Question on Tim Lively forge.

Hey Charles..

You'll have to be more specific on the size of blades you want to make..
Tantos can be any size you want..

ttyle

Eric...

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I'd email Tim and ask him directly. I'm sure he'll give you all the info you need.


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Hello,
The small propane/adobe forge you have the link to was designed for guards and up to 3 inch blades. It is not designed for full size knives. The design was intended to be an extremely cheap way to make a forge big enough to make arrowheads in for the arrowhead iron in the hat swaps we have at the Neo-Tribal forum. I use the wash tub charcoal forge for full size blades. Here's the link to that design.
http://www.livelyknives.com/washtubforge.htm

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HI, i have aforge i built myself. I got all the info off of Don Foggs web page. It is very cheap and works great for me. i've forged up to six and seven inch blades in it and do all my heat treating in it. I love it. But i've never had anything else either.

Go tho his web page, you'll be there a while. its full of great stuff.
 
Wow! Tim's website is full of wonderful information , good stuff. Thanks Tim.

My first knife was made from a file. I softened it in a paint can that had a few holes punched in the bottom , then I stuck 7 feet of stove pipe in the paint can, dropped in some cedar kindling and dry fir bark fired her up and wuz in business. The stove pipe made for a good draw of air. I quenched it in motor oil which promptly caught on fire as i only used a quart of oil! Knife came out ok and I still use it 20 years later.
 
There is a simular set up in one of Alexander Weyers books. It has the stove pipe hanging from a tree and the forge was a can that hung under it. No blower of any kind it all just worked off the draw. I can see that working with charcoal since it needs so little air but not with coal. Forging on raw wood will work but requires more air. Wood and charcoal are the same fuel it's just the latter is further processed for a hotter and more even fire that burns with little smoke and needs less air. Charcoal is just a refinement of the wood to a more effecient forging fuel.
I made a large blowerless ground forge that had a venturi but it was too slow and I had to put a blower in line for the needed power.
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[This message has been edited by lively (edited 02-19-2001).]
 
Thanks Tim. What if I were to substitute the coffee can for a pipe that width, but long enough to hold a blade big enough that I want to forge? Do you think this will work?
 
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