How to Build a Blacksmith Forge from Scrap

In this video, I'll show you how to build a blacksmith forge from scrap... from scratch! This forge is perfect for beginners who want to learn how to build one yourself that will work for years AND on a budget as close to ZERO as possible. It's easy to build if you have a welder, and you can make it as small or large as you want.

A blacksmith forge is so handy for hardening steels and for making tools, and having one that can be moved around easily is also a great feature. In this video I build one completely from scrap, the only cost being the welding rods, my time, electricity and one dollar store paint brush. The rest of the materials I had on-hand already. The stand came from the drill press restoration I've just finished, it was not a great stand, but the completely steel top was perfect for this project. It is always fun to challenge yourself to see what you can make by limiting yourself to only what you have on hand.

I think a great feature to add later would be a hood of some kind as well as a pipe to help vent the smoke away, but aside from that and a few tweaks I'm sure I'll make over time, it works great, better than I would have expected. I'd love to make woodworking tools, knives, fix tools, make forge tongs for metal melting and in general be able to manipulate metal more easily.

My first forge was made from an old mower deck flipped upside down, mounted to a brake drum, with a vertical pipe and this same blower attached. It had rebar for the legs welded and it was horribly heavy and unstable. It worked well, but it was not safe and was hard to move around. It also looked terrible and it rusted out as it stayed outside all of the time.

Little disclaimer: working with a forge which can metal steel and heat beyond 1300C is dangerous, if you want to attempt a project like this, be safe and wear the proper PPE. This forge is for outside use only and should stay far away from your home any anything flammable.

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