So just a personal question. What does everyone forge? I picked it up just as a hobby because i love designing knives and thought i would give knife making a try?
I would like to start with a huge thank you to all of you folks for your advice...ive got the new forge up and running with the kitty litter clay and it works like a charm...in the process of forging my take on a Roman gladius from a ferrier rasp...thanks again gentlemen
Ive seen alot of people talking about that. To get around the clinker issue i went ahead and bout a small tub of refractory cement to coat the inside of the bowl with to add some extra rigidity and hopefully keep the clinker off the clay. On top of that i plan on putting sand in the bottom of the bowl like a gentleman suggested to me yesterday
Can anyone tell me what a good ratio of clay, sand, ash, and water would be to make a washtub forge would be? Can you use clay cat litter? What kind of sand? All help would be appreciated. Thanks
So with a hair dryer only having high/low setting, i bought an air control valve. As a start, with the box only being 5 inches deep for the moment whats a safe depth for the very bottom of the bowl in relation to the bottom of the box. Bottom of the pot should be maybe 2 inches above the box?
I am in the US and thank you for that information..i would say i am rather ignorant to this field of work as i have only been doing it for a month or so. I did not even think of using kitty litter..would that hold up to temperatures of a coke fire? And how do you recommend i prepare litter to make it into workable clay.
Thanks, Logan