
I have a lot of videos on how to build a forge in my playlist
You did a great job! Your exactly right...function before form.
Thank you my friend.
Great little small forge thanks for the video
Great build. Thanks for the upload.
I've been wanting to do this for awhile now with a free greasy truck brake drum. Thanks for the tutorial!
Fun project thanks for the comment
Easy simple, glad I stumbled on to this video... Never thought I would be able to make me one of these forges... Thanks for sharing...
Your welcome and if you need more information on it i have a play list with more forge videos, thanks for watching.
Wow !!!
Thanks for the comment.
Very impressive Mr Kevin ! Great job !
Thank you
Awesome job. Function is always more important than appearance. Great writte work!
Thank you
Great White work
Kevin what a great forge project. 👍
Thanks Explorer 867.
That's a great looking forge. Thanks for sharing. Keep up the videos. If you create knives, please show your builds. Thanks !
Thank you for you contribution. 👍💖
Always welcome
Just made my own! Much of my inspiration came from this video and I credited you on my channel. Thanks for sharing this!
Thank you you make a video?
Very Nice - Simple but it looks very effective
Very nice build !!! Quick too....
Thank you Kevin for sharing this. I love it, Functional not Pretty. Great!
Greetings from Europe and best regards.
Glad you like it! thanks for the comment.
Sweet,simple, and functional
Thanks AJ.
Great job and thanks for sharing the build. God bless
Thank you Jas.
Great job Kevin
A brake DRUM not a disc would have given you depth(more coal)
I have been bolting rotors together for pedestal grinders/polishers for years now. I can get them for free from my local tire store. Love this little forge bud. I am going to stop and get a rotor or two from the logging truck shop I used to be the head fabricator for and make a pedestal with one and a forge with the other. Love that clinker breaker. Great idea fella ! Neat build from a bunch of scrap Kevin, Well done !
Thanks Dean I've been sick sorry for the late reply
@@Robinson-Homestead I hope you are on the mend bud.
I've already got the drum and pipe and several small blowers. Your video has inspired me to put it togather! Thanks Dan S. FROM Michigan & Texas
@@MyLife-lg6tg These forges really shine when the parts are the right size for smaller pieces. Briquets are an inexpensive fuel and last a good long time. I can do a 3 or 4 automotive piston melt and pour in just over an hour. Sure nothing wrong about that and it is recycling too. Win, win eh.
Thank you for this amazing video
I'm going to build a forge and this is a perfect way to build one
This is a good little forge fun build thanks for the comment and watching.
🚣🏴 I going to try flux cored. Looks top heavy. Thanks for them video. Admire your stuff. Just sussed out a old sewing machine. Have fun. Peace and love everyone Rick🇬🇧 🌈❤
Thank you Kevin! This video makes me want to run out and buy a set of torches...!
Nice little build for short money. Thanks for letting us watch. Be well my friend.
Thanks Hatch I've been sick sorry for the late reply.
Nice to see some one who can use a torch and weld decent
Thanks John.
Great work. Lots of inspiration from this video
Thank you.
Nice build. I am looking for ideas for a forge, the "clinker breaker" is a new one for me. Very practical.
I have a lot of videos on forge building gas and coal.
Great build - I don’t know why UA-cam waited two years to show it to me.
I don’t know what I need more, a forge, or a use for the extra brake rotors I saved!
Nice job fit and function is damn near perfect now I’m headed off to my local big truck repair shop to get a brake drum maybe something just a little bigger than that! Thanks for the idea and the instruction God bless America
Glad you liked it Pete if I can help let me know good luck my friend.
Nice shop. You have some pretty serious equipment.
Great little forge
Thank you
Great idea for a forge! I am going to copy your idea with much thanks, but I am going to ad another brake drum with a hinge on top. so that I can add a little more coal, and also have a lid on it to increase the heat if needed.
The top cove will have a cutout so that I can have longer items in the forge.
Once again, thank you for the great idea.
It just so happens there is a heavy truck garage down the road, maybe they will have a few spare old drums.
All yours thanks for the comment and watching how did it turn out?
Very nice job Kevin.
Thanks Ron.
your a good man Kevin
Thank you James I've been sick sorry for the late reply
Great idea for a quick and efficient forge.
Thank you.
cool.. your shop islike mine: organized chaos but everything works and within reach. thanks for this video. You are the real McGyver
Have you seen my new shop little bigger have video.
my kinda forge. well done on the forge and great job on the video.
Thanks for watching
Great job, I like the design. Its simple,cheap,and parts are easy to get.
Glad you like it!
Thanks for the comment and watching.
Awesome job!
Thank you.
The idea of adding a ring to increase the depth of your coals can also work out as a secondary use for this as a smelter
Thanks for the idea Jim.
You really love your torch!
Lol i do it makes projects go faster.
Great video thank you
Great stuff. Thank you sir.
Glad you liked it thanks for the comment.
That sure is a good, and clean job.
Thank you Mark.
This video makes me want to build a forge!
You can do it my friend have some fun thanks for watching and the comment
Very impressive Kevin.
The flux core is running well & I think I will go down that road for fabrication of projects.!!
Tbh flux core is garbage
@@elijahbates9643 You're ego and lack of knowledge is showing. Please tuck all that back in.
The magick of the flame! 🤩
Next one I'll do in 30 seconds LOL
Nice job it,s good to have the right tools to work with.
That's for sure thanks Danny I've been sick sorry for the late reply
we have been sick too stomach virus.
@@dannydunnagan3267 had a sinus infection now I got a cough I can't get rid of.
I agree with the comment below. Great Job!!!
Forge looks great! You’re tougher than I am welding flux core without gloves 😂😂 some of those BB’s are painful!
They are sometime lol thanks for the comment and watching
Nice job
That’s awesome thank you sir for sharing your knowledge
You are very welcome.
Thank you so much for the comment and watching.
I think everybody starts with a hairdryer for their first low-buck forge. I still have one that looks like it was in a housefire from my first, and it still blows air mostly out the front! Since moving up to a 'high bypass' leaf blower (😎) that can scream more air in for crucible days, my only problem is finding good diameter stainless steel that won't melt! Oddly enough, charcoal chimney-style starters are a lot more durable than you'd think for that purpose, or I lucked out and the factory that day was running Inconel, ha!
Yes, your coupler is silicone and will handle ~800F, though as you said, as long as air is passing through and around it, you'd have to worry about the welds melting down first long before your heat ever gets way down there!
Junkyard Forge works every time.
Awesome idea for a forge. I'm going to build something similar myself. Cheers for the great idea.
Thanks for the comment good luck on your build.
Thanks again for the great idea, here's what I made of it. ua-cam.com/video/qWClYGe3GTU/v-deo.html
Cheers Roman.
Real good stuff.
Thank you
Very cool build thanks
Thanks for the comment glad you liked it
Clever. The rubber looks like an aftermarket turbo collector, probably been pointed out before!
Your right Mark thanks for the comment.
Very good show. Thanks for the ideas.
Thank you for the comment glad you liked it.
Great video, thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Thank you so much for the comment and watching.
looks great love the idea may use my old drums
Thanks for watching Rick
Fantastic !!!
Thank you for the comment
Good project, I made my forge out of an old camping gas bottle, I cut it in half length way's and inverted one half into the other and seam welded them together, but not before cutting a hole for the hair dryer, then drilled holes along the length of the furnace bottom for air flow from the dryer, works brilliantly. All the best to you. Paul.
Cool idea
Did you sand off the exterior coating of enamel paint?
👍well done!
Thank you James
Nice build!
Thank you Lennie
I goning to build myself one, thanks for a great video Kevin.
Fun project
Great job👍
Thank you
Very good work!
Thank you Hans Franson
You da Man !!!
Thank you Joel.
I had a job once where my job title was Plant manager/Blacksmith Engineer, you have that kind of knowledge and talent.
Thank you so much for the comment AdamosDad.
That looks great!!
Would stop the birds getting down the chimney too!
Thanks i appreciate the comment and you watching.
Wow, I haven't been here in ages. Crazy how busy life gets that draws us apart eh old friend. I trust/hope all is well at the new homestead my old friend.
It's so good to hear from you friend you have to see my cat she works with me I name her after your dog Sophie lol
Thank you so much for the visit.
@@Robinson-Homestead It is nice to see what you are up to these days. I was just reminiscing about the day you turned left off the road into that wall of bush. I have a bunch to get caught up on. I just told her about your little fe-line. I think she liked that and it makes me feel kind of special too my friend. Thanks eh.
Tomoko ,it is good to hear from you , yes we came a long way but still a lot of projects to do maybe one day we will get done but i doubt it lol.I am glad to hear your doggie like that we named our kitty cat after her. take care and thanks for watching.
@@Robinson-Homestead One guarantee in life when we go into a situation that you have here is there will NEVER be nothing to do, LOL. Big or small, makes no difference eh. Getting the big takes 20% of the time and that 80% of the time for finishing as you know sooooo well SO YOU CAN PLAN ON TAKING IT EASY IN YOUR SEINIOR YEARS. It will be really nice to travel along with you old friend.
Nice 👍
Thanks.
Very cool
Very good friend
excellent idea.
Thanks Guy.
Great job
Thank you
Not one "ouch that's hot" comment in the video, haha awesome forge too. Love the simplicity of the whole process.
Haha thanks for watching.
Good job!
Thanks David
My first forge I used a bean can and silver tape to connect the hair dryer, worked as good as it needed to until I upgraded! The point is, if you want to give it a go just do it, find, beg,borrow or pilfer the materials to build and get started, you wont regret it, unless the pilfering part bites you in the arse!😂 get forging, its great fun and very addictive!
Thanks for the comment Paul.
Great job sir !!!!, Your forging is very good, I want one, greetings from the Peruvian jungle and God bless you.
Thank you so much for watching
Thanks for the ideas, I'm,gonna try making mine from a 55 gallon drum
That should work
That should work
That should work
Perfect rivet maker
Good idea thanks.
Very cool got pieces together for drum type just gotta weld legs and I didn't know about that rattler deal thinking I'm going to use some old t Post that were Bent should have 3 with enough straight to make leg's
That works thanks S.D.
Thanks for sharing m8
Thank you.
Good video. Thanks for that.
No problem! Thanks for watching
cool forge - thanx ;)
Thanks for the comment and watching glad you liked it.
I used the outer 16" rim ring from a cube van dually truck. The portion the tire would mount to unbolts and is then the perfect size for the coals. I remember the first times I started to weld. My teacher said "when your getting a good weld it should sound just like your frying up some good greasy bacon". That is a good reference when learning to weld imo. You'll squeeze a few more cfm using hairdriers if you disable the heating coil, since the colder the air becomes the more dense it becomes, its obvious that equals a hotter forge. That's merely nit picking ISPO. But if you can use a touch more of cfm it helps to get it there. Thanks for the upload blacksmith I always find some tips that are useful.
Thank you so much i appreciate all the tips.
neat build
Thanks
Nice!!
Thanks Faye Turner.
Your Forge design is compact and very practical - Like the finished product and demonstration - keep up the good work 👌👍👍😵💫👍
Thank you glad you liked it fun project