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Okay, I didn't know where else to put this, and I just had to show it off, so if its in the wrong place, sorry.
This is my knife forge made mostly from junk. The forge itself is just half a cinder block wrapped in wire to keep it from falling apart more, a steel tray made from an old wheelbarrow, with a wire grate, a layer of rocks and crushed brick in the bottom to keep the fire off the plate, a steel stand made from a shipping crate, a blower out of an old gas furnace, some flexible alluminum ducting, a push-button dimmer switch to control the blower, a 3 inch ducting T, a cap for the T, and an old extension cord. Total Cost: $30, mostly in the ducting and dimmer switch. Right now, I can only use some scrap hardwood pieces, but I can't wait to throw some coal in there. (cue maniacle laughter.)
This is my knife forge made mostly from junk. The forge itself is just half a cinder block wrapped in wire to keep it from falling apart more, a steel tray made from an old wheelbarrow, with a wire grate, a layer of rocks and crushed brick in the bottom to keep the fire off the plate, a steel stand made from a shipping crate, a blower out of an old gas furnace, some flexible alluminum ducting, a push-button dimmer switch to control the blower, a 3 inch ducting T, a cap for the T, and an old extension cord. Total Cost: $30, mostly in the ducting and dimmer switch. Right now, I can only use some scrap hardwood pieces, but I can't wait to throw some coal in there. (cue maniacle laughter.)
