Newbie friendly forge project.

[Sharp_newbie]

I finally found a good forge that was relatively cheap to make. in total i spent about 50 bucks and it works like a charm. i highly recommend all newbies who want a good hot fire but can't afford the big toys to take a look at this site

http://www.naturalbushcraft.co.uk/making-my-first-bushcraft-knife.htm#One day

scroll half way down for a very good description of how to build the forge and work it. i recommend reworking the air intake because there pop bottle system is a bit cheap and flimsy. i put together a simple one using black plumbers pipe (i think its abs, but I'm not too sure.) well without further adu... here is my new forge

also i made mine in 2 parts. the fan is made from my wife's travel blowdryer ( i haven't told her yet) that screws into a copper pipe with a nineties on the end. it pushes pretty good air directly under the coals... I made it this way so once i am done i could take off the electrical parts and store them inside while the forge cools outside. Also to make the forge more portable; the copper pipe can collapse into the pot, to do this i fed it through a king nipple fastened to the side of the pot.


One question i have about it is if i should plaster the inside with some adobe for added heat protection? let me know your expert thoughts on this
thanks for looking.

 

[FOG2]

Thanks For Posting That

 

[Stacy E. Apelt - Bladesmith]

Cute little forge.
You absolutely need to line it with fire clay or some adobe. Satanite will work, too. It will burn out in no time as it is now.( Not to mention getting hot as crap and melting the blower tube.)
Also, You need to be able to dump the ash pan after use. Figure some easy way to remove the top for dumping.It may work just sitting on the base (with the extra weight of the clay).
Stacy

 

[Sharp_newbie]

thanks for the tip stacy