Wood Fired Blacksmith Forge

[@troyroe6021]

Well another oldie but goodie

[@onebadboy2]

I'll support American made any day of the week. Bought one and didn't really need it. Strong work family and thanks Cody for sharing.

[@grant605gb]

Another amazing yet simple solution to modern alternatives where did we go wrong? allowing ourselves into accepting the consumer lifestyle without questioning it Solar panels Water wheels Wood forge Water ram pumps Wind turbines the list goes on and on and on Nice vid Cody!

[@DarrelCarson]

When I was a kid, my dad fired his forge with douglas fir bark. He told me that they couldn't get coal during the war so they used what they had. Through trial and error, they found that Doug fir bark worked best. My dad also said that after the war, he never saw a need to go back to using coal. It was my job to break the bark up into small enough pieces for him to use.

[@GTC1967]

What a great way to get folks back into a great trade!

[@radicaljoe4574]

I want one also. The price is affordable for the common man. I would like to see some of that young lady's workmanship. A daughter like that should make any father proud. Thanks for sharing.

[@Qnts-]

This is nothing new but I love this family and hope they do well

[@paulorchard7960]

I use the Zomax blower on my charcoal forge and have no problems with it or getting welding heat! I would highly recommend them!

[@phantom21629]

Good to know I'm not the only one to use scrap wood from the shop for the forge. I have always used just wood and it has always worked just fine for me. Although people have told me it won't work and I have to use coal. As far as getting hoe enough.... I have to still be careful when i'm heat treating so I don't melt the edges off, I'm not sure how much hotter its supposed to be.

[@eatwhatukiii2532]

I’ve accidentally BURNED forged stove pokers in my wood stove and had to repair the damage, so yeah, wood fire definitely gets hot enough to forge iron.

[@StuartSafford]

I had ancestors who did this. I liked seeing it.

[@droberts9852]

She is awesome! My son and I are working towards this as well.

[@Anamericanhomestead]

Great video! I want one. I was planning on making my own at some point but I think for the price this will be much better and its made in America.

[@Bluetip84]

An American Homestead I was about to send you guys a msg about this! The price is very reasonable.

[@corensam]

Wow! She looks very strong! Those forges look awesome

[@LarsRibe]

That young woman is 100% cool! I hope she and her dad get a buisness going and one day start making their own blowers. Awesome.

[@TRINITY-ks6nw]

We may not be blood, but you are my family I am so PROUD of you all RESPECT

[@karsonbranham3900]

That is neat. Good interview Cody! I was ar a father/son campout this weekend, and lit a swedish candle of a chunk of fir i brought. As it burnt, about 15-20 min in, i was noticing the incredible heat it was generating. I took a set of fire tongs in the center of the candle (hand split into quarters) from the gap in one of the sides. After about 5 min i pulled the tongs out, which were made of 1/2" barstock. They were cherry red after 5 min. No fan, no blower. Pretty amazing. I am going to try it agsin on purpose. I will let you know the result

[@wanderingrose9469]

Great story behind this family business. Fantastic to see people keeping these traditional skills alive. Thanks for sharing.

[@DonSchenck]

Thank you, Wranglestar, for saying what I've been saying: No to propane, yes to wood.

[@blacksmith1770]

Suggestion from a Professional Blacksmith. For Demo's, I use bagged whole chunk hardwood charcoal from the hardware store or Wal-Mart. Not The brickets. It works great and you can forge weld with it and use a traditional forge.

[@patrickkelligan2875]

Free scrap from the Lowe's or Home Depot would go a long way for the folks without timber on their land. Very nice!

[@111raybartlett]

Thanks for sharing this. I have done some heat treating for knife making, and very much enjoyed it! Never thought black smiting would be an attainable hobby, but this gives the idea some hope.

[@jakejones5991]

Really cool! Hope to add one to my shop one day.

[@WilliamBilliamBeard]

I made a forge out of an old cast iron sink. I can use wood or charcoal (made from wood) in it. I use a hairdryer as a blower. It works quite well.

[@wiscokiddd]

I do quite a bit of machining and welding. I melted aluminum cans with wood with a little foundry I was working on but not too successful. So yes I have been interested in blacksmithing. But after watching this video, none of that matters, now I'm in love with Corie :)

[@nickolasspadaro9848]

Hope to see a video review of it when you get one cody!! This is exactly what I need to get into blacksmithing.

[@sundrop27]

Great interview! You should do more of these, you're good at it. So many people have interview shows that don't know how to interview and are ill-prepared.

[@chiefof]

Very enjoyable video, as usual. The wood fired forge seems like a practical device and it is great to know that it is American made by a family owned small business.

[@chiefof]

Can't speak foe Cody, of course, but it would seem only fair to BUY one from the small family business that makes them. We need to buy from locally owned small businesses to encourage them and to keep our money circulating locally.

[@kj4gam]

I especiallty enjoy your blacksmithing and lumberjack videos. It just happens that my grandfather was a blacksmith, but unfortunately he died when I was 10 years old. How great it would be to learn all the tricks and skills that he learned over several decades. Since I am a pharmacist I was facinated with your Zomax blower. Zomax is also the name of an antibiotic.

[@dualtrade3011]

Expenses stopped us from doing black smithing- or trying to. Great video! Might attempt this.

[@gorancvijovic2635]

Cody, hvala na svim dobrim video sadržajima.Jako sam zahvalan na svim dobrim savjetima.

[@4MusicoLogic]

Wow this forge just sold me. It answers all the dilemmas that kept me from starting my forge. We both have are day jobs and two children do raise. I couldn't find a decent way not to drag the family logistics into going with a coal or propane forge. But this for is a game changer. Thank you for this post!

[@KTMONEY100]

Wow Cory is quite the tool person and an excellent teacher! You can tell she knows what she's doing!

[@kyrawest-morse3837]

She does! I know her in person, as well as her family. She is a great role model and an excellent blacksmith. And technically it's Cori XD

[@realplatinum]

That is a great price in my opinion. Thanks for sharing this with us.

[@goompapa]

I'm in New Zealand and have ordered one (small). A friend in the US is resending it to me.

[@wfletch88]

I’ve been researching propane vs solid fuel for a few weeks and have about decided on this wood setup for various reasons. Living in SE US not much coal available.

[@caseyjacobson6568]

American ingenuity. I'm not a blacksmith but I'd buy from this fellow just to support his awesome business. Love it!

[@pukwudjivc]

That was from the Mother Earth News Fair. Wish I had seen you there. I spent a half hour or more at that booth also.

[@warriorcraft4191]

I dont get why more people dont use charcoal or wood. It worked for smiths for hundreds or even thousands of years. As a hobby smith its all Ive used. Coal is hard to come by in south FL, lol. You can mix charcoal and wood if the wood isnt the best quality even. Thats a nice forge design though.

[@gavinfranklin9701]

If you have a tractor supply co near you, you can order from their web store coal and have it shipped to the store I do that it's like 6 bucks for 40lbs

[@davidwatsonii1558]

NICE TO SEE A YOUNG LADY WORKIN WITH IRON, KINDA EXPECTED CHARCOAL, NO BURN WOOD AS YOU GO

[@Thans90]

Physical labor > mirror selfies in the gym, any day!

[@Nananah86]

Now that's a woman!! The forge looks great!

[@MrCarmenator8]

Awesome vid. and that is a great product, ive made a v shapped wood forge myself, surely it doesnt look as nice as this one but they work so well, and yeah the cleaner burning is so much nicer after a while. youll have to be a little more patient with any wood forge, they eat alot. also shes super cute

[@OrionsAnvil]

Great video, nice product spotlight. I looked at these when I started out and decided to build something from stuff I already had. I'm sure these work fine, IMHO the angled feed is what makes them unique. I have used hardwood lump charcoal in my older forge with a homemade hand crank blower and it worked pretty good. I'm pretty sure coal and charcoal should be interchangeable, but I may be wrong. I have pretty much stuck with coal in my newer plow disc forge, I posted a video of it. IMHO the heat seems more concentrated and doesn't seem to radiate out as much as charcoal. It lasts longer and goes out quicker instead of continuing to burn also. My chimney is working and I have had good luck getting it in the Southern US as long as that continues I will use it. I am going to start to make my own charcoal though, just to have when/if I cant get it anymore. thanks for sharing the video.

[@HardcoreSlot]

very cool! I use lump charcoal and a big bag i can get for around 20 bucks lasts me a while, but a sack of charcoal briquets will do in a pinch!!

[@cowsofsuffolk2297]

That's a great forge. I need one!!

[@Soulman-lb3gg]

Check out that chick's arms. You can tell she's been swinging a hammer.

[@seigeengine]

***** Ah yes, those fake gym muscles, because that's totally how that works. I get your sentiment, but your delivery was piss poor.

[@seigeengine]

***** Let's not pretend you weren't clearly implying that. Of course you didn't hurt my feelings. I am opposed to gyms by the principle that they are the equivalent of taking a multivitamin to address a nutrient deficiency. That is, for fitness, gyms work, but they're ultimately just a way of making up for a lack of physical activity in your daily life.

[@XCritonX]

seigeengine Some of us work primarily with our brains instead of our bodies. We go to the gym to get stronger, improve our health and feel better. The reality is that the strongest people in the world train in gyms using heavy barbells. Most people I know who work heavy with their bodies also go to the gym regularly (stone masons for example). The gym helps them to get stronger and avoid injuries when working hard.

[@seigeengine]

***** And some of those people don't sit on their asses all day when they're not at work, rotting away, only to then go off to a gym to fix their lifestyle problem. The reality is that that has nothing to do with anything. I'm not interested in who the "strongest" are. Strength isn't even close to the most desirable element of fitness. Don't try to peddle your drugs on me, "medicine man," if I am deficient, yea, then I shall correct it. I will not rely on your crutch. I will not ignore the source of the problem to solely treat the symptoms.

[@XCritonX]

seigeengine You know so little that you think you know so much. Going to the gym and training (the key word here) is not about "fixing a lifestyle problem", its about becoming the best version of yourself. Its about challenging your limits and growing as a human being. The process of training your body to be stronger makes you a better person. Lifting weights as part of a training regimen releases hormones in our bodies that increase intelligence, reduce stress and reverse aging. People who are engaged in active weight training programs are generally very active people. Many of them have jobs that require strength and endurance. Lifting heavy weights helps them to prepare for physical labor and reduces on the job injuries. If you can lift 2x your body weight in a squat you can handle a physical job. Unless you are already on drugs I don't see how you can think I'm prescribing drugs. Maybe you meant that for someone else???

[@waterrocketengeneer]

The forge I built at home is cone-shaped and will take anything; coal, charcoal, wood. I personally use "specialised" blacksmithing coal (not the anthracite stuff) because a 50 pound bag is roughly 10 €. I would love to work with wood or charcoal because it burns so clean, but since I'm not on a large property, coal is cheaper (it burns longer).

[@alexandreallain8314]

This was the info I was looking for! Much appreciated and I have enjoyed alot of your videos.

[@neogator26]

Sad to see these don't seem to be available any longer.

[@ChewbacaTW]

great idea! thanks for sharing Cody!

[@citizen762]

If this forge will get me some guns like Corey, I'M GETTING ONE!!

[@slapislazuli4114]

He is absolutely right about the propane

[@casper1240]

Using scrap pallet wood now as we cant get coal in the UK works better than i expected

[@stuartmangold595]

I have seen similar looking forge plans on instructables so if you have a fireplace supply shop in your town for the bricks that might be a cheaper option, just use an old hair drier as a blower (just clip the heating coils out first so it cant melt on you)

[@scott9310]

Thanks for sharing Cody.

[@GINGERJAMMER]

That woman had some serious arms.

[@julioburgos4979]

I thought the same thing. I guess blacksmithing all of the time would do that. Not bad at all.

[@ferrugenfish]

So simple, so genius. Thanks for taking the time to show this to us!! And Wranglerstar... is that a transporter on your wrist?

[@cedarg9874]

I want one too! Very cool.

[@DevinZX]

I live in Tennessee, and in the past few years there have been some coal industry accidents such as dust spills and water contamination that may have caused the price of TN coal to rise. The TVA was not happy about those accidents.

[@DaveBare]

Best video in AGES. Thanks, Cody!

[@ianbyrnes1094]

Blacksmiths have traditionally used charcoal and actually preferred it to coal but as coal became more available because of growing industry and good high quality charcoal became less available due to cost and simply less trees most switched to coal.

[@IronheadOfScroteus]

I think I can knock one of these together. I have two old Champion blowers and scrap steel. Another summer project!

[@boxysister7747]

at my home town I can buy about 40 pounds of nut coal for about 6-7 dollars it works really well and it's cheap!! ITS GREAT!

[@d.cypher2920]

i have lots of coal around here, in the hillsides sticking out where you can see the seem, on the traintracks, everywhere....outside pittsburgh pa, btw

[@corpsucks]

3:46 - oopsy-daisy!

[@lumspond]

Should mention they have two forges bolted together in the video. Just to make sure you understand the scale, and aren't disappointed. I love it though.

[@Whitloxhomestead]

lumspond Thanks for noticing the different size in the video from the Amazon link first posted! We have two models of the forge: the mini that is shown as our avatar, and the fullsize forge that Cori is using in the video. The fullsize forge has the adjustable length firebed and dial select air supply.

[@glduncan68]

Great video. Am fortunate enough to live in Tennessee and coal (at this point) is still reasonable. But not as replenish-able as wood of course. Great option for many folks.

[@StarCoreSE]

You could maybe use the heat of the forge to dry wood places on top of it. The hit air might also power a turbine to force fresh air into the fire.

[@jolt00]

Our studio bought one of these forges a year or so ago. They work just fine, but To me it's not as pleasurable to use as coal or propane. It's very vey hot to use and it's always smoking, unlike coal. But it does get the metal hot and works. Small forge welds do work but anything much bigger than 5/8s and the forge was so hot it was hard to stand close enough to crank the blower.

[@scotthutchison2522]

To steal a phrase from Wrangler star, his daughter subscribes to the "suns out guns out" philosophy. That's pretty neat.

[@ecleveland1]

That girl had some "guns" I don't think her dad has to worry about her being able to take care of herself.

[@mdbigman]

ecleveland1 LOL Yeah, she looks like she gets a better workout than in a pilates class!

[@nimueh4298]

ecleveland1 If you swing a hammer everyday you eventually built up your arms whether you want to or not.

[@kyrawest-morse3837]

Yeah, I know her in person, and that woman scares me sometimes. She does martial arts, I think. She has also accidentally thrown people into walls while folk dancing. Definitely a role model.

[@qwertyui90qwertyui90]

she's very attractive though

[@DracoOmnia]

jumping jehosaphat, it's about time for me to get a forge!

[@bldeagle10]

Well, that opens a world of possibilities

[@petercampbell6087]

if you got one of theese would there be more blacksmithing videos?

[@guildybram]

this will work, of course. It's way more efficient to make your wood into charcoal before hand though. I would even say a charcoal fire burns better than a charcoal one. you do use about 3x as much fuel though.

[@oldfarmshow]

Thank you

[@seigeengine]

No advantages? Coal may not be necessary for hobbyists, but it's definitely a better material for forging. Propane offers the advantage of rapid response heat And charcoal would be far more efficient on both your material and time while forging, but if you're concerned about where it's coming from, you can always produce it yourself. Not saying this is a bad idea, but there are definite disadvantages to this approach.

[@hunters36forgingwoodworkin73]

Just use charcoal. Easy to make. Burns longer than wood. Can get to wielding temp to problem.

[@AlphaModPig]

Don't know much about blacksmithing, but $125 seems pretty fair priced, especially for a family business!

[@budmoore8144]

GREAT VIDEO

[@mc52]

Very interesting video!! Thanks!

[@recipesfordisaster2104]

"rub my belly pat my head" skillset made use in survival. Respect.

[@JboysTV]

I’ve used all three types of forges and found that propane’s the fast and most even heat coal has the best chance of being the hottest burning forge and charcoal is great for a cheap and fun way of forging but just straight wood for me would be harder to get than just coal i don’t have tons of land to log for wood so in my case the other three gorges are better than this

[@Laughingman120186]

wow that would be amazing

[@thenorthwestpreppers4457]

What an amazing young lady... any man would be lucky to have her as a soul mate! And What an awesome invention! I want one! or two...

[@markmoreno7295]

Just wondering if you can use clean coal once in a while?

[@stephengriffith1605]

Hi I live in Ireland and was wondering how do I get on of your forges and how much will it cost Thank you Stephen

[@donf9925]

I'm thinking this vid is going to be a preview for an upcoming episode - I wonder if you will be able to hook up your "Bufco" to it?

[@sandeepKumar-md2yl]

Nice sir

[@emptyset00]

how does the wood affect the heat and metal? it doesn't look like the piece got very hot. great idea if it works... FYI i got 120# of coal from Chehalis WA for about $12, and it has lasted me >4 years now... there is low cost coal available in the PNW. looks like a great option!

[@W4TRI_Ronny]

Cody can you post the link for the blowers? Great video!! Thanks!

[@W4TRI_Ronny]

Bit more digging. Can you list it on Wranglermart? www.amazon.com/gp/aag/main/ref=olp_merch_name_1?ie=UTF8&asin=B00GBJWSR2&isAmazonFulfilled=0&seller=A2U8RK5ZCAKAQI

[@robertmansell3667]

Good story good luck to them

[@colson2110]

What watch are you sporting in this video?

[@claypoole702]

High-sulfer coal is what I used. But it's getting harder to acquire these days.

[@5in1killa]

That is priced way lower than I thought, I think I may get one.

[@chiefof]

And you will be supporting a small, family run business too. If Cody can work a deal with the forge makers to allow him to list it on his Amazon site it might turn out to be a win-win for both of them.

[@rosewood1]

It would have been useful to know if this can get hot enough to forge weld. We didn't see much of an actual working demonstration. Basic stuff for sure. Nevertheless thanks for posting. Buying coal has become quite difficult.

[@Streetpharma]

Quality content

[@MawoDuffer]

went through 14 ounces of propane making one leaf after the square taper and I don't have good insulation so I need this.

[@truebluekit]

That is one fine lass.

[@DXMediaTV]

have you tried mixing in kingsford charcoal (or like kind) with your wood?