Just how much air does a forge really need?
With my brake-drum forge, it seems like I almost have to leave the hair dryer blower on Low speed at all times. Now, I know that this can't be what people with hand cranks and bellows do... If I don't...
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You need a deeper forge, simple as that. You want at least two inches under your work and another two covering it, any less and its gonna take you ages to get your work hot enough not to mention the...
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Standard rule of thumb here is an 8 inch deep forge from table level down to the top of the twyere or air supply. Additional depth can just be mounded coal. In most of my work, and the stuff I've...
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The coal forges at our guild can be left unattended for at least fifteen minutes, probably considerably more, and will spring back to life as soon as you start cranking the blower. (This is once...
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Also a well insulated forge will help. My forge can keep a blade hot over 35 hours or more when coverd(havnt tried it for any longer) and its easily made my anyone for a small amount of cash. Ajmie
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35 bloody hours? Wow! "Ajmie", perhaps you need to make some crucibles and try your hand at making some Wootz You could possibly hit the necessary slow cooling curve just by dumping a bed of coals on...
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The thing is the blade was still too hot to touch even after 35 hours. The secret it building your forge out of those bricks with holes in them and filling the cavities with vermiculite then lining...
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A Tip for getting a deeper fire in the brake drum forge... Cut a ring 4 inches wide from the middle of a propane cylinder, or large pipe... the same diameter of the brake drum. Placing this in the...
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