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Young Bowyer:
I was wondering if anybody has made their own forge, plans are appreciated, also any good places to buy hammers/anvils ect.?

triggerfinger:
ive never built a forge but have built several foundries for melting metals.  You can google home made foundry and come up with a ton of plans.  The biggest deal is the refractory material, if you cant find a good home made version ill look up my recipe .  you should be able to heat it with charcoal and any air source, i used a blow dryer as my bellows.

Dane:
Google backyardmetalcasting. There is a wealth of metal working info, so much stuff you're eyes will pop out of your head.

There are a number of good books on building a forge. The Art of Blacksmithing by Alex W. Bealer is good. The Complete Modern Blacksmith by Weygers is good. So is Blacksmithing Basics for the Homestead, by DeLaRonde. The Blacksmith: Ironworker & Farrier is superby, by Aldren A. Watson. He gives complete info on building a forge, including building bellows. Beautiful illustrations. If I ever have the space and resources to build a forge, this book is the one I will use.

Dane

jonathan creason:
You wanting a gas or coal forge?  Also, what size stuff are you wanting to hammer out?  Post anvils can be made pretty easily (and much cheaper than a real anvil).  At the very least they'll get you by until you learn the ropes.

Young Bowyer:
jonathon creason: Charcoal I assume with some sort of air source to fuel it.  And I was planning on making chisels, spearheads, and knives.
Dane: Thanks, i've been looking around for books, i'll see if they have it on Amazon.
triggerfinger: Would barbeque charcoal work? Or you could burn ironwood in a barrel with no air in it like charcloth. I think ive seen that on a Ray Mears program in Sweden.

Thanks everyone

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