Mini smithy own hands: a budget option

Sometimes people in my life, living "on the ground", there are moments when I want to do something with their hands, not postponing it indefinitely. Someone thinks about the carpenter's shop, someone is engaged in manufacturing of decorative products, and someone just lit forging. Moreover, the present, ie, - "hot".

So, in this article:

• What is the minimum set of tools and equipment needed for forging.
• How to make an anvil of an old rail.
• From what we can design a portable forge.

The initial set of tools required for forging metal

The method giving the plastic properties of the metal due to heating is known to mankind since ancient times. In contrast to the so-called "Cold forging" in which the metal is not exposed to heat during forging "hot" (and is believed to be "true"), the metal is heated in the furnace.

Forge furnace is open, in which the metal for the subsequent forging is heated to high temperatures.

Due to the plasticity of the metal warmed up can be given a variety of forms, which is used by the master of artistic forging.

In addition to experience that work enough years for forging requires an appropriate tool. It can be special pliers, mandrel bending templates, etc., but the most important "helpers" blacksmith for centuries remain the hammer and the anvil.

Anyone who thought about what to do blacksmithing, faced with the need to acquire the appropriate tools. High quality and hard anvil weighing under 100 kg - fun is not cheap.

Cog (Member FORUMHOUSE):

I bought his anvil on weight Vtorchermet. According to the experience I can say that I could not flatten on the rail, it was possible to present the anvil.

Olger73 (Member FORUMHOUSE):

Vtorchermet though "bonanza", but much depends on luck. Our price b / anvil close to the cost of a new one. Although I managed to get so powerful grip and a hard place, weighing about 30 kg. "Person" she, however, dented, but it is fixable.

So, what if you want to forge, but the family budget does not allow such spending? Especially, if it is not known whether the case will appeal, or a few months, all the costly equipment will be collecting dust in the garage.

In this case, you should use the experience of the participants FORUMHOUSE and get a mini-forge, made from materials that were at hand. Especially because even at that - "dacha" option, you can make a lot of different things that are needed in the economy, and which can not be bought in a store or on the construction market.

Olger73:

Good blacksmiths and small, as a rule, they are loaded with orders and in the economy often need specific products, such as wrought-iron nail or some "tricky" rivet. In order not to wrestle with the search wizard, and order, as well as save money, easier to do everything yourself. After all, these nails, as in the photo below, just do not buy.

How to make an anvil of an old rail

An interesting experience of the user with the nickname of the portal DIMDIM. He says what can be achieved in the manufacture of homemade, if applied to the savvy business.

DIMDIM (Member FORUMHOUSE):

I decided to start forging. I revised on the network a lot of videos and came to the conclusion that I could do all the instrument yourself. First of all I need an anvil, forge, as well as a variety of devices. To save money, I will do all of that is in the "bins", ie from scrap materials.

Of Internet users found that most self-made anvil made of railroad rails.

Because in "bins" of the rail was not, DIMDIM search for "donor" has mobilized all the friends, relatives and acquaintances. Soon quest to succeed, and the user became the owner of the old, but good rail.

It remains to cut off all unnecessary blanks and give it the desired shape. Uncover a cutting machine for metal, the user has started to work.

According to DIMDIM, to ensure that sawed into two parts and ottortsevat rail made of high-carbon heat-treated steel, it took 4 hours from the regular stops cutting machine, that it has had time to cool.

Then came the turn of the so-called manufacturing "Horns" of the future anvil. Because cut-off part of the rail is not fit to the desired angle on the frame cutting machine, had to disassemble the clamping device and the machine frame to dock with an additional table.

User barely cut the rail in the form of a triangle, then began work on giving dreary "horn" anvil desired shape.

The work was carried out alternately using angle grinding machines, cutting machines and various fasteners and linings.

DIMDIM:

This work took another 5 hours.Making blanks, I proceeded to the anvil assembly and tried to connect all the parts together. Because rail curve fell, unable to connect parts. He helped me a friend of mine and a user portal Movik.

FORUMHOUSE participant suggested DIMDIM collect the anvil on the frame, which is adapted as a steel counterweight of the elevator. As the author of the idea, Movik I cooked all the details into a single structure.

The next stage - the production in "tail" of the anvil of square holes necessary to secure a variety of devices - mandrels, staples, forks for bending and cones, the shank of which has the same cross section as "the receiving" hole.

With self-manufacturing anvil craftsmen make "square" in different ways. Hole burning a welding machine, and then modify drilled file. User has simplified his task - taking a "grinder", he cut into the rail groove, and then welded to the face area made from a T-shaped guide of the elevator.

The assembled anvil acquired as follows.

Also, the user has a set of tools for the anvil.

Homemade portable forge

Horn is needed to heat the metal workpieces. The fuel is most commonly used wood or coal. In order to achieve high temperatures, the air is fed into the furnace. Open hearth portable required "home" for simple manufacture, or as it is called, "Gornova nest", as well as the base and a device for the forced air supply.

DIMDIM:

To understand how to forge, I again sat down shtudirovanie Internet. Search gave a bunch of ideas for homemade device hearth. As I understand it - in the course is everything. Most often Mining of auto parts from chassis, sets of pipes, fittings and electric fans.

In addition, the blacksmith Mining of what is "under the feet".

In building a hair dryer (hot air guns) is often used as a boost.

Roughly defined with the construction of the hearth, the user again reached into "bins" and dug there an adapter with a steel pipe cast-iron, which was used as a BBQ.

The size will fit:

• diameter - 35 cm;
• height - 35 cm.

Inside the adapter looks like a pipe with a shelf. Till DIMDIM thought to insert into a pipe to get a real "hearth Nest", came again Movik and brought brake disc by SUV, which fit perfectly to the pipe.

Then in the course went components, which are used for the installation of plumbing. It - Tee "dvuhdyuymovka" clutch and scrap pipe vyuzhenny from behind the barn. All of the "wealth" docked and Movik I cooked.

At this stage, homemade forge began to resemble the finished item.

It remains only to attach the ash pan. In this role allowed the bracket from the towel warmer, which is welded to the pipe in the form of a valve.

As a "bellows" the user to adapt the old hot air gun. For this purpose it it disassembled, inserted air feed mechanism into the rubber sleeve and connected with the pipe.

lvzh70 (User FORUMHOUSE):

Ate not mistaken, it is worth collecting motor in termofenah. This motor is not suitable for long-term continuous operation, because the it will overheat. I, as a "bellows" can accommodate a fan, which is used in computers and is powered by its power supply from the old system unit.

You can also use an exhaust fan for ventilation.

At the finish of works in the wall of the horn were excised aperture, where the heated preform is placed, for example, a steel rod.

According to the user said he could not wait to test the hearth. Soon after this case was presented. At the weekend, after the smoked fish was full of burning charcoal brazier. Quickly overloading their shovel into the furnace, the user turned on the hair dryer.

The air supply was so strong that soared into the sky pillar of flame, and go to the furnace became possible only when the coals a little burned.

That coal is not lost in vain, DIMDIM grabbed steel rod 1.4 cm in diameter and put it into the furnace. While the metal is heated, the user took a hammer, wrench and pliers instead forged a simple poker.

DIMDIM:

After the test, the mini-forge, I made the following conclusions for themselves: to forge an open flame source should be away from buildings that could catch fire. At the same time, just in case, we must have a fire extinguisher. You should also make a frame (base or "chair") for the anvil. And most importantly - we must find a way to air flow control, or put a less powerful fan. But most importantly - forging I liked it, will continue!

The topic can be on FORUMHOUSE learn more about mini-forgeDIMDIM, and the further upgrading of the hearth and different embodiments, charge air. We recommend that a section on the portal, which brings together home-made machines and toolsThat simplify the work in the house, on the site during the construction.

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