Wood Fired Blacksmith Forge
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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.
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.
This is nothing new but I love this family and hope they do well
I use the Zomax blower on my charcoal forge and have no problems with it or getting welding heat! I would highly recommend them!
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!
Wow! She looks very strong! Those forges look awesome
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.
An American Homestead I was about to send you guys a msg about this! The price is very reasonable.
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!
Well another oldie but goodie
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.
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.
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.
I'm in New Zealand and have ordered one (small). A friend in the US is resending it to me.
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.
Physical labor > mirror selfies in the gym, any day!
Expenses stopped us from doing black smithing- or trying to. Great video! Might attempt this.
Really cool! Hope to add one to my shop one day.
That is a great price in my opinion. Thanks for sharing this with us.
Hope to see a video review of it when you get one cody!! This is exactly what I need to get into blacksmithing.
I had ancestors who did this. I liked seeing it.
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.
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
Sad to see these don't seem to be available any longer.
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.
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
That's a great forge. I need one!!
If this forge will get me some guns like Corey, I'M GETTING ONE!!
He is absolutely right about the propane
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.
That girl had some "guns" I don't think her dad has to worry about her being able to take care of herself.
ecleveland1 LOL Yeah, she looks like she gets a better workout than in a pilates class!
ecleveland1
If you swing a hammer everyday you eventually built up your arms whether you want to or not.
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.
she's very attractive though
Using scrap pallet wood now as we cant get coal in the UK works better than i expected
That woman had some serious arms.
I thought the same thing. I guess blacksmithing all of the time would do that. Not bad at all.
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.
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)
Thank you, Wranglestar, for saying what I've been saying: No to propane, yes to wood.
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.
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.
jumping jehosaphat, it's about time for me to get a forge!
Best video in AGES. Thanks, Cody!
I think I can knock one of these together. I have two old Champion blowers and scrap steel. Another summer project!
great idea! thanks for sharing Cody!
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
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.
Well, that opens a world of possibilities
3:46 - oopsy-daisy!
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.
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.
Thanks for sharing Cody.
Now that's a woman!! The forge looks great!
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.
High-sulfer coal is what I used. But it's getting harder to acquire these days.
Good story good luck to them
GREAT VIDEO
I used to make wood fired forges just by digging a hole in the ground and burying a pipe with holes in for the air, it would get so hot that it could burn up a steel bar!
That is priced way lower than I thought, I think I may get one.
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.
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.
To steal a phrase from Wrangler star, his daughter subscribes to the "suns out guns out" philosophy. That's pretty neat.
went through 14 ounces of propane making one leaf after the square taper and I don't have good insulation so I need this.
Nice sir
That is one fine lass.
I have a electric buffalo forge blower but wish I had a hand crank one
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 $12, and it has lasted me >4 years now... there is low cost coal available in the PNW. looks like a great option!
Looks like cody will be switching from timberfit to blacksmith fit.
wow, 30$ for a bag of charcoal over there? i live in Germany, in the western part that was super famous for it's coal and mining. nowadays the last coal mine has closed up years ago, but still you can get a bag of coal for a few dollars. I guess you are talking about was bigger bags then what i have in mind :)
muh1h1 about 20 years ago my property boarded the train tracks. the cars that haul coal were not very good at keeping the coal in and you could always find chunks of coal along the tracks from about the size of a grapefruit and smaller.
l3arrett82
now that is cool! :)
muh1h1 much of our coal comes from the Appalachian mountains here on the east coast. West Virginia has some of the best anthracite coal in the world. Very hard and burns hot. You can get cheaper softer coals but hard coal burns much cleaner and longer so it does cost more. That wood forge is such a great idea! Amazing that you don't even need to make your own charcoal!
Interesting comment! Just to let you know the dollar sign comes before the dollar :)
l3arrett82 There is plenty of coal on railroad grades...I remember seeing coal everywhere along old grades as a kid. Man I gotta find those places.
would you be as so kind as to inform us on what you are wearing on your wrist? thank you.
Does it get hot enough for hardening? I noticed in the short time she was hammering the metal it didn't look like it was reaching the needed temperature.
Vinland Yes, it gets hot enough for hardening. You only need to get the metal to about 1400 degrees for that, and even an unfanned wood fire can reach that. The fanned coals reach 2200+. It is difficult to see the colors of the hot metal in the bright sunlight, so hard to say temperature from the video.
Whitlox Homestead Good to know. I think I might pick one up just to replace my brake drum forge I made, had nothing but troubles with it
a good find to start the day! the hand crank blowers are the key
amazon.com has forge blowers
What watch are you sporting in this video?
Using coal is a relatively new idea. Charcoal is the original fuel for forges and furnaces.
It works better than the resinous hardwoods? I thought the resinous trees are all softwoods...........
i like your mic
Wow! That girl is so in shape :O
MrNeutross I was impressed with her knowledge and physical ability, too.
Christ Opher Yeah yeah. She was speaking like a pro.
Carina Wilberg
** goes out to buy a fedora so I can tip it :-).... virtual fedora already tipped!
MrNeutross indeed Sir. It's refreshing to see some women out there stepping up to Do interests historically mostly only done by men (and vise versa). Her father must be very proud.
Carina Wilberg I "Cori" in the video you?! I'd like to write you but don't see a way, so I just added you on Google+ (ferrugenfish@gmail.com and/or Christopher Michael Ferrouge on facebook :-)
I use wood in my brake drum forge
The link is only to the forge. Where can I get the blowers they import from India??
Jeff Benefield whitloxhomestead.com/products/manual-cast-blower
Quality content
Nice ... one day ... one day .........
Where can you get one?
I'm really confused i made a forge out of an old pot a metal tube and a hair dryer that works with both wood and charcoal as well as coke so I'm not sure what's special about their's ( not hating I'm just self taught so I'm pretty ignorant about many aspects of blacksmithing)
have you tried mixing in kingsford charcoal (or like kind) with your wood?
They need to use box bellows, those are way more efficient.
Here's a stupid question dost the forge com with the Blower
super
would this blower work on ab rake drum forge ok if you were burning coal?
can i buy one.
Neat
The top 3 comments are about a girl's thicc arms lmao
Shes ripped
some wood burns hotter than others
Lol @1:21 - why'd you direct your interviewee and point him towards the camera when he was answering your question? It doesn't work that way (at least not in "man on the street" interviews we see on the news, comedy shows, etc).
I'm surprised that this forge would make charcoal. It was my understanding that charcoal was made by slowly burning wood with limited oxygen.
looks like someone might go home with a new forge. lol
Wood burns hot for smelting low melt temp metals.
Buy two...UPS me the extra one!
Let's summarize - A girl WITH tools and fire, that doesn't mind getting dirty... That's hot at ANY level ! Was there something about a forge ??
Wait your telling me I can use wood instead of coal?
Yup! And it looks likes it's easier too!
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Why not just make your own charcoal and use that instead? It'd be easier to light and burn a little hotter.
They also have a video about that on their channel
If you have lots of wood available you would be better off making charcoal outside of the forge in large quantities and then burn it in this forge.. There are lots of videos on making charcoal on TH-cam. That forge would do a lot better with charcoal.
Frank B Hi, I have a question or two, you've got me curious.
Considering that the wood at the bottom of the fire would be charcoal anyway, why bother making charcoal first if you're going to be using this particular wood fired forge? Wouldn't making the charcoal be extra work that could be skipped altogether?
Thanks.
+truebluekit Little late. But the "charcoal" that forms in the bottom of a wood fired forge isn't really the same as properly made charcoal. Actual charcoal isn't made in an open flame, so vs. just burning it through, you are changing the structure of the wood. Properly made charcoal can burn very hot, hot enough to melt down ore and to forge weld. As far as raw wood, not proper lump charcoal, even at the best of times I could only ever get orange. So that's pretty much it. Proper charcoal burns hotter and more efficiently than normal wood, as lump charcoal isn't really made in the depths of an open fire, but rather in an inclosed area.
TheCompute101
Ah, that explains a lot. Thanks!
truebluekit No Problem!
I use to make my own charcoal but honestly it was too time consuming for me. it's just easier and simpler to feed wood into the forge. it does the work for me.
WouldPayHerToForgeThingsForMeIfILivedInAmerica/10
Not withstanding the young lady. The system looks like a good standby for the lean coal times. Nice concept.
Why so many dislikes on this, I thought it was cool.
Anthony Lopardo Because real blacksmiths use coal and or propane, the claim was made this forge can reach welding heat, I'd like a demonstration from fire start to welding heat. this thing looks like a toy.
If we'd stop lying about coal and shutting down a completely viable industry just so we can pay down our debt to China by sending all of our coal over there where they do not have any, ANY environmental controls at all (just google
China pollution) and they are free to destroy their air, rivers, ocean with coal we gave them. But can we use the coal here? Not with the little Communist half breed in the white house playing Hitler. Did you know that a brand new port
is being built right now north of Portland just to handle all the coal that is being sent to China. Here in Billings Montana we watch coal trains loaded to the hilt headed west every day. It's unbelievable how much is being shipped.
I guess pollution is relative to location. Our now defunct coal burning facility's were the cleanest in the world but then
who cares when your aim is to "necessarily make energy prices skyrocket"
This guy is not the modern blacksmith, Dan brazeal