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Forge build plans?
Mafort:
Was wondering what anyone had as far as plans to build a coal forge? I have a barrel I could cut up and use the bottom of. I’m figuring a pipe to pump air in and a way to make a little stand? Anyone care to give some guidance
Don W:
Here was my build https://bladesmithing.timetestedtools.net/2699-2/
Morgan:
The route I went when deciding if forging knives was a hobby I wanted was a dirt forge. You can look up on google JABOD (stands for just a box of dirt) forge and it will take you to several threads on builds and operations.
If you don’t have high clay soil, you can add some cat litter. The benefit to this is that you can mold your firepot literally any way you would like and change it at will for zero cost and little time expended.
I used a forge like this for a year or so before making my first propane forge and have only used it once since because the propane is just so much faster and more efficient. For my dirt box I used an old grill because it was already at the height I wanted and had precut holes that worked for my air pipe.
You can do the same with a hole in the ground, (what I used on the first knife I made), but you are working off the ground and that’s not very enjoyable.
Morgan:
--- Quote from: Don W on September 13, 2021, 03:46:37 pm ---Here was my build https://bladesmithing.timetestedtools.net/2699-2/
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Don, I like that nessmuk looking blade on that page you linked. You did a good job on that dude.
Don W:
--- Quote from: Morgan on September 13, 2021, 04:25:47 pm ---
--- Quote from: Don W on September 13, 2021, 03:46:37 pm ---Here was my build https://bladesmithing.timetestedtools.net/2699-2/
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Don, I like that nessmuk looking blade on that page you linked. You did a good job on that dude.
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Thanks. I need to make another one. I sold that one.
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