November 18, 201015 yr well...i've had enough of my brakedisk forge...it's too small . i was wondering if my new plans would work for a mid sized forge(really want to make a big bowie blade) my paint skills are through the roof!
November 18, 201015 yr I agree! Your paint skills rock! Will you have 5 air holes supplying the fire? That should give you a nice long fireball. Of course thats 5 places to keep clean and you will have to master even air flow and even heat. But I think you can handle it. I like it! Let us know how it works out. Mark<><
November 18, 201015 yr Author I agree! Your paint skills rock! Will you have 5 air holes supplying the fire? That should give you a nice long fireball. Of course thats 5 places to keep clean and you will have to master even air flow and even heat. But I think you can handle it. I like it! Let us know how it works out. Mark<>< HAHA! thanks i was thinking about 5 holes...might do more just a little smaller i will update this thread until i'm finished!
November 19, 201015 yr Smaller holes will be harder to keep open. One guy I know got tired of clearing small holes in a pipe similar to what you have. He would up taking an angle grinder and turning the holes into a groove. Also you could use a pipe inside your air pipe with a cap on the end to create a sliding baffle that would let you have a smaller fire (and save fuel) when you didn't need a long fire. Add another fire brick to keep the fuel in place. ron
November 19, 201015 yr ok i realize your looking to make knifes but... the only time you need to heat the entire leingth is when hardening/heat treating... when forgeing you only need to heat as much as you can forge in a heat. in fact if you heat up too much of the blade and dont forge it and repeat this its not good for the steel and you will loose some to scale.haveing said that the basic dezign is sound .just remember the bigger it is the more coal it eats also!
November 19, 201015 yr Author thanks for the advice guys i will try the pipe within the pipe to control the airflow. like Dablacksmith says i only need it to heat treat the knifes... the brake drum forge is just too small to heat up the whole blade. :P
November 20, 201015 yr Author an update! Sorry for the bad image quality...i took them on my phone :lol:
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