adrianoh92

I thought it'd be a great idea to fill up a cup of gasoline to use as fuel to keep my forge going. I would scoop bits out at a time and throw them on the fire with my hand. I eventually got too cocky and decided to pour straight from the cup, but it leaked, and whenever I set the cup down (about 10 ft away), the drip trail caught on fire, completely exploding in the cup. Since I don't have a good fire extinguisher handy, I spent about an hour trying to put the fire out by hand (stomping on it, placing sheet metal over it, etc.) I set myself on fire like 4 times lol. Don't use gasoline.

Thanks to you all for the help. I'm always glad to learn more about this stuff.

This would work great for me as I want to have some sort of way to put curves in my metal. I also forgot to mention it in my post, but is there any way to curve or punch holes in my material with my current setup? What can I use to do so?

Hello all, I'm a 16 y/o from Puerto Rico. I just started forging yesterday and need some help with my setup. I'm using a very rudimentary forge from a tutorial I watched on YouTube. It works for now, but if I can do anything to improve for free, please let me know! Below, I've put some photos of my forge, including a piece of rebar I was whacking on just to 1) practice, 2) test my hammer, 3) test my anvil. You may also see a claw hammer in some photos, but I'm not using it to forge anything. I also apologize for the dark photos; I got a late start in the day yesterday. Outside of my forge photos, I also included 2 photos of the piece of rebar I practiced on yesterday. This was the first piece I ever forged. I quenched it in water and let it cure over my coals for an hour. It took me about an hour to build this forge. I built it from all free materials, and it works! If you have any tips for me being able to improve it for free or very cheaply, please reply. -Omari