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Homemade Blacksmithing Forge?

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triggerfinger:
i melted about 10 lbs of aluminum with my homemade foundry with charcoal briquettes.  I melted about 2 pounds of cast iron the same way.  If youre gonna use briquettes buy the cheap stuff, youll burn a ton of it

sadiejane:
my fav book on the subject-Wayne Goddard's $50 Knife Shop
there are lots of great vids on youtube
from bbq grills, to simple fire brick, using a propane torch, digging a hole in the ground, using your firepit...
and on and on and on
just do a search on youtube
and spend the next week(s) watching
its amazing what folks come up with and how really simple it can be

Young Bowyer:
Thanks for the info everybody.  :)
I was wondering if anybody has experience with Centaur Forge. Here's the link:  http://www.centaurforge.com/
Thinking of getting tongs, apron and smithing coal from there.
Thanks again!

Dag:
I made a small portable forge out of a coffee can.  It lasted for about 4 or 5 smithing sessions. A lot longer than I expected.  I put clay/dirt on the bottom then set one of the LARGE chilli cans in the middle and filled the sides in with clay/dirt and packed it tight. Then drilled a hole on the side so the it would end up going into the chilli can near the bottom. And I angled the hole down to avoid ash blockage.  I used a small plug-in air mattress blower-up'er for air (way to much force, should used a two way hand pump or somethin' else). Finally, used lump charcoal for fuel.

A good first set-up and I managed to get about six bodkins out of it in  one afternoon with my meager smithing skills, lol.  Simple and zero cost what so ever.

jermcramp1:
I made a coal forge out of an old plow disc, welded 3 legs and a blow tube up center, used a piece of steel with holes drilled in for towyer plate,

find a ferriers store near you, I got 50# bags of coal for $15, hammers from northern tool $7, lowes and the hd have them as well, used welding gloves, used a chunk of reailroad track for anvil, made several knives.

You can also use a drum from a car, bbqpit, hole in the ground, stacked bricks, a hiar dryer, shop vac, radiator fan, window unit...

Youtube is where I got all my ideas.

Look up greenpete from the uk, he makes some of the simplest... good luck and post pics!


biggest lesson I learned is that a lighter accurate hammer works way better than a heavy one. 

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