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Post by Deleted on Nov 4, 2007 23:58:10 GMT
I will have pics soon. Basically it is the top of a charcoal grill, with a three way pipe coming from the bottom (I cut a hole). The air source is a basketball pump, secured to the metal tube with duct tape (It melted.) Basically it looks like this. Any critique? I manages to get a stainless steel wallhanger katana red hot after a few minutes. A good sign, no?
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Post by slav on Nov 5, 2007 17:19:37 GMT
hahahahaha. that is quite possibly one of the coolest paint-shop drawings I have ever seen! ;D
And yes, it looks good. Is this for forging or heat/quenching?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2007 19:58:22 GMT
Some call that ghetto, shoot, I call it doing what you can with what'cha got. sounds like it works! good luck, what are you gonna try first?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2007 20:01:57 GMT
ps. here is a thought. Thread or buy threaded pipe, use steel washers to bush. so it would go like this pipe, nut, washer, grill top, washer, nut on top to cinch down. maybe a piece of grill just to hold your coals off of your pipe.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 5, 2007 21:22:13 GMT
Thanks for the responses guys, and Vafarmer i will try to do that soon in regards to design. Some folks are telling me i need to use a hair dryer instead of pump, so that may be a future modification. All in all, however, I am surprised at how well it is working.
I dont know exactly what I am doing with it yet. Today's prject is to sever that katana and make a tanto. I will try more advanced stuff in th future.
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Post by Dan Davis on Nov 5, 2007 23:29:41 GMT
What are you burning in this thing?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2007 0:59:10 GMT
What are you burning in this thing? Ive been using cowboy charcoal i talked to a guy on a blacksmithing forum that said its ok for a begginer working with softer metals.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 6, 2007 14:31:40 GMT
What is area? If you wanted to get hotter, you can probably line it with fire brick.
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Post by Dan Davis on Nov 7, 2007 0:33:11 GMT
What are you burning in this thing? Ive been using cowboy charcoal i talked to a guy on a blacksmithing forum that said its ok for a begginer working with softer metals. Ok, I'll bite: what is "cowboy charcoal"? I'm a Texan and I've never heard of this.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2007 2:03:38 GMT
THere's a brand name called Cowboy Charcoal that's supposed to burn hotter than normal briquettes. Could this be it?
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Post by Deleted on Nov 7, 2007 22:17:54 GMT
THere's a brand name called Cowboy Charcoal that's supposed to burn hotter than normal briquettes. Could this be it? I think so. Its just a brown bag of charcoal with a cowboy with a lasso. Picked it up at lowes. THough if a texan has never heard of it its probably another northern company trying to get rich of the good name of us hard-working country folk
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Post by Matt993f.o.d on Nov 8, 2007 16:21:20 GMT
Give us some pics, if possible. Sounds like you got the principles right, just need to sort of expand on it a bit. The fire brick thing sounds good.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 9, 2007 4:17:51 GMT
more info here would be great I would love to try something like this my self maby for some knife work. This would be great since I live in an apartment and dont have a backyard to fill with a large forge. Also seems a lot safer than the coffee can forges I scene around the net.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 10, 2007 14:53:41 GMT
more info here would be great I would love to try something like this my self maby for some knife work. This would be great since I live in an apartment and dont have a backyard to fill with a large forge. Also seems a lot safer than the coffee can forges I scene around the net. Im not sure If it would be possible to do this inside an apartment... it an generate a lot of debree. I replaced the pump with a hair-dryer, and boy, what a difference it makes! Getting carbon steel to red hot or even yellow is no longer a problem.
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Post by Deleted on Nov 12, 2007 5:08:14 GMT
well I wouldn't be doing it inside of course. there is a small lot out back that I could use, I just meant because I don't have a space where I could keep a permenent fixture.
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