Forge built in 5 minutes!!

how to build a simple propane forge in a few minutes!
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• blacksmithing
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• forging
• knifemaking

[TravelerWhereof]

My land is full of scrap, I don't want to sell it for cruddy money that will be lost to bills and taxes. I want to turn into useful durable old fashioned tools, Like the old fantastic American made hoes, pickaxe, double bladed axes, rakes and more! I'm sick of chinese cheaply made cruddy so called `tools that breaks in couple uses. Well my point is, have you made some big stuff like that? oh as well as some really strong-sharp swords?

[modernblacksmith]

@TravelerWhereof have not made any heavy swords......YET!!! I would want to have a proper power hammer to make garden tools. it's just too much work to make by hand

[oaney]

I am no expert, but I believe the generic term for the KAOWOOL material you are using is just Stone Wool, or Rock Wool. It has that name because it is a natural stone or rock material that is blown into strands (silica if I am not mistaken). It goes by various brand names, it is used in residential insulation in some applications (though fiberglass is much more popular). Just do a search for 'rockwool insulation' and you will find all the various different types.

Great vid, good advice, thanks!

[modernblacksmith]

@oaney not really sure just know it mostly as refractory wool it's used generally to line furnace and boiler burn chambers

[sk3ller21]

i dont get it..he made a propane forge then at the end he said "but propane is expensive go with coal" why didnt he just show us how to make a coal forge?

[modernblacksmith]

@sk3ller21 I have. not many folks have access to coal.

[PikaJew95]

Really interested in the vids man, i turn 17 next week and i think i'm going to get into this a little bit with my dad when he gets back from overseas, how easy do you think it would be to make a forge?

[salonikios76]

are woodstoves made from galvanize dangerous?

[graphixkillzzz]

gonna do that with some fire bricks.  wish me luck!

[graphixkillzzz]

you're awesome! thank you for the weed killer thingy! ^_^v

[yoicho37660]

I just built a coffee can forge. 2 layers of kaowool and some furnace cement..used a mapp gas torch for the flame.

I heated a 7/8 inch diameter bar of steel, it was the end of a bull point chisel for a rotary hammer.

It got it to a high orange/white heat in a very short time. I was very impressed by the heat.

I only want to make some small woodworking tools and some hinges and other hardware items so I think this forge will serve me well.

[STREETRAT211]

i'm in the process of getting into blacksmithing and i have an anvil, a TON of steel, about twenty hammers, a blower, and a brake drum for a small brake drum forge but i can't seem to find any 2" threaded black iron pipe or coal! would anybody know where i could get some?

[ardvarkkkkk1]

@modernblacksmith If they don't, they haven't looked. It's everywhere.

[IanRobot]

I got very mild metal fume fever it SUCKED.

[ryankim3612]

Thank you Sir! Your vid's are always very informative and helpful. Thank you for taking the time to educate others. Your good people. Subscribed.

[man4cannabis]

thanks for vid and i subscribed