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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.)
BTW, the piece in the fire is my first Rail Road spike hawk.
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.)
BTW, the piece in the fire is my first Rail Road spike hawk.
