I almost passed this video up because of the 53 minuet length. A lot of long tutorial videos are full of unnecessary and useless fodder. But I am glad I watched. From the first minuet till the last I sat riveted. Comprehensive and educational as well as entertaining. I am new to blacksmithing and as far as I am concerned you are a master . All of my blacksmithing will be an attempt at forging myself in your image. Thank you. I have subscribed and will be studying your entire library.

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This is the type of video i was looking for when I first got into blacksmithing thank you for making such a comprehensive video on the way to use a solid fuel forge

Thank you, I am a 60 year young beginner, and so far I have learned the most of the video - Great lesson.

cheers maybe ill dig out my coke forge and get it running again

This video just reminded me that i messed up my firepot shape when i loaned out my rivet forge...

best video on forge design on the internet

Great discussion on the workings of a coal/charcoal forge. A boring talk to newbies who just want to make a sword, LOL. One that they need to hear though. Usually followed by the golf ball size lump of coals and beating a cold piece of steel. Well done.

I have a wood forge from Whitlox Forge with a dial-a-tuyere. I’ve been burning coal in it lately thanks to friends giving me a couple of bags of bituminous. However, I’m about out and have a lot of scrap wood on my acreage to use up. So, I’ll probably switch back to that for my weekly livestreams soon.

Thank You ...

I'm goingbtobhave to rewatch this a few times: It's exactly the kind of info I need. I have an old rivet forge with no refractory: Just the steel pan. I need to figure out how to line it, and this video has described what I need to create, better than any other video I've found. Thank you!

Very good explanation. I built my coke forge with common sense, a bit of research and what was available. Ie front rotors off a discovery. It does work well but when I do finally run out of rotors I'll know what to build. Thanks

Thanks Alex, great lesson, wish you did this a few years ago, would have saved me a lot of trial and error!😅 I started with a gas forge without any knowledge and hated it, built a charcoal forge but found the fuel costly and then found coke was about 1/3 of the cost! Been through every discovery you have just talked about! Finding coke is now impossible to get so will be back to charcoal in a month or so!😩 Will work on getting the fire management better to keep cost down! Some of the charcoal lumps I get are half the size of a house brick, will start breaking them down more than I do now! Thanks again mate!🇦🇺👍

This is the best video on solid fuel forges ever!! Thanks for taking the time to make it.

Alex, i found your youtube channel perhaps 3 years ago, and your video on making your charcoal forge was what convinced me I could make my own. I have been doing my own experimentation ever since. So much mis-information is out there regarding charcoal forging, and I really appreciate your video. It has confirmed many of the things I have discovered on my own. My forge is a small side draft, but I too have found that charcoal can run HOT and efficient and one doesn't need a deep firepot to develop a nice heart to the fire.

I love working with charcoal. I love the theatre of the flames and coals and just how much control you have to pinpoint the heat into selected areas of the piece your are working. We have a lcoal guy that make excellent hardwood charcoal so very handy indeed.

Another great video Alex! Great explanation of the how and why. I'm building a new charcoal forge and will take a lot of the information from here and implement it in the build. Thanks for the expansive explanation and knowledge! 👍⚒️🔥

Very good sir. Thank you for taking the time to explain what is necessary to understand.

Thanks for the info on how a coal forge works I've been trying to get my coal forge to work and I've had a lot of problems with getting it to burn properly

Great video, very informative just the kind of knowledge I've been trying to obtain before I build my forge. Thank you