Northwoodsman

Yes I've probably put in in watching how to blacksmith type videos. I've probably spent 100-200 hours of watching people blacksmith and doing it myself I've spent maybe 30 hours or more. I forgot to mention this earlier but I have done a lot of casting before with aluminum so I know how all that works but the issue like I keep saying is to get the iron out from a crucible without damage to the crucibles inside so I can keep taking the steel out easily. Can also be in liquid form also. With the price of steel I can make one sword out of it if I bought it. With the scrap I have I can make 2 maybe even 3. And yes I know the dangers of fire and how bad it can be and I have learned from many mistakes in my 13 years of building fires. what crucible can take heat of 3100 degrees plus and a pair of tongs that won't melt when I pour the metal in a mold. Or a crucible that will allow the iron puck to slide out with little ease and not have to be destroyed every time.

I have taken a class and learned from family and have been watching many countless videos on it and studying there stances and all sorts of things I've also built a small forge and have made semi ok knives. I want to expand to making good metals and that's where my help has not gone so far yet. I do have sessions planned with family members that are full time blacksmiths to teach me the final information on blade making. What I wish to know from the people on the form is how to achieve my goal of making iron that can pop out of a crucible without having to hack it apart every time. I have very limited money to spend on crucibles more than once since I don't have an actual job yet. I want to use the time to establish my name in the business so I don't have to go work for another business when I get a little older. so over all my goal is to be able to make many crap peices of metal into good sword metals on my own. I have three choices. Figure out how to remove a crucible from a fire around 3100 degrees most likely or find a cheap clay to make crucibles or have a crucible that the metal when cold will slide right out, maybe like a graghit one. Sorry if im being difficult to help at all I do appreciate your help on trying to make me understand.

Yes I know it is not entirely safe but I kinda like that little thrill of it. I do however do my best to be safe. So what would you suggest that I do for safety equipment and stuff like that. I also know that it is just a hobby to most but I'm not super smart or most likely good at restaurants either but weapon making is where my heart is at. I'm also not done with schooling but I won't let road blocks get in the way. I have built up a strong passion for this and a huge dream of mine to have my own shop even if it does not make much money at all.

Well I am working on starting my own blacksmith shop and I have a lot of waist marital. I wish to reuse it and make crucible steel out of my waste metal. I have part of the recipe just need to refine it some I got it from a few documentaries and I wish to use it to make some nice end swords. So what I would like to know is how can I make or go out and by a crucible that would be able to have an iron ingot cooled inside and come out ok and ready to use 3 more times at least. And forgot to mention I want it also semi sealable does not have to be air tight though. Sorry if my grammar and spelling is a bit bad. I still have not been able to full understand English due to some learning issues when I was young.

I am also new to this form. I was wondering what crusibles would be good for a charcoal furnace and refining steels to make crucible steels. I want to be able to slide the ingot right out of the crucible if I can since I'm relitivly young and have very little money. I want all of this to have good steel for forging and a crucible that I can use a few times.