Thanks for posting this. Like others who have commented, I have more time than money and bottled propane isn't free... Plenty of firewood on my piece of land! This will be a good option.

awesome setup, i got a firebrick lined cast iron sink forge powered by a shop vac, got the setup attached on the side of a workbench

Son of a farrier, pops and I have talked about making knives and shit, he sold all his equipment a while back when his health got bad. Want to restoke his fire, and this is the way I've always wanted to do it. You gave me all the information I needed. I'm probably gonna try to make a bellow if I can't find a blower

This is probably my favorite setup that I've seen so far. Simple, but effective. I just started forging this week, and it's been a real pain in my ass, I made it all from scrap and I maybe didn't construct it the best I could lol. I wish I had a big ol bucket like that, I'm working with a sink and I can't seem to control the wood how I want to. The last few times it's worked good enough, but today I barely managed to forge at all because it was shifting all over the place.

This gives me enough of the ideology behind it to get setup outback. Appreciate it thanks.

Thanks buddy......good work

just starting out I like the "free" fuel of this type of setup. Glad I came across this. thanks

Great job!

nice!

I wanted to Thank you for this Video. Answered questions I'm Sure alot of people had!

Great video. I’m currently using a barrel stove as a forge and it works great. I simply open up the damper and it draws the air throughout creating a really hot fire. About 100 bucks for the kit, pipe, and damper.

Nice 👍🏻 thanks for sharing your experience

I have an old wheel well I'm gonna rig up something like this. Thanks for the idea.

I've got enough junk and stuff left out by other people to make this entire setup for about 5 bucks. really useful vid, thx

Good set up that will work for me!

Thank for the video I have been struggling I have no real experience and I don't know of anyone who does it either. What I have is the WANT to do this and the internet. And I have plenty of that NC clay mudd WNC here

That's awesome! There's also an easy way to make a forge by digging a small trench, surrounding the edges with bricks, using a hairdryer as a bellow, filling it with wood or coal or something, and you got yourself a cheap, easy forge.

Really helpful video! Thank you very much!! :)

I do this sometimes, but not really to heat treat. Just to beat out basic shapes. I like to use ash, we've got a ton of it dead and dried.

here in Argentina i got only wood. been forging this last month with upgrades in the wood forge something like yours. great video!

Yep. Some might call it tedious, but I'd call it relaxing. Right now I have more time than money and am thinking about trying a little forge work. Great info in your video and was a lot of what I need to know. Thank you.

Wow.. This is cool

Nice work👍

Great video... Setting my fordge the same way. My soninlaw is doing the same

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The best wood I've found to do this with is jack pine and I've been able to get it hot enough without airflow

Very cool Sir! 20-ish years ago, I started with wood, and a home made bellows, made from a big cardboard carpet tube and a plunger for a toilet...yes, seriously. It worked, and that's what counted

Right now I've got an old steel wheel in the ground with a hole under it and the pipe from my shop vac blowing into the hole with some expanded metal over the hole in the wheel and fire brakes around it to contain the heat. I plan on raising it up off the ground you're set up seems like something I can do fairly inexpensively.

I'm up in ontario canada. I also use wood. Plenty of dead trees in the bush. Mostly ash and poplar. I built my forge with a big old truck wheel and spoiled myself with a 12v air mattress pump and used car battery

nice little setup. When I was using wood I was cutting it up smaller about 1 inch square by 4 inches long, burns quick and hot at that size.

awesome mate, will follow the same

Wondering if you have given rocket stoves as something that might work? Thanks for the video and your time!😇

I love it I,m building a coal forge as I read this. Mind is a little elaborate than yours, not much but I,m using the same air feed. I live in a hard wood forest so why not use free Wood? You did great!

Very cool setup. I'm thinking about building a rocket stove for forging. I've never done any forging before, do you have any advice for a beginner.

have a pretty large piece of good quality steel (not mild at all) from my work that basically asked me if i wanted it. 4ft x 4ft for free, when i was going to pay almost 100 for a a mild steel sheet? yeah hell just need the pipe, and clay brick (will upgrade to fire brick in the future)

i do it this way cause it's cheap

Just watched your video from 2 years ago or so. I am wondering, you said you have been able for forge weld with this set up. Do you think this set up would work for blade smithing as well? Thanks chris

I have an old car tire rim and I'm trying to make it in to a coal forge

This may be a silly question, what do you mean by "black pipe"?

Where do you even get an anvil that big?!?

Do you think the set up would work with casting?

He teaches classes but he's using a GALVINIZED tub.....

Cant get Coal now in the UK im going to use this method thanks .coal is now banned in the UK 🤥

$100 forge. Ok cool. What a cool way to do blacksmithing on the cheap. Camera pans to $1500 anvil and $800 swage block. What?!?

Why not make Your own charcoal ? It's easy .

Very inexpensive. All you need is a giant backyard and 100 bucks.

How big the fire should be to burn roof of that shop ? :-)