@slip23us I am using lump charcoal, soft wood burns hotter and faster, hard wood burns slower and not so hot. example of soft wood: Pine. example of hard wood: oak. I use almost any, like scraps of 2 x 4's.
The bricks are used as a heat shield to keep the I beam from melting right? And, could I replace the shop vac with a regular bike pump if I found a way to funnel it all into the pipe?
@MickyChicky33 The bricks do protect the I beam but their purpose is to create a radiant heat chamber so that all the heat is not coming from the fuel. I use a high capacity air mattress pump that can be purchased at Wal-Mart for approximately 10 dollars, it is plastic so make a small space between metal and plastic with the duck tape. I normally use a hair drier for my air supply but used the shop vac because it was on hand at the time (shop vac is a bit too powerful).
@JBThunder2000 Ohhh, I see now, thanks, lol. I have one of those pumps too, and I was thinking of using that instead of the bike pump too,thanks for confirming that I can too! And, the vac being too powerful would make the fuel burn up too fast, right? I'd heard of hair driers being used before too, which gave me the idea of the air pump, and people use it because it creates heated air right?
@MickyChicky33 The shop vac causes the fuel to burn quickly but it also make the fire difficult to control, turn your back too long and your knife will melt. The hair drier is used on the cool setting, I found one at a second hand store for 3 dollars. It has just the right amount of air, much easier to control.
@MickyChicky33 If you get Wayne Goddard's book "The Wonder of Knifemaking," 2nd Edition. I have a forge called the Volcano forge on page 116-117. That is a much better forge. But hey, whatever works, go with it.
I used to do my hardening in a Dakota fire hole with a similar pipe setup (instead of the plug, I had hammered the pipe's end into a wedge shape, easier to drive through the ground, no digging the air hole). Now I do it in an open fire with a 12v battery, a 92mm computer fan and some flexible steel pipe providing the airflow.
@ratbertovich the simple fact is that it works. Cool. I do not understand why people have such a hard time thinking low tech. I do many different methods and most of them are in the woods. I love forging knives in the woods!
@JBThunder2000 Low tech stuff rocks not only is it cheaper but it works the same. As far as people having a hard time maybe cause it dont look pretty... lol
@MrTXWolfie Unfortunately most Americans want the best money can buy and they want someone else to do it all for them. Not really all Americans I guess just the ones I rum into.
YOU SIR ARE AWESOME...you just solved every design problem I was having..lol..thanks...my Bellows box will easily hook up to something like that and it reaches the length of the fuel. Do have a question though, would cinderblocks work for a forge or do they break apart. I have a pile of those and a pile of red brick. Any info would be appreciated.
@offenwrong they do but have a very short life span, start cracking and deteriorating. I might use them in a one time fire because you can even dig a hole in the ground. Try making fire clay, find a local deposit mix half clay half sand and throw a couple hand fulls of wood as in it. Don't use too much water.
@offenwrong Also you might use an old hair drier for the air supply, it has plenty of air. I use duck tape and do not allow plastic to touch metal that might get hot. The tape will melt if it gets hot. Been doing it this way for years no problems. Good luck.
@JBThunder2000 actually I have a design for a Japanese box bellows that I am tinkering with to make vertical and use a pulley system to make it work, trying to keep my shop as low tech as possible...when I get materials and learn how to post vids I will be showing what I can.
@AndyChiu3 Sorry it was not runescape related....it was captured by simplicity. You know, can it be that simple. Of course it can because it is not rocket science, it is building a simple forge to get started making knives and swords. It is easy. Did I say that right? It is so incredibly easy to build a forge! So....do it and get started.
Its a great idea. My eldest son is a senior in high school and he wants to try it out and maybe even apprentice with someone. Its the first real spark I've seen in his eyes about a career.
@ishmashaw I have found the same thing with the spark of interest, I work with several kids teaching them how to blacksmith and bladesmith without spending any money, just being creative and spending energy. Great stress relief.
Hey, that's your preference. I just found it distracting from subject. Sorry, I tend to critique videos. "Constructive" criticism. I do like the video though.
@ishmashaw No problem. We all have different likes and dislikes, that is what makes people so interesting, the differences. The important thing is to get forging. I ordered a set of tongs the other day off the internet and became angry with the pliers size things I received. I forged a nice pair because of that.
@dsdragonspawn 0 dollars because I had all the stuff. The hard fire brick cost 1 dollar each from Lowe's when I bought them 5 years before. So not really money just time to find the stuff. I build a simple forge by digging a hole in the ground in a few minutes, made a 500 dollar knife in that one. Most of the cost in making knives is labor, not materials.
@dsdragonspawn It is so easy. You don't even need fire brick if you dig a whole in the ground. If you line it with fire clay that will reflect heat onto the metal, if no clay or brick all heat comes from fuel, which make you use more fuel.
@honeybunchickens All three are hot; propane, coal and charcoal. Many use propane because it is cleaner, not all the smoke and grime. The fire can be started from the push of a button. Coal gives great heat, but has a lot of smoke, you have to clean clinkers out of the bottom of forge as they build up. Charcoal burns hot and fast, and nice reducing atmousphere. Propane and coal are the most expensive. Coal may be hard to come by. Charcoal is my choice but all work well.
@JBThunder2000 Hey thanks for the reply. I never get a response back from the person who puts the vid on especially when theres more then 103,000 views with a shit load of comments you get in your emails
@MAD2be1 brand name cowboy charcoal from Lowe's. It is not as good as the charcoal I make, theirs is a bit grity due to the nitrogen they use to halt the charing process. 100% all natural, ya right. But it works. Mine requires a lot of labor, time and that must be weighed, you know what I mean?
Im starting out with blacksmithign and Im new to forge welding. bout how hot do i have to get the metal before its solid welded? a color comparison would be great.
@jakobboy1 yes it is, but it is not the best for the job because it is too powerful. Hair dryer is better. I just use the shop vac to show that you could.
@Snado Zero dollars, just keep your eyes open for junk that can be utilized to make an efficient forge. Very simple; need fuel and air supply, the firebrick is used to make a heat sink so that you do not have to use so much fuel, improved efficiency. This could very well be made from a hole in the ground, easy.
@agoldek Lump charcoal from Lowe's, called cowboy charcoal, better to make your own, just takes a while, labor intensive. I find commercial charcoal a bit grits like gravel,
@xRAGExxLYNX You need an air supply to increase the forging temp. I just used a shop vac for this demo because I had one to use. Actually it provides too much air, a hair drier will provide just the right amount.
So i have a question. I've been forging things for a while and experimenting on different things, and I came across an intresting design. It's called a flame dagger and I was wondering if you know how to make one, or have any tips or both. The more info the better. Thanks for the help.
@JBThunder2000 its quite easy to make, all you need to do is shape the blade and put the bends into it and then add the bevel and make sure its not warped then voila!
@purejpm I do not call them flaming daggers but wavy daggers. I have actually made quite a few of them, one with a 12 inch blade. I love this type of blade! I have one on my web page boanergescustomknives.co
@purejpm I used to live in Canada when I was younger, Ontario. I love Canada is where I started making knives! I loved camping there, found a lot of insperation.
@SuperTrackstar22 I like willy wonka, just watched the old Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory two nights ago, funny you should say that. Maybe it was a subconcious thing I don't know.
Hey, great vid by the way :D im planning on making a forge like urs but do u have any ideas on a substitute for the I-beam for the base of the forge? thanks
@redviolin1231 Dig a hole in the ground, use some type of metal bucket, cut a metal 5 gal. bucket in half length wise, etc........ use your imagination. I dug a hole in the ground, stuck a pipe in it and through wood in it, no fire brick. Made a 500 dollar knife from a hole in the ground. It would have worked better with refractory in the hole, so all the heat would not have to come from the fuel, still worked.
I am going to try to make a similar forge using two roof tiles in a V with a pipe with wholes in the bottom. The tiles will be covered in refractory mortar. I will be using a hairdryer as my air source. Is it sufficient? Also, do you need a lid on the forge like you? I have seen a lot of charcoal forges who do not have any. Great video and thanks for the inspiration!
@vlf0lh41 I use a hair drier most of the time, it is perfect. You do not have to put a top on it. I have been making them with tops lately because they use less few and seem to be hotter.
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@perfektlove1 I had the fire brick but if you had to buy it, 1 dollar a brick. Look around for scraps all the time. I believe in cheap. That does not mean it will not work efficiently and facilitate the steel in reaching critical temperatures.
@Jack1knife Always keep your eyes open, I found that one at a construction site for a bridge and asked it I could have it. I have been forging for 33 years and have never bought steel, ever.
@medievallover120 I get rid of a lot of stress forging. Have you ever looked at my web page? I have always loved knives and if I never sold another knife I would go on making them until my number is up. I am hoping to go back to Canada to visit on a motorcycle trip, in the near future and show my wife the old stomping ground. I remember as a kid camping with my father and brother and listening wolves howl all night long, it was fantastic.
Thats awesome man. I live in Saskatchewan. Canada is an amazing place. Canada isn't always cold for those who didn't know. :) Didn't direct that to you JB. I haven't done much knife forging. I've made one cold forging. But I should really get into knife forging.
@medievallover120 Works good, do not need to mess with threads rusting up when pipe needs cleaned. Just ram a dowl or metal rod through, while cleaning and then replace for the next time.
@medievallover120 I saw on your profile that you are from Canada. I lived in Ontario for 4 years when I was going to high school. Canada is where I started making knives an incredible place. The first time I went winter camping I thought I was going to die, being 15 years old, since it was -70 F with the wind factor. I want to get back up there to forge a knife in a remote area my father and I used to camp.
you have a good idea but i saw a guy who put gasoline before he lighted it and his charcole caught on fire good but the idea is pretty good besides its not like im an expert your the one who does the work i would be way to lazy and scared to get in trouble because im just a kid
Man I sure appriciate the negative comments of warlock....really I am not kidding! He has motivated me to make knives and swords with primative methods like no one I can think of in the recent past. I love recycling junk to make fantastic high quality blades. You really inspired me. Thanks man.
i have a brake drum off of a truck, an offroad trucktire rim and plenty of rocks. i just had to pawn my only survival/sheath knife and now i need to replace....and ideas on how to construct the forge?
@knifecollector93 Line the drum with fire clay: 50% clay, 50% sand and couple hand fulls of wood ash for added refractory. Mix with water, not too much or it will not hold it's shape. Bring an air supply up through the bottom and you are ready to rock and roll.
@JBThunder2000 thanks for the info! btw-accidently gave you a thumbsdown vote or somthing like that. i guess youtube decided to be a little more annoying and changed the buttons
Hey, there is a pretty good magazine called, "The Backwoodsman Magazine." If you were to send them 4 or 5 pictures of you making this forge, with a written discription of what you are doing, I bet it would get published in the mag. They don't pay for the article, but they give you a subscription instead, and it's a pretty good mag. You can find them on the net (google it), and the mag sells in Walmart, Hasting, etc. I think people would be very interested in your forge.
The one I was using does have a blow hole. Plastic melts so don't use one that does not have a blow hole. I actually do not use a shop vac all the time, too much air blast, it was an experiment but it still works. I had to hold the hose at a little distance by hand. Try a hair dryer that just has a fan, that is plenty of air. I got one at a second hand store for three bucks. The idea is to use what you have, cheap.
Using $10,000 equipment does not automatically make a product better. If you criticize the simplicity of this forge you fail to realize the what the early days of this art where like.
@MonoxideChild1219 farm frenzy, from which I believe this music is taken, it was a reply to a post by zexeru but the way comments are uploaded onto youtube makes it look like I was completely off my trucking trolley.
I like this post, but really wish you'd take the banjo and set it right in the middle of the forge when it's nice and hot. Maybe the banjo can feel the same hell my ears had to go through while watching this beauty being constructed.
That depends on where you live, and how much work you're willing to invest in it. If you're going to do a LOT of smithing, charcoal is cheaper, since you can just make your own for next to nothing.
is there a store that sales fire bricks?
lest128 1 month ago
@lest128 Lowe's or Home Depot, hardware stores or make your own.
JBThunder2000 1 month ago
What kind of wood or coals should I use ??
slip23us 2 months ago
@slip23us I am using lump charcoal, soft wood burns hotter and faster, hard wood burns slower and not so hot. example of soft wood: Pine. example of hard wood: oak. I use almost any, like scraps of 2 x 4's.
JBThunder2000 2 months ago
The bricks are used as a heat shield to keep the I beam from melting right? And, could I replace the shop vac with a regular bike pump if I found a way to funnel it all into the pipe?
MickyChicky33 3 months ago
@MickyChicky33 The bricks do protect the I beam but their purpose is to create a radiant heat chamber so that all the heat is not coming from the fuel. I use a high capacity air mattress pump that can be purchased at Wal-Mart for approximately 10 dollars, it is plastic so make a small space between metal and plastic with the duck tape. I normally use a hair drier for my air supply but used the shop vac because it was on hand at the time (shop vac is a bit too powerful).
JBThunder2000 3 months ago
@JBThunder2000 Ohhh, I see now, thanks, lol. I have one of those pumps too, and I was thinking of using that instead of the bike pump too,thanks for confirming that I can too! And, the vac being too powerful would make the fuel burn up too fast, right? I'd heard of hair driers being used before too, which gave me the idea of the air pump, and people use it because it creates heated air right?
MickyChicky33 3 months ago
@MickyChicky33 The shop vac causes the fuel to burn quickly but it also make the fire difficult to control, turn your back too long and your knife will melt. The hair drier is used on the cool setting, I found one at a second hand store for 3 dollars. It has just the right amount of air, much easier to control.
JBThunder2000 3 months ago
@JBThunder2000 Wow, it would have sucked having to find out that could happen the hard way! lol
And cool, I'll get one as soon as my forge is made, :) Thanks for all the info!
MickyChicky33 3 months ago
@MickyChicky33 No problem.
JBThunder2000 3 months ago
@MickyChicky33 If you get Wayne Goddard's book "The Wonder of Knifemaking," 2nd Edition. I have a forge called the Volcano forge on page 116-117. That is a much better forge. But hey, whatever works, go with it.
JBThunder2000 3 months ago
I used to do my hardening in a Dakota fire hole with a similar pipe setup (instead of the plug, I had hammered the pipe's end into a wedge shape, easier to drive through the ground, no digging the air hole). Now I do it in an open fire with a 12v battery, a 92mm computer fan and some flexible steel pipe providing the airflow.
ratbertovich 5 months ago
@ratbertovich the simple fact is that it works. Cool. I do not understand why people have such a hard time thinking low tech. I do many different methods and most of them are in the woods. I love forging knives in the woods!
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
@JBThunder2000 Low tech stuff rocks not only is it cheaper but it works the same. As far as people having a hard time maybe cause it dont look pretty... lol
MrTXWolfie 5 months ago
@MrTXWolfie Unfortunately most Americans want the best money can buy and they want someone else to do it all for them. Not really all Americans I guess just the ones I rum into.
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
The music is pretty cool BTW!
Claresdragoon 5 months ago
@Claresdragoon Thanks.
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
YOU SIR ARE AWESOME...you just solved every design problem I was having..lol..thanks...my Bellows box will easily hook up to something like that and it reaches the length of the fuel. Do have a question though, would cinderblocks work for a forge or do they break apart. I have a pile of those and a pile of red brick. Any info would be appreciated.
offenwrong 5 months ago
@offenwrong they do but have a very short life span, start cracking and deteriorating. I might use them in a one time fire because you can even dig a hole in the ground. Try making fire clay, find a local deposit mix half clay half sand and throw a couple hand fulls of wood as in it. Don't use too much water.
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
@JBThunder2000 thanks
offenwrong 5 months ago
@offenwrong Also you might use an old hair drier for the air supply, it has plenty of air. I use duck tape and do not allow plastic to touch metal that might get hot. The tape will melt if it gets hot. Been doing it this way for years no problems. Good luck.
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
@JBThunder2000 actually I have a design for a Japanese box bellows that I am tinkering with to make vertical and use a pulley system to make it work, trying to keep my shop as low tech as possible...when I get materials and learn how to post vids I will be showing what I can.
offenwrong 5 months ago
@offenwrong That is funny because I am working on a Japanese box bellows also. Cool. Hope it goes good for you. Later man.
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
I was expecting the top comment to be runescape related ...
AndyChiu3 5 months ago
@AndyChiu3 Sorry it was not runescape related....it was captured by simplicity. You know, can it be that simple. Of course it can because it is not rocket science, it is building a simple forge to get started making knives and swords. It is easy. Did I say that right? It is so incredibly easy to build a forge! So....do it and get started.
JBThunder2000 5 months ago
Its a great idea. My eldest son is a senior in high school and he wants to try it out and maybe even apprentice with someone. Its the first real spark I've seen in his eyes about a career.
ishmashaw 6 months ago
@ishmashaw I have found the same thing with the spark of interest, I work with several kids teaching them how to blacksmith and bladesmith without spending any money, just being creative and spending energy. Great stress relief.
JBThunder2000 6 months ago
Hey, that's your preference. I just found it distracting from subject. Sorry, I tend to critique videos. "Constructive" criticism. I do like the video though.
ishmashaw 6 months ago
@ishmashaw No problem. We all have different likes and dislikes, that is what makes people so interesting, the differences. The important thing is to get forging. I ordered a set of tongs the other day off the internet and became angry with the pliers size things I received. I forged a nice pair because of that.
JBThunder2000 6 months ago
How about the music without the singing. I muted it 10 seconds in.
ishmashaw 6 months ago
@ishmashaw Sorry man I like the music.
JBThunder2000 6 months ago
This is a great video.
Simple furnace, yet effective.
A7suX 6 months ago
@A7suX Yep, easy and effective. Thanks.
JBThunder2000 6 months ago
how much did this forge cost in total?
dsdragonspawn 7 months ago
@dsdragonspawn 0 dollars because I had all the stuff. The hard fire brick cost 1 dollar each from Lowe's when I bought them 5 years before. So not really money just time to find the stuff. I build a simple forge by digging a hole in the ground in a few minutes, made a 500 dollar knife in that one. Most of the cost in making knives is labor, not materials.
JBThunder2000 7 months ago
@JBThunder2000 well hearing that i will have to look into making a forge and a knife
dsdragonspawn 7 months ago
@dsdragonspawn It is so easy. You don't even need fire brick if you dig a whole in the ground. If you line it with fire clay that will reflect heat onto the metal, if no clay or brick all heat comes from fuel, which make you use more fuel.
JBThunder2000 7 months ago
that forge actually looked pretty cool
sk3ller21 7 months ago
@sk3ller21 Thanks
JBThunder2000 7 months ago
what type of pipe is that for your blower ?
kbk1061 7 months ago
@kbk1061 2 inch plumbing pipe
JBThunder2000 7 months ago
lol @ jealous people who clicked didnt like
StelloLIVE 8 months ago
@StelloLIVE we all have different songs playing in our heads
JBThunder2000 8 months ago
man the that song sucks .
solvssod 8 months ago
@solvssod everyone has an opinion.
JBThunder2000 8 months ago
Whats hotter propane forge or coal forge And whats cheaper on fuel
honeybunchickens 8 months ago
@honeybunchickens All three are hot; propane, coal and charcoal. Many use propane because it is cleaner, not all the smoke and grime. The fire can be started from the push of a button. Coal gives great heat, but has a lot of smoke, you have to clean clinkers out of the bottom of forge as they build up. Charcoal burns hot and fast, and nice reducing atmousphere. Propane and coal are the most expensive. Coal may be hard to come by. Charcoal is my choice but all work well.
JBThunder2000 8 months ago
@JBThunder2000 Hey thanks for the reply. I never get a response back from the person who puts the vid on especially when theres more then 103,000 views with a shit load of comments you get in your emails
honeybunchickens 8 months ago
@honeybunchickens Well you can't say never anymore. Hope it was helpful.
JBThunder2000 8 months ago
What kind of charcoal did you use?
MAD2be1 8 months ago
@MAD2be1 brand name cowboy charcoal from Lowe's. It is not as good as the charcoal I make, theirs is a bit grity due to the nitrogen they use to halt the charing process. 100% all natural, ya right. But it works. Mine requires a lot of labor, time and that must be weighed, you know what I mean?
JBThunder2000 8 months ago
how hot would that get?
Rhymer3 9 months ago
Just do what I did, google "firebrick" and select 'shopping' to find prices. There are some different prices but most of them are very acceptable.
angeldown 9 months ago
good song
ThePyromaniac500 9 months ago
@ThePyromaniac500 Thanks
JBThunder2000 9 months ago
Im starting out with blacksmithign and Im new to forge welding. bout how hot do i have to get the metal before its solid welded? a color comparison would be great.
kaldicuct 10 months ago
is that a vacuum cleaner that you use as a blower?
jakobboy1 10 months ago
@jakobboy1 yes it is, but it is not the best for the job because it is too powerful. Hair dryer is better. I just use the shop vac to show that you could.
JBThunder2000 10 months ago
how much do fire bricks cost??
skullsplitterspb 11 months ago
I just have one question. How much did it cost to make this?
Snado 11 months ago
@Snado Zero dollars, just keep your eyes open for junk that can be utilized to make an efficient forge. Very simple; need fuel and air supply, the firebrick is used to make a heat sink so that you do not have to use so much fuel, improved efficiency. This could very well be made from a hole in the ground, easy.
JBThunder2000 11 months ago
Nice forge. btw whats the name of this song?
pzarkus 11 months ago
This has been flagged as spam show
So what is it for then?
MapleHue 1 year ago
What kind of coal are you using and where do you buy it? Very COOL i mean HOT : )
Regards
agoldek 1 year ago
@agoldek Lump charcoal from Lowe's, called cowboy charcoal, better to make your own, just takes a while, labor intensive. I find commercial charcoal a bit grits like gravel,
JBThunder2000 11 months ago
@JBThunder2000 are fire bricks cheap, fair priced, or expensive?
jcodym13 9 months ago
Hi so did you put the vac to 'blow'? how do you do that please? thanks. great video!
deejy232 1 year ago
:D nice design
TheMacason 1 year ago
@TheMacason Thanks, key is to Keep It Simple.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
may i ask what you used to cover the top with?
hahaman2189 1 year ago
@hahaman2189 That was a ceramic pizza plate, the kind you use in your oven to get good pizza quality.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 Haha nice. im definenlty gonna try this. thankyou.
hahaman2189 1 year ago
why the shop vac may i ask
xRAGExxLYNX 1 year ago
@xRAGExxLYNX You need an air supply to increase the forging temp. I just used a shop vac for this demo because I had one to use. Actually it provides too much air, a hair drier will provide just the right amount.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
This song is just terrible ....just god awful! But the videos great thank you
mikeysdevilish 1 year ago
@mikeysdevilish It was a good song until Youtube made me change it, sorry.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
So i have a question. I've been forging things for a while and experimenting on different things, and I came across an intresting design. It's called a flame dagger and I was wondering if you know how to make one, or have any tips or both. The more info the better. Thanks for the help.
SuperTrackstar22 1 year ago
@SuperTrackstar22 flame dagger? Never heard of it but it sounds cool.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 its quite easy to make, all you need to do is shape the blade and put the bends into it and then add the bevel and make sure its not warped then voila!
purejpm 1 year ago
@purejpm I do not call them flaming daggers but wavy daggers. I have actually made quite a few of them, one with a 12 inch blade. I love this type of blade! I have one on my web page boanergescustomknives.co
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@purejpm I used to live in Canada when I was younger, Ontario. I love Canada is where I started making knives! I loved camping there, found a lot of insperation.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Ha that song sounds like a mix between a country song and a willy wonka song.
SuperTrackstar22 1 year ago
@SuperTrackstar22 I like willy wonka, just watched the old Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory two nights ago, funny you should say that. Maybe it was a subconcious thing I don't know.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Hey, great vid by the way :D im planning on making a forge like urs but do u have any ideas on a substitute for the I-beam for the base of the forge? thanks
redviolin1231 1 year ago
@redviolin1231 Dig a hole in the ground, use some type of metal bucket, cut a metal 5 gal. bucket in half length wise, etc........ use your imagination. I dug a hole in the ground, stuck a pipe in it and through wood in it, no fire brick. Made a 500 dollar knife from a hole in the ground. It would have worked better with refractory in the hole, so all the heat would not have to come from the fuel, still worked.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
I am going to try to make a similar forge using two roof tiles in a V with a pipe with wholes in the bottom. The tiles will be covered in refractory mortar. I will be using a hairdryer as my air source. Is it sufficient? Also, do you need a lid on the forge like you? I have seen a lot of charcoal forges who do not have any. Great video and thanks for the inspiration!
vlf0lh41 1 year ago
@vlf0lh41 I use a hair drier most of the time, it is perfect. You do not have to put a top on it. I have been making them with tops lately because they use less few and seem to be hotter.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Could you do another video showing a side blast forge? Also, how do you deal with clinkers falling into the pipe?
anon4234 1 year ago
@anon4234 You do not get clinkers because the fuil is charcoal not coal. The pipe gets ash in it, so pull the plug and blow it out.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
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rdpraxedes 1 year ago
Great video Thank you
antimaven 1 year ago
where did you get that metal foundation
aznguy11111 1 year ago
@aznguy11111 Piece of I-beam. Hang around construction sites and beg for scraps.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Thanks for helping show this. Been planning to make some stuff, but didn't know how to make a descent forge.
I liked the music btw.
stbmpw 1 year ago
can you build this with normal red bricks?
ninjazombie15 1 year ago
@ninjazombie15 You probably could but it will not have the same refractory ability and they will deteriorate, I never tried it.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@ninjazombie15
god no! you need insulated fire bricks
Nezumichan1984 1 year ago
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moseseseseses 1 year ago
and how much did this cost?
perfektlove1 1 year ago
@perfektlove1 I had the fire brick but if you had to buy it, 1 dollar a brick. Look around for scraps all the time. I believe in cheap. That does not mean it will not work efficiently and facilitate the steel in reaching critical temperatures.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
were do u get the metal?
perfektlove1 1 year ago
@perfektlove1 Some construction workers gave it to me. They were working on a large bridge and it was a piece of left over scrap metal.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
This is ingenious. I have tried several methods but this looks so much easier. Well done to you sir.
psbibby1984 1 year ago
@psbibby1984 My idea is to always keep it simple, if it is complex break it down into a simple method so it can be understood. ( for teaching how)
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
I'd rather listen to one continuous belch for 7 mins than hear this music.
ithouston 1 year ago
@ithouston I can not belch that long, sorry.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago 6
I miss the other song... i think it was a banjo or something...
fst3v0 1 year ago
Cool! The music was frustrating though...
Zink575 1 year ago
@Zink575 I know
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Cool! The music was frustrating though...
Zink575 1 year ago
ok .. whered you get an I beam.. not easy to come by... exp. so short!
Jack1knife 1 year ago
@Jack1knife Always keep your eyes open, I found that one at a construction site for a bridge and asked it I could have it. I have been forging for 33 years and have never bought steel, ever.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
right when the video start i started snapping my fingers and shaken my head lol
learntodrivenow 1 year ago
@learntodrivenow I always have a song in my head.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 haha its nice!
learntodrivenow 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 Nothing much really. I need to get back into it. I made a crude knife though.
medievallover120 1 year ago
@medievallover120 I get rid of a lot of stress forging. Have you ever looked at my web page? I have always loved knives and if I never sold another knife I would go on making them until my number is up. I am hoping to go back to Canada to visit on a motorcycle trip, in the near future and show my wife the old stomping ground. I remember as a kid camping with my father and brother and listening wolves howl all night long, it was fantastic.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 nothing much really. I'm gonna get back into it. though.
medievallover120 1 year ago
Thats awesome man. I live in Saskatchewan. Canada is an amazing place. Canada isn't always cold for those who didn't know. :) Didn't direct that to you JB. I haven't done much knife forging. I've made one cold forging. But I should really get into knife forging.
medievallover120 1 year ago
@medievallover120 What have you been forging?
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Hahahaha. Fair enough. I have a pipe like this. I should try this.
medievallover120 1 year ago
@medievallover120 Works good, do not need to mess with threads rusting up when pipe needs cleaned. Just ram a dowl or metal rod through, while cleaning and then replace for the next time.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@medievallover120 I saw on your profile that you are from Canada. I lived in Ontario for 4 years when I was going to high school. Canada is where I started making knives an incredible place. The first time I went winter camping I thought I was going to die, being 15 years old, since it was -70 F with the wind factor. I want to get back up there to forge a knife in a remote area my father and I used to camp.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
it looks like a v8
lpngcf420 1 year ago
@lpngcf420 really?
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 yes yes it does
lpngcf420 1 year ago
@lpngcf420 Maybe I should use a v8 next time, nah.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Hey man. What did you use for a plug?
medievallover120 1 year ago
@medievallover120 Mud and grass
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
you have a good idea but i saw a guy who put gasoline before he lighted it and his charcole caught on fire good but the idea is pretty good besides its not like im an expert your the one who does the work i would be way to lazy and scared to get in trouble because im just a kid
5408j 1 year ago
@5408j I was a bit of a fire bug when I was a kid. Thank God I grew out of that.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Nice name btw..boanerges (son's of thunder).
bozez1 1 year ago
@bozez1 thanks
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
Man I sure appriciate the negative comments of warlock....really I am not kidding! He has motivated me to make knives and swords with primative methods like no one I can think of in the recent past. I love recycling junk to make fantastic high quality blades. You really inspired me. Thanks man.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago 2
i have a brake drum off of a truck, an offroad trucktire rim and plenty of rocks. i just had to pawn my only survival/sheath knife and now i need to replace....and ideas on how to construct the forge?
knifecollector93 1 year ago 3
@knifecollector93 Line the drum with fire clay: 50% clay, 50% sand and couple hand fulls of wood ash for added refractory. Mix with water, not too much or it will not hold it's shape. Bring an air supply up through the bottom and you are ready to rock and roll.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@JBThunder2000 thanks for the info! btw-accidently gave you a thumbsdown vote or somthing like that. i guess youtube decided to be a little more annoying and changed the buttons
knifecollector93 1 year ago
@knifecollector93 your wellcome
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
couldnt we used metal... like HEAVY METAL \m/
c0ldelement 1 year ago
Like Manowar.........excellent music for blacksmiths see black wind fire and steel and brothers of metal
warriorofsteel01 1 year ago
@warriorofsteel01 yah or MESHUGGAH - Bleed is what I thought of... lol
c0ldelement 1 year ago
@warriorofsteel01
Check out the video I uploaded March 25 10. I made it in this forge The video is called Ark Angel. It is a different kind of short sword.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
@ZAKxOFxTHExDEAD all bluegrass sucks.
bladesmith1324 1 year ago
Hey, there is a pretty good magazine called, "The Backwoodsman Magazine." If you were to send them 4 or 5 pictures of you making this forge, with a written discription of what you are doing, I bet it would get published in the mag. They don't pay for the article, but they give you a subscription instead, and it's a pretty good mag. You can find them on the net (google it), and the mag sells in Walmart, Hasting, etc. I think people would be very interested in your forge.
sergeantsailorman 1 year ago
wouldnt a shop vac suck the air instead of blowing it to get the flames higher?
clouvy 1 year ago
most shop vacs have a blowing hole nowadays...
Pmw1281 1 year ago
@clouvy
The one I was using does have a blow hole. Plastic melts so don't use one that does not have a blow hole. I actually do not use a shop vac all the time, too much air blast, it was an experiment but it still works. I had to hold the hose at a little distance by hand. Try a hair dryer that just has a fan, that is plenty of air. I got one at a second hand store for three bucks. The idea is to use what you have, cheap.
JBThunder2000 1 year ago
great job, simple always works best
Playborn 2 years ago
Using $10,000 equipment does not automatically make a product better. If you criticize the simplicity of this forge you fail to realize the what the early days of this art where like.
j822bosh 2 years ago 32
TOUCHÉ!!!!
i agree entirely.
hatstalker 2 years ago
whats that large square piece you use for the top?
TheBrownRaven 2 years ago
Ceramic pizza board, made from similar material as hard firebrick.
JBThunder2000 2 years ago
thanks dude
TheBrownRaven 2 years ago
Hey no problem.
JBThunder2000 2 years ago
I think the message almost got lost in that looping sea of banjo pickin' :)
azenlunatic 2 years ago 2
first thing to do is throw that banjo on the forge.
beenthere1run 2 years ago 26
dude that was the coolest fucking music ever. LONG LIVE REDNECKS!! ( no offence.)
max465t 2 years ago
this is the music from farm frenzy game
zexeru 2 years ago
Best. Game. Ever.
Zaeffer 2 years ago
@Zaeffer What the hell are you talking about? lol.
MonoxideChild1219 2 years ago
@MonoxideChild1219 farm frenzy, from which I believe this music is taken, it was a reply to a post by zexeru but the way comments are uploaded onto youtube makes it look like I was completely off my trucking trolley.
Zaeffer 2 years ago
i liked the banjo it was kool ...then again im a kentucky born lol
Andalite789 2 years ago
I like your iniquity. Did your use the blow outlet on the shop vac? Was it enough air flow? Anywho thanks for the post.
homfeldb 2 years ago
@homfeldb iniquity? i think you need to look that word up.
charlesburch 2 years ago
I like this post, but really wish you'd take the banjo and set it right in the middle of the forge when it's nice and hot. Maybe the banjo can feel the same hell my ears had to go through while watching this beauty being constructed.
777strongcoffee 2 years ago 4
thats the most damn redneck forge ive eva seen!!
no jk. its really simple and usefull, and as some1 said below me- enough banjo for the rest of my life.
SaintSlayer02 2 years ago
What is more expensive: this or a propane one?:P
SlappieBob 2 years ago
That depends on where you live, and how much work you're willing to invest in it. If you're going to do a LOT of smithing, charcoal is cheaper, since you can just make your own for next to nothing.
Bertziethegreat 2 years ago
one star cause of the fuckin music. But besides that, cool vid
conradkolo 2 years ago
More banjo and more cowbell please!
classicguitar82 2 years ago
well, that is most certainly enough banjo for one lifetime.
decent forge I suppose, be better to put it in the ground to the bricks aren't just sitting and cant be moved as easy.
nickbownz 2 years ago 4
lump charcoal is expensive, if you can get it coke is better, and cheaper. but one has to work within their resources i spose.
fosterssucks 2 years ago