Hello! I am almost entirely new to blacksmithing and forging (I assume they are different?) The only experience I have was from a Boy Scout festival a few years ago where I was guided through every step in the process. So far I have built a super simple charcoal forge and flattened a few door hinge pins. Through this experience I have decided that it is not the best idea to work with 8" pliers, or so my arm hair says. So, back on topic here, I am a high school student which pretty much says that anything I build will be ultra budgeted until I get to where I can sell some of my work.Take my charcoal forge for example, a grand total of $15 has gone into it's construction and fuel so far. Plan to see me mostly lurking tutorials and info posts with the occasional post of my own looking for info on some obscure way to do something super simple. Over complication is what I do. I do have a few questions here that I figured would best be posted here to keep clutter down on other sub forums. As making knives is what I plan to do until I have funds to take on a bigger task, I think I may want to make a coffee can gas forge and I have two questions on this. First of all, would a Burnzomatic TS2000 be enough for a coffee can forge? Secondly, what is going to be the best option price wise for an insulator for the gas forge? Any feedback is appreciated, thanks.
