Dean Christman

It's a little larger than the on trenton tye used in his video but me and my dad are gonna make it work a little bit of welding will make perfect, thanks for the glenn

Just an update if anyone cares haha scored a brake rotor from a truck repair shop for free, a xxxx load of angle iron from my shop teacher at school aswell as some steel pipe and a huge sheet of sheet metal. Borrowing a friends welder this weekend and ill weld up a frame and a little table for my new forge ill be sure to try and post some pictures for a what i hope to be a nice example of a brake drum forge!

By wrong direction i mean i have been over complicating things. I hope i can get a brake drum or rotor sometime soon.

That is gorgeous! I would love to have that in my front yard

I got a good chuckle out of that one haha

i Built a forge a month or two ago and have been doing a bit here in there. It almost looks like a gas forge but i burn solid fuel in it. It doesn't nearly get hot enough but thanks for the info all. Obviously ive been going in the wrong direction this whole time haha i watched trenton tye's videos and thats what got me first started in blacksmithing. I will be scrounging in the junk yard this week for sure!! Thank you so much you guys, this forum and all of its members are great people! =D

What would you advise using to cut a sheet of steel the table? I lack welding tools but could borrow some, i dont believe a have a way to get any type of cutting torch.

I'm looking to make a coal forge, preferable one with a table. I'm obviously a newcomer to smithing =) and i would love some input from the community of the forum. I've been digging through the forum for some ideas. I've been debating or not whether to maybe buy one from centaur forge? But they are a bit out of my price range. Any type of input from you guys/gals would be greatly appreciated!

Technicus Joe has a video on youtube of how to make bolthead tongs hes a great smith and his tutorials are very informative! Here is the link to the video its in two parts I Hope This Helps!!

I like it a lot! I really enjoy this type of sculpture.