Ten Dollar Forge

This is my ten dollar forge. I talk like a total nit in this vid, as I become delirious with joy at the sight of hot steel.

Sorry about the odd aspect ratio, guy with camera decided to hold it sideways...

Category:

Howto & Style

Tags:

• forge
• cheap
• budget
• diy
• easy
• forging
• steel
• metal
• welding
• hammer

[suribache2]

man! where did you get firebricks for 10 bucks? i really want to know.. cause i really would like some but cant find them anywhere for less then 20 a piece

[udadni]

@suribache2 A company called Mutual Materials has locations in Washington state, Idaho and Oregon. They sell firebricks for 2-3 dollars each. When I was first looking for bricks I had been seeking bricks with much higher temperature standards than I actually needed, perhaps you're finding higher temperature bricks than you need?

[aznguy11111]

now let's talk about that anvil u used....

how much did u get it for

[udadni]

@aznguy11111 I bought it for $15 from a blacksmith who was downsizing their shop. I feel like many people set too high of standards for their starting equipment. While a chinese cast iron anvil is far from adequate for a serious practicing blacksmith, the inexpensive anvils sold by Grizzly are a great way to learn how the metal responds to the hammer. their anvils come as cheap as $30

[TechnicusJoe]

Nice for forging video, but you shouldn't use brickets as they give much ash and can make the metal useless. My advice is to use lump charcoal or low sulfur coal(what i use) gives more heat, less debri and more fun.

keep on forging!

[udadni]

Thanks for the tip! Actually I know how awful charcoal briquettes are, but I was using them because I am just getting started, and were the only thing available at the time, making them a cost effective solution to make it so I could start practicing. There's a smith in my town that makes and sells lump charcoal for $0.50 per pound, so I'll be using that.

[dogbone222]

@udadni I'm using regular bricks will that do?

[STREETRAT211]

love the anvil

[Turel12399]

neat dude. funny looking anvil you have there

[TechnicusJoe]

that's a real reasonble price for the charcoal, but as you get more in to it you'll notice that charcoal burns about less hot and not as long as coal does, but hey i started with charcoal and it was great to experiment with and now it's up for coal, i hope to see more vids :)

Joe