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I need to redo my forge but it won't be very big,something like 15 cm width x 30-40 cm in length,covered on the long sides with refractory bricks.I work stuff like knives,jewelry and axes.

Ik that but in many videos i've seen even when they were moving the panel just a few inches it looked to blow a lot of air, i'd like it to be as small as i can.

Since i'm tired of using an airdrier and leather is pricey i've been looking to make some cheap bellow for my new forge i plan on making,and i came across those japanese bellows,I like working wood and it doesn't cost a lot,surely less than leather or an old forge bellow,and they look like they blow some air!Too much to be honest!One problem i had with my air drier is that it blew too much air and since i'm using charcoal i've been told i don't need too much.

I've understood how those bellows works but all the ones i saw on video looks to blow like a tornado.Anyone has made a medium-small sized one and can share the measures with me?

I wouldn't want to mess it up or make it so small that it's doesn't work well.

I guess the air might be the problem then,I use a hair dryer but it gives to much air...

I don't do that everytime,only when there are a lot of scales,also what temperature range shoul di heat high carbon steel for forgin?i think i might be heating it too much,often to yellow,i can't still quite control the temperature,also because my forge tends to get obstructed and the air flow isn't always the same,I might modify it.

Oh yeah sorry,here's some pics.

The top piece has almost no scaling,the full tang knife has some but not too much and the little one is very rough,the pics actually don't show it,i also filed it a bit to show it more but apparently it doesn't show in the pic

Hi all,i'm new to the forum and also kind of new to blacksmithng,started this summer but didn't spend too many hours on it,so i'm still a newbie. But the other day i realized that my fire isn't "clean",the piece i'm working always end up being very rough on the surface thanks to the heavy scaling i guess.It doens't happens all the times(most of the times on smaller projects,like knives or necklaces) so i'd like to figure out how to keep it cleaner, i've been scouring the internet for some hours now and i didn't find anything helpful. Everyone seems to be using coal D:

Any suggestions?