Blacksmithing - Building a simple DIY forge

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  @Mike-bm9ez · 6 years ago

  Good tip don’t use river rocks or rocks that have been in water for a long period of time because the tent to explode when they get to hot

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• JO

  @johnlinquata1047 · 4 years ago

  Bro I found this video last night on Google watched it twice and made my first forge this afternoon! So incredibly simple after making a few tweaks to it I got it perfect and forged some tools to work the coals with! Thank you so much, now if my arms don’t fall off from all that hammering I think I’m gonna try to make myself a knife next.

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• PA

  @pauldowding8185 · 8 years ago

  At first I thought you were making a spear to protect yourself from your wife when she found out that you stole the vacuum.

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• PE

  @PeopleAlreadyDidThis · 8 years ago

  Can’t wait for the report on the first individual who forgets to move the vacuum hose from inlet to outlet. The video will be quite entertaining.

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• IS

  @ismailsimsek332 · 6 years ago (edited)

  it was a quick jump for me from watching sword forging videos to directly how to make a forge lol

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• AD

  @adrianfdez4146 · 8 years ago

  Nice videos.<br>Is great that you dont use music. I love to hear the tools and nature songs.<br>Thank you!

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• PL

  @plalonde2 · 8 years ago

  My first forge was a hibachi BBQ with holes drilled out the bottom, sitting in a trench in the garden, with a hair blower pointing down the trench. &nbsp;The old codger who turned the 18 year old on to how to improvise a forge has no idea what he started. &nbsp;He did promise that by the time I burned the bottom out of the hibachi, I&apos;d know what to do for a real forge. &nbsp;He was very right.<br>Thanks for the memories!

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• IN

  @inlikeflnt · 4 years ago

  This was a very heartwarming lesson, now I know I don’t need a considerable cash outlay to get started

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• BR

  @BrassLock · 8 years ago

  I enjoy how all your stories have a start/middle/end clearly shown. It&apos;s easy to see you&apos;re enthusiastically encouraging us to experience the joy of shaping red hot metal into something useful or decorative. Thanks for the inspiration.

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• GE

  @georgeb.wolffsohn30 · 6 years ago (edited)

  So people CAN forge something other than a knife ! 👍😁👍

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• BA

  @barriejones15 · 3 years ago

  If you can find them, use bricks from night storage heaters, they&apos;ll take over 1300C / 2400F without any problem.

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• BL

  @blue_screen_2000 · 8 years ago

  My forge is build in the same way, but with a metal baking dish instead of the wooden pallet. And a hair drier is my bellows. That is very lightweighted, and it needs just a little charcoal to run. It is good to know that you can go as big as you need :D

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