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If the link is the same as your "forge', then - NO.
Those are soldering iron heaters. They have far too small an output for forging. A small propane torch has about the same BTU output.
 
i have acetylene is their a way i can get this forge ting to burn that gas and would it make it hot enough to heat treat in ?
 
Mike you might be better off building your own forge.. it's not really expensive to do. A big coffee can, some ceramic blanket and refractory paste to go on it.. most of the supplies you need are at usaknifemaker.com and the stickies probably have a lot more information on it if you look. They're always the place to start when you're looking to learn about knifemaking.
 
Mike, I see you are in Mayfield Heights, I'm not too far from you. I found a place near the airport that sells most of the stuff you would need at a good price. Place is called Empire Refractory and it's just off 150th near I-71.

I suggest you build a forge. I just finished mine and it's not too difficult at all.
 
You could probably run a soldering iron oven off acetyleen, but it won't get any hotter than running off natural gas.
They are designed to heat soldering irons to 400-800F and melt a pot of solder, not heat steel to 1600-2200F.
 
ok thanks everyone i think ill just start making a forge and use that and sell the furnace thing hanks for all the advice
 
Mike your mentioning a forge so this may not be of interest. I just started knife making and heard of a one brick kiln and decided I try it. DPerk mentioned a supplier near you that could supply everything you need for materials, I got this far last night with a single fire brick (soft) and I still need to coat it with refractory cement and it will be fueled with propane and a JTH7 Benzomatic torch. I fired it up last night (a little premature) as its not coated yet but it heated up very well. I was able to create a chamber 3 1/2" tall 1 1/2" wide and 8" deep so its limited to that for blade length less. It is very easy to work with but very very brittle which is why you see it wrapped in hardward cloth to stop or minimize chipping. Im going to add brick all around and coat the chamber with with the refractory cement which is suppose to help keep the heat in. Also notice the side hole for the fire source it enters low on the chamber and slightly angled upward to create a circular flow of the heat encompassing the blade rather than into the blade. Ill make a bigger one or maybe simply add another brick to the end for a longer chamber. I created the chamber using a 1 1/2 in spade drill and it cuts like butter, the waste is like powder. Very easy to make. (I managed it and thats a good sign). This one has about an 1"of material at the closed end and not drilled thru.
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Really? My apologies. I thought that 2 bricks (with refractory) with say 3 heat sources (front middle back) might work. Was more a daydream out loud, but I probably should have given it more consideration before posting.
bladsmth said:
Ummmmm, NO!
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I was playing off your hmmm. :)

The chamber is far too narrow to evenly heat a long blade. A one brick forge is a budget and entry level heat source for a small blade of about 3-4" edge length. Longer than that and the heating will be hard to keep even.


Compare the idea of chaining several one brick forges together to that of using a torch to do HT. While you might get an OK HT with one torch on a 6-8" blade, it would be very unlikely that you could evenly heat an 18-24" blade with three torches without problems.
 
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