SmithIntheMaking

o yeah that is a way i've never thought about today i made some charcoal but the lid wasnt air tight so i guess i wont no if it worked until tommorrow when i open the barrel thanx for the info

thanks for all the info everyone and i think im going to make my charcoal ahead of time dose anyone have a idea of how much wood would it take to make a basic knife with after turning all the wood to charcoal i appreciate any information that can be given

o that is a good idea i think my forges pipes is to small but for the amount of air it seems to work alright probably gonna try the vacumn and 2.5 inch pipe like you sayed sounds like it will put out more air then my pump one more question what do you perfer to use wood to forge or charcoal thanks for all the information

mid louisiana how big do u think the pipe carrying the air to the forge should be

o i have also tryed one and it worked fine for a while now i have moved on to a kind of old pump that used to go on a gas tank that you pump up and down and it releases air it dosent pump out a huge amount of air at once but it more cost efficent then buying batteries thanks for the advice

hi everyone im new to blacksmithing but so far i have managed to make a couple knives and the machine im using for my blower dosent put out a lot of air and was wonder how much air would you guys give to a wood forge to keep it going at forging temp and i mostly use railroad spikes to forge