Yep, it's made from the body of a lawnmover, the leg part of a school desk, two empty cans of paint, the grating of a stove, defa car preheater (as the blower), a switch for the blower, some nuts and bolts and some mortar. Except the mortar and the switch, everything else was various junk that me and my brother found lying around our dad's yard. And guess what, it summed out to a working forge. All that was needed to make it was some serious improvisation:)
It may not be pretty but I am very proud of it. Me and my brother tested it today and it exceeded our expectations. We were really surprised how well the blower system turned out. Ok, enough said. Below are some pictures.
Pic 1: When the mortar was cast and the blower system wasn't installed yet.
Pic 2: Blower installed and ready to go.
Pic 3: The blower system. Made from paintbuckets and a car preheater. We "neutered" the preheater so that it doesn't warm the air and that it doesn't use so much electricity.
Pic 4: Up and running. As said: no complaints. Works like a charm.
pic 5: Our temporary anvil lol! It is so hard to find a reasonably priced anvil around here. (Any finns out there with an anvil for sale? )
The forge is easy to repair and to enchance if needed so I think it will serve us good as our first one. Questions or suggestions? Happy to receive and answer them.