Home forge

In the workplace, metal is only as good as its temper. A forge allows the craftsman to change properties of metal such as its hardness, shape, and strength as a project dictates. There are several ways to accomplish this kind of metal...

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A small propane forge is useful when working on shaping and tempering knives, and other small items of metal. It’s important to keep the fuel usage efficient, so the smallest space possible helps to conserve that spendy gas.

While hammers and anvils are what immediately come to mind when setting up a home forge, these are some other blacksmith tools that every smith needs.

The third and final video in the series: Building a traditional brick blacksmith forge.

Gas forge built using Soft Firebricks

IForgeIron Blueprints Copyright 2002 - 2011 IFORGEIRON, All rights reserved BP0553 Building a Brick Forge - Part 1 by Jeremy Knippel 2006 I will try to explain the best I can on how I built this forge. Nowing that if you build a forge similar to this, you may be using mat'ls of different sizes an...

How to Make a Bladesmiths Forge: In this Instructable I will be explaining how to convert that old barbecue grill sitting in your yard next to all that junk into a furnace capable of heating up steel to forge long items such as knives,daggers,and small swords. Before we begin I wou…

Fantastic list and explanation of everything you need to get started blacksmithing at home

Become a backyard blacksmith to save money on farm repairs and more.