$40 FORGE built in 1 hour!!!
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- made from off the shelf parts (this would normally use a brake drum but I didn't have one so i had to make a pan. a brake drum would be better, then make a small table around it! the parts to make the tuyere only cost around $35
"Throw the flapper away, throw the cap away, the instructions, you don't need any of that crap." Made my day man. Great video, definitely will be making one of these so I can start trying to blacksmith. Thanks for the video!
I should be in bed so I can get my kids ready for school in the morning and be in my shop by 8 a.m. yet I'm sitting here eating donuts and watching blacksmith videos.
Use foundation block as a table and place the pan on the top. This worked GREAT with the Semi Truck brake drum and the foundation block hole openings made a great route for the Fan blower pipe. The heat is so intense that FOLDING Iron was easier than folding steel. Iron rebar was folded into itself some 36 times with this forge method...
THANK YOU Modern Blacksmith for the knowledge...and the beer tips. Keep it
pounding!!!
I built my charcoal forge for 25 bucks, and spent the rest of the money I had set aside for it to make the bellows. Do it the Japanese style; fire bricks and charcoal. Stupid simple.
Hey you might never answer again but got any examples of your build?
fuck yea start the video by grabbing a beer, I like where this is going
johnny quest
Mark Korsten231183
16 minute video, 4 minutes of useful information.
+kme krine Beer talk
+Al Hubbard "Beer talk" That should of been the title of the video.
I've been giving my neighbors a little break about a couple weeks. Now, your videos have given me the inspiration to end their peaceful little holiday. Time to head out to the shop to hammer a little iron. heh-heh
regarding the fan. I have found that a fan from an old microwave works amazingly well for this application. they have good mounting points are enclosed to avoid accidental contact with fingers and I have gotten quite a few for nothing just haul the microwave away.
You have no doubt impressed countless 12 year-olds with your beer drinking.
I've seen another guy here on youtube do one that looks even cheaper (but immobile). Dig a hole in the ground, dig a little trench to the hole, put a pipe in the trench, cover the trench up, and use a shopvac as forced air
+Sam G seems to me like he is talking about Zed yeah :D
+Sam G there are dozens of people who do that, but yeah, could be ZnA
You are my HERO!!! I don't know if it's your demeanor or the beer. I am going to make that brake drum forge. I have some non-magnetic steel (Titanium Nickel Steel alloy of some kind) that I want to temper out for a blade, and the fire pit can't even get it cherry. The stock eats cut off wheels. I think hot cut is my only option other than the plasma cutter, and that's just no fun. Thanks for the tips. Oh yeah.... Eye protection, it's not just a fashion statement.
Another advantage to using hardwood lump chafcoal. When finished, douse the fire out with water. Let the charcoal dry and it can be reused unlike brickettes.
not bad. I did a $5 walmart wok. $8 cooking pot. $10 hair dryer. an cut an aluminum water bottle as the pipe. works awesome.
but i need to make it more steady. yours is more robust.
Jamie Burke it doesnt matter about about how robust it is there is always room for improvement if it does the job then just look at it and see how you could neaten it up
Jamie Burke that even sounds genius. Reall cool. Is the set like the one in this video respectively
Another great video Dan, I don't know how I missed this one. I just removed a 2.5 hp DC motor and controls from an old treadmill. You could pick one up cheap and you'd have a variable speed motor for a 2x72 sander. Cheers!
I'm going to go into blacksmithing, I have always had a fascination with it. I think Ihave to say atm w/o experience the most exciting prospect is I can make useful things...if I am wood working or practicing bush craft and find I could use or need a tool I do not have...hell I can MAKE it. Tyvm for these videos, hopefully I will have my own little forge going some time...only other things will be the tools an anvil will have to be done with some piece from the rail road but it IS a start!
I just wanted to say thank you for the idea. I came across an old forge with bad bellows i seen your video and kinda used your idea. Needless to say it works great.
"throw that away you dont need any of that crap"
liked for this simple reason :D
I'm just a young guy with a dream! Thanks for the video.
For 16 dollars, you can buy a 92mm tornado high air flow fan designed for server rack cooling. They have a TINY foot print and 120 CFM, or a 120mm delta fan, for a larger footprint and 240 cfm. Requires a 12v power supply, which is easy with an adapter to mains or from a car battery. Just something that would be cheaper and more efficient than a ventilation fan.
Where would one go to buy such fans?
Andrea T
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16835213001
www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16811999613&cm_re=92mm_tornado-_-11-999-613-_-Product
Andrea T Oh and make sure they are intaking air, not exhausting it. Probably pretty obvious, but wanted to make a point in pointing that out.
Richard Smith Ah! Computer fans! I hadn't thought of that for this application. Brilliant. That would also mean that you could use an old computer power supply to provide a 12V source (or, as you had said, a car or deep cycle RV/marine battery). Thanks.
I wish I had a shop here to set up a forge (as well as my welding equipment (which is all buried in storage) but, alas, that isn't an option in my present location.
Andrea T Use server grade fans, not consumer grade desktop fans, they are not up to the strain, and server grade fans favor cfm at the cost of noise, they are very loud, so those would be ideal for this purpose too, where CFM and longevity are much more important than noise output.
Thanks, I've been trying to get into forging knives and a variation of this will be my first forge.
You can add an ESC to make that baby turn slower, look into castle creations. Love your vids, im a younger guy who just got into black smithing as a hobby and man im loving it. Keep up the awesome work!
Dan, keep your peepers open for free treadmills (or cheap), a lot of them have a 1 horse motor (DC). Ya just pull the motor and speed control (be sure to pull the transformer too).
Then ya got yourself a high torque variable speed setup for a drill press, sander, grinder, etc.
I like the idea of using that bathroom fan in lue of the usual hair dryers (which are just hell noisy!)
Hey man,,,it's great information. You know your stuff. Wish I had a shop like yours and it sounds like all of these other jealous blokes do as well. They are just too envious to say so. Keep up the great work mate!!
40 $ for beer the forge is free :D
I sure hope that was not bud beer, I trust you are Canadian and I trust you are from eastern Canada. Did you get that beer for doing a job? hahah get the Keiths! Great vid man, I have been watching all your stuff, good job, I am new to blacksmithing and built a coal forge out of a kitchen sink, you have been helping out big time. I will be moving to a store bought gas forge soon. Keep em coming. Cheers
I think I understand the forge part, what I need to find out is where to get a fan that does not need electricity I have only seen them on fairly big forges. The reason I live in an apt in the city and I can't do it anywhere in or around apt. however I can go to picnic area with no problems.
I built a forge out of a 20lb propane tank, son 2 inch square iron , auto exhaust pipe welded it up hooked a blow dryer to its worked for 2 years no issues. my total cost after a visit to the scrap yard and Walmart for the blow dryer was about 25 bucks. just saying.
You remind me of George Cloony. Nice vids, thanks for all your instructionals.
We've got the same plasma cam in our shop. In my opinion it's our most valuable tool
cast iron d steel are fusible dissimilar metals. the bond wont be great but it will be fused. aluminum to steel can also be done with explosion welding.
Here's an idea for your kit for the legs. Weld four pipe caps, say 1 inch, to the corners and your buyers can buy 1 inch by 3 inch pipe nipples and some pipe for the legs that they cut out themselves for the legs.
I want one would work so much better then my forage now! I'd even send you the first knife i make with it!
thought we we making a forge not cheese burgers.
bang tidy little forge!! and you have a plasma cutter!! thats awesome :D not sure it matters much, but every time you force an airflow round a bend, allot of that airflow is wasted... thnx for the upload :)
Wouldn't smaller holes with a rheostat in the line to vary the fan output work better?
I built a brake drum forge with a 3/16" plate welded to the hole in the brake drum. Drilled small holes in the plate and used an old hair dryer with an in-line rheostat for adjusting the air flow. Insert the end of the hair dryer into the end of the air inlet pipe and it worked really well!
I would switch the pipe 90 to a pipe t. That way any thing that might fall through the holes would end up in the dirt leg
Thanks for sharing... if you add a dimmer switch you could control the air speed just my 2 cents.
If you want to remove the galvanized layer just buy a quart bottle of muriatic acid, put it in a plastic container and drop in the galvanized part.
Do it outside and do NOT breathe the fumes.
Be ready with a box of baking soda and a water hose.
@jdouglasfisher I disagree, the entry level kit should be only the pan, tubes for the legs to slide into, and the hole cut for the tuyere. No blower or piping included; those parts would just add cost to shipping. Anyone could go to their hardware store and get the parts to attach. Keep the cost low for new people.
My grandpa was an old school investor/engineer who had just tons of stuff for my uncle to use and I am looking into going over to his place sometime to help him and maybe even do some of this
I would buy one of these off of you . Just depends on how far it's being shipped
this would been a great video if it were 3 min long
Looks good man! Very informative, thanks for putting it up
Best intro I've seen in a long time! Lol
I tested it out and it took months to burn that little bit of zinc off it doesn't seem to burn (oxidize) under the fire there not enough oxygen, so don't worry about it
EVERYONE HAS THERE OWN STYLE WTF. THANKS FOR THE INFO DUDE
Excellent information, thanks for posting!
@byteusa you don't need a plasma cutter, I only used the pan because I didn't have a brake drum. (a brake drum would be better) you must not have watched the entire video...the tuyere part of the forge is the important part the pan is only acting as a table.
Don't use briquetes, buy something that says lump charcoal on it, it'll burn hotter and faster and it's a lot cheaper.
Hardwood charcoal has always worked best for me.
I use an 8 dollar hairdryer from walmart and tape the cold button so it doesn't heat up, plus it puts out more air. just trying to help
Just because he has the means, doesn't mean that's the only way to do it. I'm sure there are plenty of ways to do this. From a cutting torch to a good ole hacksaw. That was just the easiest way for him.
if you would pay attention, he said ideally not to use galvanized, but he only had five minutes to grab the stuff.
i would ABSOLUTELY buy a kit for $150 ive been trying to get into blacksmithing for a while now but ive been short of cash and my area is a bit hard to work with.
Yes galvanising will cause sickness but not always death. Still is best to remove it with viniger over night
good channel man. lots of good info. thanks
Nice man cave, you got there!
yyyeeeessss please make a kit because i have been trying to make a forge for awhile and a cheap kit would be amazing !!!!!
i got zinc poisoning last year from welding galvanized. it does burn easily. A blowtorch will burn it.
"throw the instructions away, you wont need those."
this is my quote for the year
what are the dimensions on that pan? I work with a Trumpf 3050 laser and would like to make one...great video thank you
A Canadian drinking Budweiser? I don't believe it!
Galvanized steel puts off poisonous fumes. Are you trying to get somebody hurt?
There isn't enough galvanizing on that to hurt a fly
+Bugbee86 lol. You wanna try ?
+Bugbee86 It is black pipe dood
+SaitoGray yeah I've welded galvanized pipe hundreds of times. Unless your in a confined area for a prolonged period of time you will never know it.
I would be willing to pay for a proper kit that would last though.
I'm a girl into this shit lol :) He makes some pretty wicked shit and a neat shop setup!
Swallow forge built one that is maybe 10 bucks in parts. I can't speak for durability as I haven't seen or used either.
0:16 I like this guy
trolls/trouble makers... oh well, your video is awesome, thank you so much for posting.
YOU KNO IF HE WASNT SO COOL A HE WOULD BE A REAL HOSER A! GO DUCKS!
Oh man don’t use kings ford go for the hard wood charcoal over that every time brother ... I am sure you have seen this comment before... also he’s galvanized no go but you could chemically strip that and I know you’re also aware of its hazards because you mentioned it.. I know you’re doing a budget build and I applaud you for the build and idea it looks great not hating just a couple ideas
Green egg kind of charcoal or country brand hardwood charcoal lumps if you go the charcoal way over coal or wood again suggestions I understand the idea of this is to build the cheapest forge you could and I appreciate that
great. thanks for sharing this.
I was under the impression that BBQ charcoal wasn't the best to use for forging: that you were supposed to use "lump" charcoal.
Is that supposition wrong?
You better make 45 dollars off this video
BRILLIANT!!!!!!!!!!!!
Like Dan says, "Life's tough it's tougher when you're stupid" -Dan Brazzell
love the beginning
WOW, that 40$ forge has turned into a lot of money the longer the video runs...
hey Im just curious If you were to go for an absolute minimalist approach and your forge was literally like a pit dug into the earth.how well would that work? Im interested in seeing if I can do some forging with absolutely no outside investment. Like collecting and refining my own ore. I could go so far as to make my own clay blocks for the furnace I suppose.
Couldn't you just use an old charcoal grill to do this? Instead of the brake pad or pan I mean, cut a hole in the bottom of that grill and place the blower on there?
More curious about the anvil hanging on wall in background...how much for you to cut out another one? Been told to hang my sign for years, just not seen good anvil til that one.
Wouldn't you rather want to use a T joint with another cap opposite of the grated cape so you could dump the ash
why not take a T joint instead of elbow and make a drain for the coal to get out with a cap in the bottom...
I'm fine thanks for asking. just chilling enjoying your video :)
I've enjoyed a lot of your videos please upload more content I would like to talk to you on my huge closed forge I made with 300 dollars
I agree with your opening policy
Can you please make the actual $40 forge video. I don't have access to a plasma cutter or a welder. Your very brief instructions at 9:40 were not very clear.
Good video
Wait are you the guy who got attacked by a bear????? If not then you look very damn familiar and I just so happened I ran into your channel unknowingly lol
Nice Video but BUY A TRIPOD!
If I'm not 21 do you think it is plausible to achieve this build without and I quote "putting a beer in me"?
how about getting the proper parts first, then shooting a video...
how about making your own?
Hey, just pointing something out. With the new TH-cam layout there is an annotation that is inside of the area for "play/pause, sound control, annotations on/off ect." that says "Click here for the Mini-Forge we now sell." Are we supposed to be able to click it?
Thanks for the tut!
id buy on for sure.
Sweet you got any videos of your knives?
Good Information but it took a long time getting to it.
Probably shouldn't expose that galvanized to so much heat, it'll release toxic fumes. Trust me, its not worth it.
would you be able to put hinges on the middle and just cut the plan in half or would that not help with the making it smaller
@modernblacksmith hey i am looking at starting blacksmithing and i need to get a forge and tools but i have my grandpas old anvil it is like 55 might be 70 pounds but it needs to be leveled (i think thats what its call but its not flat anymore) and im curious would it just be cheaper to get a new one?
Or a woman, but I guess that slipped your mind. Nevertheless, thanks for the forge hack. This is cool, but I woodwork and don't have a plasma cutter, which would be a limiting factor if I didn't want to do the drum. Maybe a nibbler attachment? Now the project is $70. Still, sturdier than other tuts on youtube.
My first brake drum forge didn't even have a pan. Just the drum. I made a lot of pretty neat stuff with it before I ever did one with the pan surrounding the drum. I will admit that having the pan surrounding the drum makes things easier and more functional, though. I just mention that with just the drum and legs bolted to it will give you a basic unit that will work until you decide you want to keep doing it or until you can afford better!