Home Made Charcoal Barbecue Forge

[Zhucci]

DUDE! I need to do this! You have a link to the instructions you used?

[boatoflol]

Ha nice, my first forge was also a barbecue with a hot fan ^^

A friend of mine said, I would neer get the barbecue hot enough to get Steel at welding temperature. After that Ive heatened it so much, that the Steel started to spark, a second later it was molten down... never underestimate the heat of a barbecue master and its barbecue ^^

[crisnrachel]

Yes...very. However, I've got mine valved down on the outlet hose with a ball valve. Easily controlled and I can put just the right amount of air to it. Works great =D.

[crisnrachel]

A shop vac has an inlet and outlet...you can run them like a blower by attaching the hose to the outlet instead.

[saxonhaste]

thats so red neck it awsum!!!!!!

[crisnrachel]

Thanks! If you mean the cinder blocks on top...I've actually found that they help the forge to hold the heat in, and more importantly, help to create a reducing atmosphere. Fuel consumption dropped by half when I added them (it was open on the top before), and my work had much less scale.

Thanks for the advise though!!

Cris

[TechnicusJoe]

i see but, if you are going to step over to coal like you really want the cinder block of as it gives so much smoke and the blocks may explode of the heat! :P but you can forge a lot longer with coal and it stays hot for some seconds

if you watch my videos youll see what i mean

and im not that much con. about the scale as i can remove it with a wire brush, i usually finish it with sulvuric acid

[crisnrachel]

Ahh, I see.  I haven't noticed any smoke from my charcoal. Plus it's free and coal costs lol. Also my neighbors wouldn't appreciate coal smoke so I'd have to use coke...which is REALLY expensive.

As for the scale...scale is the arch rival of a bladesmith lol. The work is so fine, it's necessary to combat scale anywhere you can! That's also why I wet forge.

Thanks again though!

Cris

[TechnicusJoe]

and thank you for the listening

Joe

[mdc2296]

whats the shop vac for

[newschoololdschool]

Actually, I have heard that soft firebrick is the way to go. Gives the insulation and can handle the temps without blowing up. I haven't found any myself but I've been told not to go to brick yards, they don't know the difference between that stuff and hard firebrick (a very poor insulator).

[alwaysmrknifeguy]

@newschoololdschool maybe you could get some at a furnace store such as places that sell wood burning stoves?we have firebrick in our wood stove but idk what type it is

[TechnicusJoe]

looking good but you should take the bricks away and use coal if you can, that works way better

Take care and much succes

Joe