Induction Heating, Oil forges, etc

My name is Spc.Savant, im a US Army soldier deployed to Afghanistan. I have been smithing for about 4 years before I started my Army career and have never really been interested in the whole induction forge method, I always used coal. Anyways, when my platoon mechanic found out about my past smithing history he was fascinated and wanted to start smithing here, then he ran the idea of induction forges by me, this is where you guys come in. We have all the materials, but not really sure what exactly we need, I have been researching the topic for some time (I have a lot of free time now due to the recent IED that put me on crutches and made me non mission capable). Any help …

I switched over to propane back in '93. At the time I could get the 100# tanks filled for $30. Now a fill is 3 times that ! I have been considering switching to waste oil but have this small fear of the danger of a grease fire in the shop. My building is kind of small and crowded and the oil forges I have seen run usually seem to sit in a big puddle! I know I have grease and oil puddled around the hammer but they arent exactly near an ignition source. ( I have dropped some big pieces of hot steel into the hole in the Bradley's frame before, that fire wasnt much fun to put out!) How big of a risk is there in running on oil?

im thinking of building a waste oil forge, i like the idea and i can get as much used cooking oil as i want. i was looking at this design, http://www.backyardmetalcasting.com/oilburners10.html and it looks like it works, a few questions i have is what kinda fan can i use for this set up? i found a few forge blowers but $250 is kinda steep and im not sure how much cfm do i need. is there anything else i can use instead of a forge blower? another question i wanna ask is i would like to use this design to heat rods and square tubing so i'll have to make one that lays flat and with a different door any ideas or things i should look out for?

I was cruising youtube, and saw quite a few video's where a person would insert an item, which would be brought to yellow heat in a few seconds.. Is there a down side to using something like this for blacksmithing purposes? would the enviorment be oxidizing? carburizing? are there any dangers surrounding it, and how hard would it be to craft up a small one? I dont really understand it fully, but it sounds like they are just running a current through copper tubing, which creates a magnetic feild thus heating the metal somehow.. so ya, any possibilities?

At about 2.00 mins in this video the steel is drawn through two rings. Is that induction heating? YouTube - Around America's Blacksmith Shop

It is shown on the thumbnail below. I won it at a liquidation auction. This is a 240v, 7,200 W furnace that goes up to 2,000 degrees F, which is "bright yellow" color. I think that it should be enough for blackmithing, though maybe not for forge welding. But I can do arc welding. I like electricity better than gas, for a few reasons, such as better understanding of electricity and lower risk. I can run it indoors if I want. Thus furnace seems to be a older version of their current HT-22D furnace that you can see in this PDF document: http://www.paragonweb.com/files/catalog/Pa55_Knifemaker_Heattreater_Bro.pdf Tihs furnace may be killing two birds with one st…

I know this has been discussed before but here is a fairly new twist. watch this viseo on youtube. YouTube - How to build a Babington Burner do you think this would be able to heat a small forge to welding temps? I also have a few ideas to simplify the whole process.

This is homesteader here. I`m new. Anyway can someone explain induction heating to me.

Hello fine lads'n lasses! As some of you know, I've been working with a waste-oil forge of my own design and build for about the past year. I absolutely love it. It's allowed me to work without having to pay for fuel, and to be honest I've gone and spoilt myself, since I can get to a yellow heats within minutes without having to constantly check my wallet. Its only flaw is that it restricts the shape of work I can do, and makes working small pieces rather difficult to keep track of. So, I'm taking advantage of my college's machine shop, to fabricate a solid fuel forge. But, as is probably evident from my making of a waste-oil forge, originally intended for waste veggie…

I was wondering if anyone uses waste oil burners. I built one to run my casting foundry and was wondering if anyone has set up one of these burners in a black smith shop. I know it gets hot enough, (found that out when I melted my steel crucible full of metal what a mess:p) but wanted an opinon on practicality.

Hello! I just tested out my wvo forge, and it works beautifully. It used about a quart of old canola oil in about an hour, and can get up to bright yellow heats with ease. With it, I can work several pieces in the forge at once as well. Only drawback is that it is rather loud. Just figured I'd post about it, Merry Being, Archie

Hello. I haven't posted much recently, been busy with that most noble and auspicious process of applying to college (uuuurgh!) But I have been, on the side, slowly building a forge that runs on waste oil. I finished it today, it's like a gas forge, but vertically built, so that the oil burns in the bottom without carbon-blacking up the irons in the top. 1 inch koawool with thin a layer if Mizzou castable on the top. The base is Mizzou, and the removable top is koawool imbedded in Mizzou to hold it together, and the fuel injection is...some pipes. I'll put pictures of it soon. I'm using the waste oil from my deep frier, and other oily things that I cook, and I've talked…