Blacksmithing - Building a simple DIY forge

I get a lot of questions about how to start blacksmithing, how to get tools and equipment etc. I wanted to make this video to show people that are interested in trying this craft, that you don't have to weld or fabricate a simple forge. It's much easier than that! My video is not a tutorial, instead I hope it can spark interest and contribute to some inspiration.
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[@Mike-bm9ez]

Good tip don’t use river rocks or rocks that have been in water for a long period of time because the tent to explode when they get to hot

[@thehomicidalduck6867]

How did you get to the point they explode

[@feelsman7837]

@@thehomicidalduck6867 thermal expansion

[@GVChannel]

👍 👍 👍!

[@MrApxA]

U Can Use That Rocks That Have Been In Sun For Big Time

[@clintonm2357]

Wear eye protection. Pebbles to the face don't hurt much, but the eye is no fun.

[@johnlinquata1047]

Bro I found this video last night on Google watched it twice and made my first forge this afternoon! So incredibly simple after making a few tweaks to it I got it perfect and forged some tools to work the coals with! Thank you so much, now if my arms don’t fall off from all that hammering I think I’m gonna try to make myself a knife next.

[@torbjornahman]

Ha ha, sweet! Good luck!

[@kriticalkayd]

It's been 2 months, how far have you came along?

[@lisamayuri]

Has your arms fallen off ? If not please type a reply ?

[@wilfy8545]

@@lisamayuri i think his arms have fallen off

[@jasonbarbee3003]

@@wilfy8545definitely arms fell off

[@adrianfdez4146]

Nice videos. Is great that you dont use music. I love to hear the tools and nature songs. Thank you!

[@bashirbutt1456]

Adrián Fdez .i agree with you sir/madam

[@lilsammich8252]

The music is for when the sounds of nature include your kids screaming in the background.

[@jakobwidh4851]

I agree

[@jakobwidh4851]

Lots of videos play classical music at full blast

[@plalonde2]

My first forge was a hibachi BBQ with holes drilled out the bottom, sitting in a trench in the garden, with a hair blower pointing down the trench. The old codger who turned the 18 year old on to how to improvise a forge has no idea what he started. He did promise that by the time I burned the bottom out of the hibachi, I'd know what to do for a real forge. He was very right. Thanks for the memories!

[@BPond7]

Paul Lalonde Great story! 😀

[@tylertyler4148]

Please elaborate

[@clintonm2357]

I made my first forge out of the bottom half of my BBQ when the legs broke from too many Army moves. Not commercial quality, but my forging wasn't back then either!

[@BrassLock]

I enjoy how all your stories have a start/middle/end clearly shown. It's easy to see you're enthusiastically encouraging us to experience the joy of shaping red hot metal into something useful or decorative. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@torbjornahman]

Thank you!!

[@pauldowding8185]

At first I thought you were making a spear to protect yourself from your wife when she found out that you stole the vacuum.

[@torbjornahman]

He he, better make something nice to give her :)

[@user-zj5cu1xe8h]

Лайков с каждым разом все меньше.

[@deatheater2936]

Paul Dowding lol 😂

[@odinallfather4560]

good one lol

[@chickenboi9529]

Paul dowding me to

[@brucecrampton4340]

What I take away from all your videos is a relaxed, methodical approach with no screaming or wild antics just a pleasure to watch and learn. Thank you, it is a help to all of us who make.

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks Bruce!

[@ismailsimsek332]

it was a quick jump for me from watching sword forging videos to directly how to make a forge lol

[@chevvvv]

same here lol

[@radciff2281]

Me too.

[@zachariaswalden4082]

Same 😂

[@user-lg8ky6wu2c]

yürü be iso

[@McGowanForge]

The blacksmith bug will bite you, but only a few stay with it

[@TheMedic1980]

I really do enjoy videos like this one. No music, no talking, no show, no hectic! Just inspiration by watching the work. Thank you and greetings from Germany

[@PeopleAlreadyDidThis]

Can’t wait for the report on the first individual who forgets to move the vacuum hose from inlet to outlet. The video will be quite entertaining.

[@torbjornahman]

Hmmm, yea. That goes under the "common sense" section I believe :)

[@thugasaurusrex6004]

Alan's Mistakin' Acres ohyea

[@shipskepr1]

@@torbjornahman ,I kinda wondered do yu suck or blow,lol

[@tonimontana9411]

In germany our vacuum cleaners sadly just work one way so i was pretty confused aswell xD

[@parkinsonswellnesswithholl9845]

montanaMontana miele vacuums do this and they are German!

[@SkylerB17]

i actually appreciate that there is no talking or music in this video. it allowed me to focus more on what you were actually doing. i wouldnt mind some more details about the size of the box, but i think i could figure it out. great video!! this might be what gets me into simple smithing. its winter and theres a global pandemic, after all.

[@petercowell2051]

That video is poetry. I love the idea of a forge in a wooden box. It has made me realise that what I want to do is achievable. Thank you.

[@blue_screen_2000]

My forge is build in the same way, but with a metal baking dish instead of the wooden pallet. And a hair drier is my bellows. That is very lightweighted, and it needs just a little charcoal to run. It is good to know that you can go as big as you need :D

[@georgeb.wolffsohn30]

So people CAN forge something other than a knife ! 👍😁👍

[@clintonm2357]

I like making tools. Seems like no one ever uploads a video of forging a wood gouge. Maybe I should fix that!

[@samuelsneesby1771]

@@clintonm2357 yeah, knives or tools appeal to different people, I personally enjoy the knifemaking aspect of it, but I do like both

[@clintonm2357]

@@samuelsneesby1771 I feel like knives are almost relaxing to forge. I love watching them take shape as you hammer the bevel into the belly.

[@samuelsneesby1771]

@@clintonm2357 I never start with a plan, I just start hammering in the tang and point, and just kinda let the knife take shape, and if I see good lines I work with them, and like you said, it’s one of the most surreal and and calming thing ever

[@yewwtooob]

Love how you get right to the point. No extra filler words. Fewer words were never spoken!!

[@Krlkke]

So you broke up the terrace, ruined the umbrella stand , dug up the backyard and commandeered the vacuum cleaner. You must live alone are dont care anymore. Lol

[@torbjornahman]

Ha ha, you're right... shit I'm in trouble now....

[@reigninoel]

I suspect Mrs Åhman has long since gotten used to various household items going "missing" and insisting on buying duplicates of everything, haha.

[@gerardokenzp]

old umbrella, old vacuum, an old palet and a easy maked box... dirt and refractal bricks. easy forge :D

[@Mike-pr8hx]

Ignore the troll

[@Siggi-Bear]

he lives in sweden after all

[@magicdaveable]

Really cool design. I would suggest to those planning to make any forge that there is no way to dispose of Coal Ash without environmental damage. It is incredibly toxic and will contaminate ground water with heavy metals. Use charcoal. It burns faster and not quite as hot as coal but much cleaner than coal. I like using black locust charcoal. It burns very hot

[@BarryIrwin]

Great demo of how to have one less excuse :)

[@clintonm2357]

I drug a metal two basin sink home for my neighbor to make his own. Even gave him firebrick. He still comes over and works with me everytime I spark mine up. I want to shake him and yell "just build one." (My current profile picture is the viking axe I forged for him recently).

[@jonathanclark7444]

@@clintonm2357 ah that would be a nice idea you could even probably use those upside down to build a gas forge with some kale wool

[@inlikeflnt]

This was a very heartwarming lesson, now I know I don’t need a considerable cash outlay to get started

[@ILuv2learn]

I want to build a simple forge and this video is the perfect primer. It contains all the basic information and answers all my questions. Thanks!

[@torbjornahman]

Awesome, thank you!

[@777Thebear]

Thanks so much!!! Ive been racking my brain to try and build a forge, but I don’t have a welder nor know how to weld (at this point in my life). This is exactly what I needed.

[@a1oilsauce123]

my favorite part was when you concealed the air feed pipe, i was not expecting that and it made it look so nice

[@arifakyuz7673]

A man of few words, but a video of a thousand. It was a pleasure watching this video!

[@dainius4168]

4:33 what a coincidence, I use coke for fuel too. Never had much luck with charcoal - clogs the nostrils right up! :D jokes aside, love your work! Keep it up!

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks!

[@southronjr1570]

I have the boys in the merit badge class build a dirt box forge in much the same way but use a hair dryer for the air source. Never thought about using fire brick, I think I will carry some next week when I set up for class

[@ashleynelmes1313]

Great video, this is ideal for someone that's getting into blacksmithing but doesn't need a permanent forge, someone like me for instance, these things are accessible to anyone. Thanks for the inspiration.

[@HOTSMOKE100]

By far the best simple forge I’ve seen yet.

[@Fighter7811]

This is so incredibly helpful. i've always wanted to build myself a little forge, this video showed me i can get this on even tomorrow and so i will do. Thanks a lot from Germany!

[@MrMZaccone]

If you expected to need a forge for just a single day of work, this would be a great way to build one.

[@gregwarner3753]

I made one by digging a hole in the ground with a piece of iron pipe at the bottom and a Electrolux vacuum cleaner for the air supply. I used it to heat a 10ft long piece of 24 lb rail to make a turnout for a an amusement park railroad. Just heated the thing red hot and picked up the ends. It sagged sideways to the right bend. Then we set it upright and let it cool. Oh, i used anthricite coal as fuel.

[@tombrown879]

Once again, another epic video. I also have BOROWED the family rug sucker a few times, and now she just leaves her old hair dyers in my shop when she buys a new one.:) Then I use them at demo's when I don't want to take my big blower apart.

[@Jonasolsenwoodcraft]

Wow awesome Torbjörn! i might go ahead and make myself one of this when i get sick of woodcarving:D

[@torbjornahman]

:)

[@Jonasolsenwoodcraft]

@Mike Nolan That would actually be great! I still have to learn to sharpen the chissels i already have, so i have a long way to go

[@benjaminoliver3204]

@Cadeboy13 or use your metal working to create new tools for woodworking

[@clintonm2357]

I love this thread. I starting with smithing, because I love it, but my wife said, "it would be more useful around the house if you made things out of wood." So I smithed myself a fine (debatably) set of woodworking tools and dug into that. They complement each other well. By the way, I haven't heard her complain about that ice pick I made not being useful this winter...

[@luisapaza317]

Oh the wood 😍

[@armouredco6935]

This is a great video lad I like it when people show just how easy it is to start from nothing and the be able to make something useful that you get to say that you made with nothing but yourself .Keep up the good videos

[@Frommycoldeadfingers]

Well done 👍🏻 I'm looking into getting started with steel instead of silver ! This will help me develop a good coal forge ! Thank you.

[@thatgopnik3515]

I'm a beginner blacksmith and this type of forge will satisfy me... Thank you.

[@workwithnature]

Don't use stones found in a river they explode.

[@eldsprutandedrake]

That makes no sense what so ever... a river itself does not dictate what type of stone that is found in it and if it's water that has some how gotten into the material, expanding due to heat, that you're worried about then it's all wet or moist places, not just rivers you should be talking about. Also, you did not take time into consideration, what if you found it in a river a couple year ago and it has been sitting in a dry place since? xD

[@LazyLifeIFreak]

The only stone you don't want to put anywhere near fire is flint, which will explode if heated enough.

[@workwithnature]

Actually it does, Many stones are porous. If you get a stone from a river, it will have water in it and will explode. If a stone is soaked long enough it will have time for water to penetrate deep into it. If you dry it for a longer time then yes of course it will be safe. It may appear dry on the surface though. Stones that just get a bit of rain on them are not a problem. Hope that makes more sense to you now.

[@workwithnature]

Not the only stone but I think people used to put them in fire for flint flint knapping, but not sure.

[@mrastleysghost]

LazyLife IFreak I've had sandstone found near a lake explode before in a campfire. If any water gets into any hairline fractures or pores, it will boil and explode the rock.

[@rainmanobunga7201]

Sir you have inspired this young soul indeed. Ive always wanted to do things like this for the longest time but never found a good source. Thank you

[@torbjornahman]

Great, good luck!

[@dordiwesterlund2528]

Very archaic, but it works. I made kilns using autoclaved aerated concrete. It is cheaper than firebrick, more sturdy, although it crumbles and easy to find. This works very well, especially if you coat the inside of the kiln with natrium silikat (glassvatten) and aluminium oxide. Other concrete will not work and is dangerous. I can use an electric kiln for what I am doing, but then it takes many hours or I can use a propane kiln, which takes ca. 30 minutes. I will certainly build a forge, I am sure I will like it.

[@Rx_Bluegrass]

Even when using refractory block, you want to make sure they stay dry...don't leave them outdoors in the rain and then try to use them. The moisture inside expands with heat and that's what causes the bricks to explode. Also, start your fire out small and let the bricks come up to temp. slowely....it' helps to dry out any moisture before you get a hot fire going. Also, if you don't have a vaccum with adjustable motor speed as he did. Build yourself an extension cord with a double-gang box on one end. Inside the box wire up one female receptical to a light dimmer switch. Plug a shop vac in reverse to the receptical or a hairdryer and then adjust the dimmer to the proper motor speed for the flame you want. Same extension cord can be used to control the heat on a soldering iron if you like to do stain glass work and need to regulate the heat of the iron so as not to melt the lead. No need to go buy a special soldering iron tempurature control. One last thing...if you don't want to tear apart your furnace each time... Build yourself an outdoor pizza oven out of refractory block....when not hungary for pizza, you can easily build a small fire in a corner and won't harm a thing. I used a few pieces of plumbing pipe and 90 degree angles to get the air blower to just hang on the oven floor and keep the vaccum hose well away from the fire. With the right adapters on the cold end, I was able to find the right size to just slip the vaccum hose right into the pipe with no need for tape and support.

[@FordFracture]

When ever I'm feeling bad and thinking I'm useless I watch one of your videos and it makes me feel even worse because I can't do any of the stuff you do !

[@torbjornahman]

This is simple to do! I promise you can do it!

[@Cremantus]

That was a great show, man. Grounded and archaic... that's the way I like it. Thumbs up. Give me 5 more of these and it probably makes me start swinging the hammer... ;-)

[@ouiilest]

I think it's the easiest and most efficient method I've seen so far, and it's easy to maintain after that. I thought that the biggest obstacle to making a DIY fire bed was the treatment after making it, but I was impressed that this was a temporary installation and easy to remove. It's great to use sand or gravel for insulation or to hold hot coals. Your method does a great job of using a minimal amount of charcoal to get the desired effect. As others have pointed out, practitioners should beware of explosions due to water vapor expansion when gravel is soaked with water.

[@phoneix192]

I made my own forge with termite mud and normal bricks used for building houses unexpectedly it's very damn good using everyday for a month only the termite mid is cracked but it doesn't melt easily so does the brick and it provides a decent heat enough to heat up atleast upto 2 inches thick of metal it's superb

[@billknight7331]

Great video. I have seen other "box of dirt" style forges on other videos and they seem to work real good. This is how it was done for centuries. Don't listen to the blacksmithing snobs that say only 1000's of dollars worth of equipment will work.

[@kriegdeathrider7805]

I mean angle grinders and belt Sanders are pretty helpful and will save you lots of time

[@emilwestgaardhenriksen1715]

Easiest way I've seen yet. I've got my weekend project for sure😁

[@moorechains]

I'd avoid stone & modern regular brick due to the tendency to break or explode in the extreme heat of a forge. Local builders supply in most places will carry firebrick, and it's pretty cheap.

[@moorechains]

@Ognjen Radojevic you're thinking of firebrick or refractory brick. Regular clay brick can explode, though it's not as common as stone or concrete-mostly due to it being less porous, and so it doesn't trap moisture as easily-however, any imperfections in the brick can allow water in, and regular clay brick will degrade much faster than firebrick

[@kurtiscrawford7916]

Pretty cheap? It's $40 per brick where I am at.

[@KRAT0S_son_of_zeus]

​@@kurtiscrawford7916 thats crazy

[@rubens.4116]

Finally, someone who took it upon themselves to show a classic (close to it at least) home made forge! Maybe it's cause of the wording on the search results, but I don't regularly use "DIY" that's why I hadn't found something sooner. But yeah, awesome, thank you for showing how to make one.

[@donaldmatthies6026]

Short, sweet and to the point. Thank you for taking time to film, edit and post this video.

[@bengunn3698]

Now that is an idea,simple and effective.Thanks for passing the it on.

[@joakimlaine3459]

Very interesting project. I have been thinking about doing a outside forge for the summer. I have this portable coal forge, but it would be interesting to build something like this too! Great video, as always!

[@TodayTestfbsfbsfbs]

That’s actually genius, probably I will try this. Sadly most people don’t have a place to forge without disturbing neighbours, I sadly life currently in the middle of the city and don’t have a garden, I would disturb a lot of people when I’m trying to begin blacksmithing, but anything has a time we say in Germany, I am currently building a workshop in the sides of my living room in a old brewery and will come back later to blacksmithing when the time is ready.

[@barrylongcor3146]

I think you did it cheaper than anyone else! Nice, simple forge! Good job.

[@MikeTheMaker1]

That works surprisingly well. Nice job

[@ironwoodreviews8604]

Mike Builds In alot of 3rd world countries they just dig a trench in the dirt and work off of the ground

[@MikeTheMaker1]

Ironwood eclectia I know, it’s sorta like how bog ore was refined. I’m mainly surprised the wooden box holds up so well and how simple it is. I’ve never seen anyone do it like this, read about it but have never seen it

[@LucasMagriniRigo]

The sound of this video is just amazing.

[@solidlecciones]

i know uhh u can hear almost every sound, thats really cool.

[@Zombieslag]

If you're in California, take my advice and just build or buy a propane forge. Using charcoal becomes too expensive and it's almost impossible to get actual coal out here in any quantity that makes it affordable. For everyone else, this is an excellent guide.

[@rodrigosanmartinulloa2446]

You are an inspiring man. Thank you very much for sharing. Do not forget to show your landscape, your greenhouse. It is really nice. Greetings from Valparaíso, Chile.

[@ninjabothandyman6063]

Like A Pimp !! Exceptional work you put out as well to equal the quality functional make shift forge !! Color me impressed sir! Thanks for sharing this information with all of us, and for also demonstrating such command of wonderful technique/skill/creativity/ingenuity and above all --- craftsmanship

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[@Lucky_Red_Fish]

Another amazing video on creating home made workshop equipment, amazing stuff, thank you so much!

[@gregory44ish]

Very neat. And very contagious! I am ready to jump on this project. There only one thing I will have a difficulty... The smith anvil and tongs

[@torbjornahman]

Anvils can be hard to find... ask around and tell your friends what you're looking for. Suddenly one might show up. You make tongs, but there are people making and selling them also.

[@kcraig51]

I can't get over how easy you make blacksmithing look. I'm a machinist and doing something like that leaf totally by hand amazes me!

[@torbjornahman]

Thanks!

[@hawknives]

Outstanding! Thank You!

[@user-qv8sj8mi2d]

With respect from Siberia. Success in work.

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[@jojomama4787]

Watched this a number of times as I'm considering making a side blast forge,not like this one but just seeing how simply one can be put together IS inspiring to me.Think you did a very good job of showing folks an alternate way of looking at things,thanks!

[@torbjornahman]

Great, thanks!! And good luck!

[@niklar55]

Very useful! I have a future project to make myself a 1''/25mm mortice chisel, and a 2''/50mm firmer chisel, from an old van flat suspension spring. This is just what I'll need to take out the curve, and temper it.

[@jamal69jackson77]

Nice! Just goes to show that technology just makes things easier and more convenient, not impossible. People have been forging steel long before welding, propane tanks and electricity... although electricity did come in handy on this one, but there were once bellows.

[@lancewhoha3659]

If you have an air mattress pump, that makes a great bellow

[@jamal69jackson77]

@@lancewhoha3659I have one of those inflatable castle air pumps, I imagine that would work pretty well too.

[@downfromkentuckeh]

This is so Friggin awesome. I want to learn blacksmithing so bad.

[@AsymptoteInverse]

This video came in very handy. I'm just getting started metalworking, and I'm trying not to spend a lot of money, but I keep finding myself needing a way to heat metal for bending and quenching and bluing. This is by far the cheapest and best solution I've run across. Thanks!

[@torbjornahman]

Cool, I'm glad if I have sparked some ideas!

[@inksashawn]

Love it! Also love the sound of birds and kids in the background in between forging.

[@tor-bjornadelgren3517]

Tack Torbjörn det var ett fint tips, så enkelt kan man starta med smide.

[@TheDubischeggia]

BRAVO OTTIMO LAVORO!

[@ignaziomonti5416]

Ma l aspirapolvere non fonde? Risucchia il calore no?

[@KingUnity22]

My dad and I want to get into blacksmithing as a hobby, and I think we might use this video to build our forge. Thanks for sharing!

[@torbjornahman]

Great, good luck!

[@nashcampbell9582]

Thank you this is such a great tutorial. I was able to finish this with stuff laying around my house.

[@rafaellondono1882]

El mejor video ...sin cháchara, sin ruidos musicales, solo realidad de poder hacer forja con elementos fáciles de conseguir...excelente por la funcionalidad...gracias maestro...

[@dasstackenblochen9250]

Only now I realised why the airflow in my Miele vacuum is like that. It never occured to me you could connect the hose to the exhaust filter!

[@thomasarussellsr]

Well that ain't so hard, is it? Thanks for the how to build a fridge "on the cheap". Really is a quite nice bit of kit for those of us with funding that is a bit more limited than most. Thanks

[@petessite]

what a lovely thing to build , you clever ol chap , ,full of ideas , you dont have to spend lotsa money to get the result you want , well done , regards from UK

[@johnjude2685]

Ok but your skills usually WOW me . Yes looking safe and anyone might find it useful Thanks to you again Sir

[@F4ngel]

Give a man a sand box and he'll build you a forge. Ive trying to find a place in my garden to dig a hole for a forge that wouldnt be too in the way. I never thought of filling a sandbox with dirt.

[@Chaos8282]

Who needs a fancy refractory cement when u can use what our ancestors did. Dirt and rocks.

[@vhs1984]

And a vacuum cleaner.

[@jamescanjuggle]

@@vhs1984 can't forget that ancient relic😉

[@Joesolo13]

@@vhs1984 could always grab an apprentice who has to work the bellows

[@Sketchy_Dood]

Who needs metal when your have hard rock go bang bang

[@thomas.thomas]

@@Sketchy_Dood you can't forge without much money, you need to buy expensive forge noooo! This channel: vacuum clean go brrrrr

[@simonschuster710]

great video. my first forge was a shopping cart, a pipe, big cooking pot,heating gun and bricks :)

[@hypernova3527]

Quite an interesting concept, simple and easy to assemble and disassemble. Maybe when I have some free time, I will try getting in the blacksmithing world, and I don't want to break my barbecue.

[@gunterschone8402]

Nice video, Torbjörn. Thanks for the detailed instructions. Was interesting to see that the natural stone breaks through the heat and holds the red brick. Although, here one used to get also "burned bricks". The then have so black and / or dark blue spots, you get with a hammer, bad halved.

[@dasstackenblochen9250]

These old klinker bricks... yeah they won't have much of a problem with heat...

[@crazycoyote1738]

Very nice bro, I like your practical improvising. I’m sure your boss value you. (If he is like my boss, lm Not sure about the wages).. Lol.

[@comatose1818]

Thank you for this, for the longest time I was wondering how to build a gas forge, however this seems Just as effective and significantly cheaper too,

[@MonkeyWithAWrench]

Ha! I love it. I did the same when I was a kid, though I did it just directly in the ground! Vacuum cleaner and all!

[@torbjornahman]

Simple!

[@josereyesch9046]

Muy buen vídeo como siempre! Saludos desde México!!

[@sandrofiuzadealmeida9841]

Simplesmente incrível! Agora já sei por onde começar. Muito obrigado Mestre! Sandro Fiuza, aqui de Itapeva, estado de São Paulo, Brasil. Um abraço!

[@tanyaoleson5714]

Just to clarify somehow the computer has changed and this is my wife’s channel or whatever. Excuse my computer lack of savvy. But very nice video beautiful forge for anyone, beginner or professional in my opinion. Thanks for Sharing that with us all. As a Blacksmith stonemason many other trades, as watching, knew that the stones would crack. Fire brick is the only way as far as I know. And hey, I don’t know everything. Keep up the good work,. Jimmy at jimmy’s blacksmithing

[@YourOldDog]

Beautiful leaf and done with minimal tools! Very nice and great video that shows if you want to do something bad enough you can figure out how to do it simply

[@torb7286]

Torbjörn READY TO WORK

[@stormbringer5826]

heeeeee's overlooaaaading!

[@PJGalati]

Good stuff! Never thought of doing it like that.

[@RethanHunter]

Wow! that was an easy forge! Thanks for sharing, I hope to give this a try someday.

[@danbreyfogle8486]

Great video, I will keep this in the back of my mind, when I run out of woodworking projects I may just give this a try!

[@markfryer9880]

Or you could take this up as a new skill set to add an extra dimension to your woodworking projects. Make your own hinges and handles, corner protectors, cabinet and coffee table feet. Think of it as saving money on hardware costs.

[@tannerreiser3992]

I have used red bricks like those in my first 2 forge designs and both times they have melted and covered my air pipe with obsidean glass and now use a cast iron pan and plaster as a insulator and have much better luck

[@muunii6801]

did you keep the obby glass? i reckon that would be really cool

[@tannerreiser3992]

@@muunii6801 ya i do have some of it the one that looks really nice is about a 1in square brink with a nice frosting looking layer of obsidian

[@stevenschnepp576]

My takeaway from this is "use red brick, get free obsidian for use with Neolithic reenactment."

[@ianlowe4666]

Absolutely cracking video sir. The next time someone moans about how hard it is to make a forge I know exactly where to direct them. Thank you

[@user-jk1te2yw2c]

افلام

[@davewilson1591]

Thanks buddy. I was wondering why so much dirt then it dawned on me. To protect the wood. Nice simple forge. easy to set up, take it anywhere

[@catchesstripes]

I have a small gas forge that works very well and is super convenient,however I want to straighten some coil springs for tooling this is just what I need.

[@stefflus08]

A vacuum with exhaust and rheostat is convenient, but not a requirement. A cheapo hairdryer with the heater disabled will blow MORE than sufficiently if you're following along at home. Both noisy though. Making some sort of small bellows is easy. A mere bag in its simpler form.

[@NoSoupForYouu]

Can you keep it blowing the whole time your working or do you need to sometimes turn it off and on to get certain temperatures?

[@markfryer9880]

Keep the blower on while working on the metal and turn it off to save fuel if you need to work on something else for a while. This advice also depends upon where you live and the time of year example Summer in Australia carries the risk of Bushfire so during the summer a gas forge is the best option and a coal or charcoal old school forge for Autumn Winter and Spring. If you are likely to be away from your forge for more than a few minutes then bedding down or extinguishing the fire is the best option.

[@TheWoodYogi]

Superb :) This will get me started off :) ॐ

[@mrduck6720]

The Wood Yogi This does seem a pretty good way to do it, but there are easier ways. You can simply dig a hole somewhere and place it there. Be mindful of the soil tho, the surrounding vegetation if any, and roots as well. Dont forget the weather. You can use dry dirt to cover the 'holewalls' to prevent any fires starting in places you don't want them, tho. This one is made so that you can stand without the need to crouch, and to have a forge made from dirt and stones/bricks in your backyard, without the need to dig a hole on grass n such.

[@TheWoodYogi]

Thank you for that MisterDuck :) I am concentrating on collecting more blacksmithing equipment and I have the chance to give it a go during May :) Take care ॐ

[@paolodecorato651]

Che bella pensata che hai avuto! Per costruirsi una forgia all'esterno è la soluzione migliore! Mitico davvero. Un forte abbraccio

[@silverfaux8545]

This excites me. As a middle aged man I am finding more and more desire to do this.