Zac9

1. Melting is what I meant to say. 2. I have the Read This First post now. I found this cite while doing a google search with my question, and joined to ask my question and never even saw how big these forums actually were. I should have looked around more before blindly joining the site. 3. I live in the U.S.

I'm looking to get into smelting, but I understand its dangerous and requires the proper equipment, education, and discipline. And before I even buy myself equipment, I need a safe place to put a smelting forge. I know I need to do it outside because of the Carbon Monoxide. However I don't know what or where to put a smelter at. A yard with grass or leaves just sounds hazardous because a yard would catch on fire, and I don't want to put it on concreate either because there could be water trapped in the concreate and I'm not looking to gamble with safety like that. Would I need a special tarp or matt to put under the forge and the ground around it, or maybe a certain table of some sort to put it on?