Home made knife making forge

[joshuamckee]

Here is the forge that i made today out of a old Chevy break drum and some exhaust pipe.The pipe that comes out the side will have a old reversible shop vac set to blow air attached to it.The break drum is the fire pot that will be filed with charcoal i welded three washers over the hole in the break drum so the charcoal wont fall down the pipe.When i want the fire to get real hot all i have to do is turn the shop vac on and go to work.

 

[cubby]

awesome! now get bangin some hot metal!!!

that forgin stuff scares the **** outta me! good luck!

 

[paddling_man]

Kid at work has forged for a few years. Very cool stuff. Nice job, josh.

 

[joshuamckee]

FORGE

I used to shoe horse for a living and worked with a forge every day.There is just something about working with red hot steal that i love.

 

[smokingman]

Great looking forge +1

 

[Indy_Guy_77]

Hey Joshuamckee...

Do you still do any farrier work, by chance?

-J-

 

[jontheturboguy]

Great job Josh. Looks like a nice unit. Need to get some video of that thing running...

 

[Fergy35]

I like it, looks like it will work great. I really want to learn that forging stuff. I need to get all these other projects done and out of the way though, before my wife divorces me.

As someone before me mentioned - some pictures or video of that thing working would be cool to see.

 

[joshuamckee]

Forge

I am going to try to use it this weekend if i do i will take pics and post them.
You guys are going to have to ask smokingman for pics to i made him a forge today.

 

[Sailor]

That is sweet. Best I have done is cut an old saw blade with my angle grinder, sharpen and paracord it. Good enough for field dressing a deer but not pretty.

 

[CapAndBall]

Poured iron for a living several times in my life. Love it.

 

[PapaScout]

Great looking forge! But I wouldn't recommend firing it in the house. :-P

I built one similar about 10 years ago from a brake drum and still have it. Started with a hairdryer and charcoal. Bought a Champion 300 hand-crank blower and forger's coal from Brazil, IN.

Get banging and take pictures!

Ron

 

[smokingman]

Thanks Joshuamckee for my new forge,i will get pics up later.It looks great!+1