Full parts list for the forge and burner are in the description above. | If you're interested in supporting the channel or downloading knife templates check out RedBeardOps on Patreon here - www.patreon.com/RedBeardOps | Cheers. 🙌
@@casperdevanche1051 Hey Casper, It's not. I'm pretty new to Patreon, so it's very basic right now. When I build a new knife, I'll post a PDF with the plans on Patreon for the patrons. I've also back loaded a decent amount of templates on there.
Hey man, just wanted to say thank You. You really make all of this look much more accessible for the people that would love to start their journey but are scared of all of the initial investment cost - such as me. Great video and great work. Thanks.
This awesome, i know i don't have time but still want a forge to make another knife and other stuff. This will get me started and confirm, or not, it was a good idea, on the cheaper side. Really like the welder tip tip!
I think your right in making a little forge first to see if it's your thing. I have found myself hooked on knife making and am now on my 3rd version double burner. Keep on keepin on...
I'm still using a 2 brick forge with a big burner on it and have been blacksmithing and knife making all kinds of things with it. The bricks eventually melt down if you run it super hot or get any cracks in your bricks from moisture. I keep planning on making a larger forge but I end up using my beat up 2 brick forge because it's already working. I've also repaired cracks and broken pieces of the forge like 5 times with Rutland's refractory morter that I got at ACE hardware. It works ok but also melts down at forge welding temperature.
Swordsmith here! Ive been looking into making knives and wanted a small gas forge. I literally just finished making one exactly as outlined in your superb video. Thanks for the great info, tips, and quality videos!
Thank you again for the level of detail and quality that go into all of your videos! Keep doing what you’re doing brother! You are greatly appreciated! A quick question if I may: Is it possible to add two or three inch nipples to then openings of the tee? Small gusts of wind seem to hamper its functioning. Any experience with this?
I started my hole with a hole saw. Then i used the hole saw on one at a time until it reached its limit then cut that section away and. Took my time worked my way down the brick. Worked pretty good.
Excellent video. Nice of you to lay out all the pieces here and show a really good step-by-step. I think you've found a good groove with your videos lately, good work!
After seeing your video I made one for my shop and it gets more use than my other forges now. It is the most efficient forge in my shop, being able to run very low pressures. I also have been using it as my "travel forge" when I have to travel for work. Regardless of its length I've forged (but not heat treated) a 31" viking sword in it because for forging I only need to heat a portion of the blade at a time. Now to figure out how to make it a venturi ribbon burner 😜
I appreciate your channel, your experience, and your humility. I don't weld either. I have melted metal together on occasions. I'm planning to put a Frosty T together next week. Thanks for the information. 👍🏻
Thank you for the Burner tutorial. Me and my son created something like yours to make a double burner design. We tested the burners, they were amazing!
I just got one made here in Ireland from an old knife maker from England, to bad I can't share a video. Your videos are great, like a movie. You should be on Netflix 😂
I am a welder, , welds don't have to be pretty to do the job. Thanks for you videos, and your open source stuff is cool man. If I could open source welding tips, I'd do it!
Getting ready to start knife making. Watched a few videos on making a forge. I believe this one going to be my starter. When I need to up grade, I will. But till then I believe this will be fine to start with. Thanks for putting out a well informed simple forge. Also I'm going to make the knife jig in your other video today. Got some very helpful tips from you. I've been putting new exotic wood handles on knifes for people's knifes and been buying already made knifes that just needed handles for awhile now. Time is here to do my own designs. Can't wait. Appreciation Red Beard. Brian
I live in Mexico and some of those materials are one of a kind. For me, the pumicecrete rocket stove is more than enough for my blacksmithing needs. Lasted me longer than those RUclipsrs' sand and plaster gas forges.
Nice forge, I already have a small one but I might build this one too. Thanks for sharing. And don‘t worry about your weldings skills, we would be in the same league.
This is perfect!! Thank you. If you're concerned about slag, try spatter shield. It really cuts down on slag. I'm just a homeowner who needs to mig weld occasionally. There is a saying when using flux core, "If there is slag, you must drag". Hope this is helpful.
@@RedBeardOps Watched a boat load of welding sites so I could get cleaner beads. I can't use gas as I weld outside and the gas blows off, so flux core it is and that saying I got from one of the sites I view and it has stuck ever since. But don't go crazy, you have too many jigs, tools, and knives to make...LOL. Tacking for most of your work will do. Haven't seen you run long beads.
@@maverick5006 Thank Maverick. I did go back and run long beads, but decided not to show all that footage. Kinda boring for most. An angle grinder goes a long way hiding my nasty welds! LOL
This will get the job done for sure! I like the idea of the sliding bricks for doors. I made those for my larger forge but I have never seen it done on a smaller forge like this. I always thought it was a waste of energy and heat to leave it wide open! Great video man! A lot easier build than your blown burner forge build!
Thank you sir, glad you liked it. It's too bad, but I found that closing the front door (even a little) on this forge (with the back door shut all the way) chokes out the burner. I may try it again with the back door half cracked.... anyways... cheers sir! have a great weekend!
@@RedBeardOps maybe drill an air hole at the top that you can put a movable metal flap valve over. That way you can close the front and back and regulate the airflow by figuring out how much you have to open the flap valve. No wasted heat or fuel that way.
Ok I've been wanting to make another Ammo Cam Mini forge (I gave mine to a newer local knife maker). Gonna be using your burner idea instead of a torch, great idea man. If I decide to make a future video about it I'll be linking this video for the burner part. These little forges actually come in handy for annealing and normalizing.
Love your videos man! And anybody that knocks your welding A: probably a bad welder themselves and B: you're probably not a professional welder. You're a knife maker and black smith. Anyway love your stuff
For sure man. I made a comment in the video about it, but should have put a text box. I recycled some of the early footage in this video from my "knifemaking 101" video recently. Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video. Excellent parts list with reasonable prices on the iron and brass fittings. I miss having a local hardware store that carried all of this.
Man outstanding job! That's the spark that I needed to start a new project. I've done a couple of knives from old files and a broken suspension from my old Land Rover, my forge was a bed of coke heated on by a fan blower.
That's a lot of Work , with 10 different tools and the skills to use them ... When you can buy a New one for $100 bucks ! ... But clever job building it , planning it out and using store bought bits ! It was interesting ! ... Cheers !
It scales really well too, a typical 4bar gas burner can easily heat up my 5x5 bricks (not as tall obviouly) to melting temperatures (inb4 I don't use this function obviouly but it's 10/10 for quick forge welding medium-sized pieces). You might wanna use chamotte mortar or something like that to keep them together in larger builds though.
Ordering the parts for this puppy! Wish me luck! =] Love your videos, they are really helping me become a great knife maker and also helping me avoid novice mistakes! I’m not cheaping out either. I’m not going into debt but I’m not skimping on my equipment either. It’s already starting to pay for itself somewhat. I have some friends that have already bought a few small smalllll artsy knives, not work knives. I need to hurry up and make a RUclips channel so that I can start making videos and share my work with you and everyone else, too!
Great little forge, you could go as far as shown here or even just do a more basic frame, as you explained. Could you add threaded caps on your Tee with holes drilled into the thread so your could screw them in or out to allow varying the oxygen content? Good build and Vid as always :)
New sub here. I just found your channel. I find you very easy to follow and listen to. You hold my interest and I am certainly inspired by watching your content. Thanks for the great info and ideas. 👍
This is really inspiring and its easy to tell this forge was built with a lot of thought in mind. I think I might actually try to make this thing. How much run time do you think you can get off a tank of propane? Great Job, your channel is increasingly becoming one of my favorites!
Thanks Gavin! I got inspiration for this build from Alex @outdoors55 and I got the burner design from a guy on the forums named Frosty. Lots of good information out there for us to learn from! Also Atlas Forges are built with a similar design. I bet you could get ~10 hours off a normal tank. Cheers sir!
Tap and die kit link is no longer available...what kit or sizes are needed to complete the project. Thank you for the videos!!! I have the bug for sure! Trying to get supplies and shop set up to begin making knives. Great that you show how to get into this with normal shop tools in other videos!
Very observant sir. I agree, it's around the same size. I'm fairly sure the Atlas forge also uses bricks like these (just cut in half with a 3'' chamber). His forge is very impressive!
Love your channel, you build some awesome knives. I am looking to start making some knives and I am wondering what tools I should get to start off with? Thanks for your help
They are insulating fire bricks, so yes they are. If you don't contact them often physically and don't plan on using a bunch of flux (like for damascus); I imagine they'll last a long time. Cheers!
First of all I appreciate the effort you put in your videos. They are very informative and interesting to watch. Comparing the dimensions of this burner with the one you built for the Venturi burner video I discovered that you used different dimensions regarding the couplings. Would you recommend to use bigger diameters for bigger forges or did you find that smaller diameter work better or more efficiently in general?
Hello sir, thank you! Yes, it just came down to the dimensions of the forge in question. This little forge doesn't require a burner of the heft of the first one I made. The original burner works great in a normal size forge!
Super simple to build for the most part... Pretty inexpensive to build also... and you can use the burner in a bigger forge when the time comes that you need to upgrade. I would suggest building two burners with the thought of future expansion in mind... as Knife Making... and pretty much any form of creative metal work is extremely Habit Forming and sooner or later everyone needs a bigger forge for some reason or another
Im accumulating the bits to do the bigger, no-weld one you made a video for earlier. Mostly because I dont have a welder. How much welder is really needed, for light fabrication and tacking together damascus billets?
Hey man, when it comes to knife making you really don't need one. If you're doing damascus it's a big help, however, you could just hot fold your damascus billets. More risk, but not need for a welder. I will say that they are handy to have in the shop though! You can get a little flux core wire welder from harbor freight for 100$ that will "get the job done" for many of your projects around the garage. This forge could easily be put together with tabs, holes, nuts, and bolts though! Cheers sir!
I think the welding machine has open the door to so many possibilities in knife making! You can begin to fabricate tools that make knife making easier. The forge, knife sanding sled, knife vise for handle finishing, fixtures for grinding and so much more! You can pick up a cheap rig that will do the job for $300 or less or pick up a good Hobart 110 or 220 for $500 and never look back man!
I made a forge with the inside about 6x6 x 24 in and made a burner with the mig tip center of the 1 inch intake tee with 3/4 black iron burn nipple . It worked but when forge temp got higher than required for specific steel and I throttled down but the flame backfired and burned out the intake and would not combust inside forge until shut off and reopened gas valve . Afterward I drilled two 3/8 holes and two 1/4 inch holes in the burner 3/4 nipple directly below the intake tee and it worked and would throttle down with out backfiring . odd thing is it makes a high pitch sucking sound drawing air thru the intake holes that I added . I don’t know why this happened on my forge and have not heard about it elsewhere
Hey, great vids, you inspire me to go out and try and make some knives myself, but I wanted to ask you if for your next video, can you use mosaic pins for your handle? Just a thought, maybe this will look cool. Keep it up!
Dear friend, the second time you can use sanding paper and cut a piece of pipe or semi-circular or circular wood of the same size of the hole that you want to carve and sand it and it will be the same size that you need on the insulating bricks
I've been running a 2 brick forge with a similar burner, I'm at over 5000 feet of elevation which can effect fuel consumption but I use a 0.25 mig tip in my burner and get probably 16ish hours of forging temperature per regular 5 gallon propane tank. I usually run it at 1 psi for regular forging stuff. I've recently hooked up a blow dryer to one side and can get a hotter burn on lower psi. If you want check out my youtube video on it. It's just a quick video I posted about it. My forge is in rough shape haha. The forge video is pretty recently uploaded so you can find it really easy over on my channel.
Thank you. I have a wood forge I built my self that I use for primary forging but it can't really get to heat treating temperatures. So I'm looking for a solution. This just might be it.
Did you have a bell housing on the end of the pipe in the forge? If I take mine off, it doesn't burn right, spits, and sputters. Any ideas? Awesome vid.
6:46 "You will be cringing if you are a welder watching this video" Lol look man, we're here for a DIY forge so it doesn't have to look amazing as long as it gets the job done.
Hiya. I put this burner together last night to upgrade my DIY forge from a Bernzomatic TS8000 & MAP gas to propane. Holy smokes...it's awfully nice not having to wait 30min for the forge to heat and waste 1/2 a bottle. I am seeing some behavior that concerns me though. Occasionally I hear what sounds almost like a small backfire. Just a little "pup-pup" sound....I noticed that when it happens the flame-front creeps up into the nipple and is slightly visible in the neck of the "T" right where the red glow is in your thumbnail image. I'll have to pull the pic of my assembled burner off of my phone. I'll duplicate this post on your Facebook and add it to a reply. Something to worry about? Do I need to alter my setup?
Hey man, I've heard of this happening but have never seen it myself. After seeing your burner assembly I think I'd try to lengthen the burner tube. It looks a little short. That should be step one... if that doesn't work, or if there are still improvements to be made with the burn, I'd shorten your mig tip a little bit so that it lands more in the center of the Tee.
Not sure what part of the video you're talking about here, but I can assure you it all worked out well. Could of been a bad filming angle or something.
Ok I made this to turn a file into a knife and I know I need to heat the file up to soften it so I can work with it... about how long does it take to get it to the point that it becomes demagnetized? I’m sure it’s different for every scenario but rough estimate. Just so I know if I’m doing everything right.
Would that mini frosty t burner work in a burn chamber that isn’t cylindrical in shape? I used the harder fire brick, so my burn chamber is elongated square. Thank you!
So I gave it a try and rebuild your forge. Forgot to use shims which may lead to the failure I encountered. So after welding I fired up the forge. I tried to heat treat a blade which did not take long so the forge was running 15min max at absolutely the least power possible. After shutting the forge down I found cracks on the outside of the forge - directly on the opposite site of the burner. I am not sure whether this was due to skipping the shims or the fact that I did not burn in the forge correctly. Any ideas? What I also found is that when you move your blade back and forth you inevitably hit the top or bottom of the forge which results in grooves since the bricks are really soft/brittle. What do you do to mitigate the issue? I appreciate your input!
Hey man, sorry you ran into some issues. I'm not sure why the bricks would crack, I could imagine it could partially be do to expansion like you're mentioning but am not sure. Maybe moisture too? I'm really not sure. As far as the softness of the bricks and the groves, that will be a weakness of this design. You could try to be carful and not touch the bottom, swap the top and bottom brick after you get a groove, or make a channel in the bottom and install a thin/hard fire brick bottom.
@@RedBeardOps I appreciate your thoughts! And your fast reply - which was close to the speed of light. If you ever should come to Germany shoot me a mail and beers are on me 😊👍.
Full parts list for the forge and burner are in the description above. | If you're interested in supporting the channel or downloading knife templates check out RedBeardOps on Patreon here - www.patreon.com/RedBeardOps | Cheers. 🙌
Is the patreon tiered ?
@@casperdevanche1051 Hey Casper, It's not. I'm pretty new to Patreon, so it's very basic right now. When I build a new knife, I'll post a PDF with the plans on Patreon for the patrons. I've also back loaded a decent amount of templates on there.
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This is the kind of video I would have needed when I started knife making.
Heck yeah, glad you liked it David!
A great reminder of how simple the first steps into knife-making can be, James.👍
We're all still learning, and there's always a first step!
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Glad you enjoyed it! Cheers
This my be my next project. Love the design. Great video
Excellent Rob! Good luck!
Thanks to your burner how to my forge has come to life!!!!
Glad to hear it!
Every flare tip he uses are actually Rick Flair tips. Woooooooooo!!!!!
Wooooooooooooooooo!!!!
Stumbled across your channel today and I'm impressed. You gained a new subscriber!
Welcome aboard! Thank you!
I’ve been looking for a good tutorial for a travel forge! This is perfect. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful! Cheers sir!
Hey man, just wanted to say thank You. You really make all of this look much more accessible for the people that would love to start their journey but are scared of all of the initial investment cost - such as me. Great video and great work. Thanks.
I'm so appreciative of your support! It's always great to hear that my videos helped someone out.
Your timing is perfect for me to build this forge. Thanks for posting this detailed video, with the parts list.
Glad I could help! Cheers Frank!
This awesome, i know i don't have time but still want a forge to make another knife and other stuff. This will get me started and confirm, or not, it was a good idea, on the cheaper side.
Really like the welder tip tip!
I think your right in making a little forge first to see if it's your thing. I have found myself hooked on knife making and am now on my 3rd version double burner. Keep on keepin on...
Cheers sir!
This was a very well-done instructional video.
Thanks!
Thank you for sharing your time and knowledge.
Excellent design and explanation
Glad it was helpful! Cheers!
I'm still using a 2 brick forge with a big burner on it and have been blacksmithing and knife making all kinds of things with it. The bricks eventually melt down if you run it super hot or get any cracks in your bricks from moisture. I keep planning on making a larger forge but I end up using my beat up 2 brick forge because it's already working. I've also repaired cracks and broken pieces of the forge like 5 times with Rutland's refractory morter that I got at ACE hardware. It works ok but also melts down at forge welding temperature.
Very cool sir! Thanks for your comment and experience.
Cool stuff. Very inventive !
I really liked the forge. Great video for beginner blacksmith👍👍🔥🔥
Glad you liked it! Cheers!
Swordsmith here! Ive been looking into making knives and wanted a small gas forge. I literally just finished making one exactly as outlined in your superb video. Thanks for the great info, tips, and quality videos!
Heck yeah! Nice work Michael; thanks for sharing
Thank you again for the level of detail and quality that go into all of your videos! Keep doing what you’re doing brother! You are greatly appreciated! A quick question if I may: Is it possible to add two or three inch nipples to then openings of the tee? Small gusts of wind seem to hamper its functioning. Any experience with this?
I started my hole with a hole saw. Then i used the hole saw on one at a time until it reached its limit then cut that section away and. Took my time worked my way down the brick. Worked pretty good.
Solid work Chance!
Excellent video. Nice of you to lay out all the pieces here and show a really good step-by-step. I think you've found a good groove with your videos lately, good work!
Thank you sir! Glad you're liking them!
After seeing your video I made one for my shop and it gets more use than my other forges now. It is the most efficient forge in my shop, being able to run very low pressures. I also have been using it as my "travel forge" when I have to travel for work. Regardless of its length I've forged (but not heat treated) a 31" viking sword in it because for forging I only need to heat a portion of the blade at a time. Now to figure out how to make it a venturi ribbon burner 😜
Very cool Doc! Glad you hear it's working out for you!
I appreciate your channel, your experience, and your humility. I don't weld either. I have melted metal together on occasions. I'm planning to put a Frosty T together next week. Thanks for the information. 👍🏻
Right on! Good luck!
Thank you for the Burner tutorial. Me and my son created something like yours to make a double burner design. We tested the burners, they were amazing!
That is awesome!
Very nice, you're an artist
Thank you very much!
I just got one made here in Ireland from an old knife maker from England, to bad I can't share a video.
Your videos are great, like a movie.
You should be on Netflix 😂
Thanks a million Raymond! Glad you're enjoying them. Cheers
Great build and a nice little forge and burner! ❤️
Thank you very much! It's cute for sure!
I am a welder, , welds don't have to be pretty to do the job. Thanks for you videos, and your open source stuff is cool man. If I could open source welding tips, I'd do it!
Right on; thanks man!
Excellent tutorial man. Thanks for taking the time to get a list together too. Much appreciated
Glad it was helpful!
Great forge build.
Thank you! Cheers!
Getting ready to start knife making. Watched a few videos on making a forge. I believe this one going to be my starter. When I need to up grade, I will. But till then I believe this will be fine to start with. Thanks for putting out a well informed simple forge. Also I'm going to make the knife jig in your other video today. Got some very helpful tips from you. I've been putting new exotic wood handles on knifes for people's knifes and been buying already made knifes that just needed handles for awhile now. Time is here to do my own designs. Can't wait. Appreciation Red Beard. Brian
Heck yeah Brian, good luck with your builds!
Increíble idea amigo, saludos de “AZTECA KNIVES” desde Ecatepec, México 🇲🇽
¡Gracias! ¡Saludos desde Texas!
Good creative ideas... Thanks
Most welcome 😊
I live in Mexico and some of those materials are one of a kind. For me, the pumicecrete rocket stove is more than enough for my blacksmithing needs. Lasted me longer than those RUclipsrs' sand and plaster gas forges.
Awesome Lucius! Cheers sir
Excellent content- as usual !! Thanks for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it! Have a great weekend sir!
Nice forge, I already have a small one but I might build this one too. Thanks for sharing.
And don‘t worry about your weldings skills, we would be in the same league.
Awesome, thanks Roland!
Great content, cool set up and being able to replace bricks is an awsome idea!
Glad you liked it Mark! Have a great weekend!
This is perfect!! Thank you. If you're concerned about slag, try spatter shield. It really cuts down on slag. I'm just a homeowner who needs to mig weld occasionally. There is a saying when using flux core, "If there is slag, you must drag". Hope this is helpful.
Thank you sir! I'll give that a go. Good saying there. That will help me remember it for sure.
@@RedBeardOps Watched a boat load of welding sites so I could get cleaner beads. I can't use gas as I weld outside and the gas blows off, so flux core it is and that saying I got from one of the sites I view and it has stuck ever since. But don't go crazy, you have too many jigs, tools, and knives to make...LOL. Tacking for most of your work will do. Haven't seen you run long beads.
@@maverick5006 Thank Maverick. I did go back and run long beads, but decided not to show all that footage. Kinda boring for most. An angle grinder goes a long way hiding my nasty welds! LOL
@@RedBeardOps Little bit of trim, a little bit of paint, makes it look like what it ain't!!
Great video. I'm just getting started with knife making and this looks like a great starter for forging and heat treating.
Good luck sir! Glad you liked it
This will get the job done for sure! I like the idea of the sliding bricks for doors. I made those for my larger forge but I have never seen it done on a smaller forge like this. I always thought it was a waste of energy and heat to leave it wide open! Great video man! A lot easier build than your blown burner forge build!
Thank you sir, glad you liked it. It's too bad, but I found that closing the front door (even a little) on this forge (with the back door shut all the way) chokes out the burner. I may try it again with the back door half cracked.... anyways... cheers sir! have a great weekend!
@@RedBeardOps maybe drill an air hole at the top that you can put a movable metal flap valve over. That way you can close the front and back and regulate the airflow by figuring out how much you have to open the flap valve. No wasted heat or fuel that way.
Ok I've been wanting to make another Ammo Cam Mini forge (I gave mine to a newer local knife maker). Gonna be using your burner idea instead of a torch, great idea man. If I decide to make a future video about it I'll be linking this video for the burner part. These little forges actually come in handy for annealing and normalizing.
Cheers sir!
Love your videos man! And anybody that knocks your welding A: probably a bad welder themselves and B: you're probably not a professional welder. You're a knife maker and black smith.
Anyway love your stuff
lol, thank you greatly sir!
Thank you so much. Now I just need to order the parts.
Glad I could help, good luck with your build!
@1:50. I’m having deja vu like crazy. I know I’ve seen this before. Thanks for another awesome video.
For sure man. I made a comment in the video about it, but should have put a text box. I recycled some of the early footage in this video from my "knifemaking 101" video recently. Cheers, glad you enjoyed it.
Great video. Excellent parts list with reasonable prices on the iron and brass fittings. I miss having a local hardware store that carried all of this.
Thank you sir! Glad you enjoyed it!
Man outstanding job!
That's the spark that I needed to start a new project.
I've done a couple of knives from old files and a
broken suspension from my old Land Rover, my forge was a bed of coke heated on by a fan blower.
Very cool! Good luck with your build!
Nice looking forge.enjoyed it.
Thanks 👍
Great video!
Glad you enjoyed it!
That's a lot of Work , with 10 different tools and the skills to use them ... When you can buy a New one for $100 bucks ! ... But clever job building it , planning it out and using store bought bits ! It was interesting ! ... Cheers !
Cheers! Thanks Robert
Nice job
Thank you! Cheers!
It scales really well too, a typical 4bar gas burner can easily heat up my 5x5 bricks (not as tall obviouly) to melting temperatures (inb4 I don't use this function obviouly but it's 10/10 for quick forge welding medium-sized pieces).
You might wanna use chamotte mortar or something like that to keep them together in larger builds though.
Good points sir!
Ordering the parts for this puppy! Wish me luck! =] Love your videos, they are really helping me become a great knife maker and also helping me avoid novice mistakes! I’m not cheaping out either. I’m not going into debt but I’m not skimping on my equipment either. It’s already starting to pay for itself somewhat. I have some friends that have already bought a few small smalllll artsy knives, not work knives. I need to hurry up and make a RUclips channel so that I can start making videos and share my work with you and everyone else, too!
Sounds like you're well on your way Austin! Cheers sir! Glad they're helping out.
Excellent design!!!!!!!!!!
good stuff
Thank you!
Great little forge, you could go as far as shown here or even just do a more basic frame, as you explained. Could you add threaded caps on your Tee with holes drilled into the thread so your could screw them in or out to allow varying the oxygen content? Good build and Vid as always :)
Good ideas sir! I agree that would make it more tunable for sure. Have a great weekend!
Very very nice.. thank you
Most welcome 😊
This is amazing! Thanks for sharing!
My pleasure!
New sub here. I just found your channel. I find you very easy to follow and listen to. You hold my interest and I am certainly inspired by watching your content. Thanks for the great info and ideas. 👍
Awesome! Thank you! Welcome aboard!
Hi love your vids man I made a knife because I love the art
Heck yeah Bryan!
@@RedBeardOps can u make a knife from a old saw blade
@@bryancorrea7342 What type of saw blade are you working with?
Old band saw blade I found in at a antique shop made in early 1900
You should make a video about how to make a knife from a saw blade
amazing💪💪💪😎
Glad you like it!
This is really inspiring and its easy to tell this forge was built with a lot of thought in mind. I think I might actually try to make this thing. How much run time do you think you can get off a tank of propane?
Great Job, your channel is increasingly becoming one of my favorites!
Thanks Gavin! I got inspiration for this build from Alex @outdoors55 and I got the burner design from a guy on the forums named Frosty. Lots of good information out there for us to learn from! Also Atlas Forges are built with a similar design. I bet you could get ~10 hours off a normal tank. Cheers sir!
Tap and die kit link is no longer available...what kit or sizes are needed to complete the project. Thank you for the videos!!! I have the bug for sure! Trying to get supplies and shop set up to begin making knives. Great that you show how to get into this with normal shop tools in other videos!
Good luck man! Glad you're liking them
great !
Just finished this build! I’m loving it so far. How do you know if the flame is burning rich or lean?
A rich burn will have more flame coming out of the front (dragon's breath). Also be more blue than green.
That is a pretty nice little travel forge. Well thought out James! Kind of looks like the mini Atlas.
Very observant sir. I agree, it's around the same size. I'm fairly sure the Atlas forge also uses bricks like these (just cut in half with a 3'' chamber). His forge is very impressive!
@@RedBeardOps that’s the one I use now. Very diminutive size but works quite well. It needs 20 psi though.
That was awesome!!
Glad you liked it!
I'm not a knife maker, but still enjoyed.
Thanks Dudley!
That’s dope! 2️⃣👍⬆️
Glad you like it Mike!
Love your channel, you build some awesome knives. I am looking to start making some knives and I am wondering what tools I should get to start off with? Thanks for your help
Glad you're enjoying the videos man. A drill press goes a long way. Check out this video ruclips.net/video/nk7vu2RYxvI/видео.html
@@RedBeardOps thank you. Was looking at some cheap band saws and and benchtop belt sander. Would it be smart to buy cheap ones now to get started?
@@pvpv6969 I still use the cheap bauer porta band I got from Harbor Freight. Gotta start somewhere
Really great job. Must try myself!!
How long will the bricks last?
They're not fireproof, are they?
They are insulating fire bricks, so yes they are. If you don't contact them often physically and don't plan on using a bunch of flux (like for damascus); I imagine they'll last a long time. Cheers!
First of all I appreciate the effort you put in your videos. They are very informative and interesting to watch.
Comparing the dimensions of this burner with the one you built for the Venturi burner video I discovered that you used different dimensions regarding the couplings. Would you recommend to use bigger diameters for bigger forges or did you find that smaller diameter work better or more efficiently in general?
Hello sir, thank you! Yes, it just came down to the dimensions of the forge in question. This little forge doesn't require a burner of the heft of the first one I made. The original burner works great in a normal size forge!
Super simple to build for the most part... Pretty inexpensive to build also... and you can use the burner in a bigger forge when the time comes that you need to upgrade. I would suggest building two burners with the thought of future expansion in mind... as Knife Making... and pretty much any form of creative metal work is extremely Habit Forming and sooner or later everyone needs a bigger forge for some reason or another
Thanks for your thoughts John!
It is highly recommended to wear breathing protection when you cut this brick. Great video though.
Good tip!
@@RedBeardOps You can also wet the brick down to help reduce dust
@@Reploidx9 Good tip!
A good job thanks
Thank you!
Great video thanks! I notice you touched the outside at the end, was it cool to the touch?
It was warm, but didn't burn me. I'm sure if this thing ran for a few hours that would not be the case
Im accumulating the bits to do the bigger, no-weld one you made a video for earlier. Mostly because I dont have a welder. How much welder is really needed, for light fabrication and tacking together damascus billets?
Hey man, when it comes to knife making you really don't need one. If you're doing damascus it's a big help, however, you could just hot fold your damascus billets. More risk, but not need for a welder. I will say that they are handy to have in the shop though! You can get a little flux core wire welder from harbor freight for 100$ that will "get the job done" for many of your projects around the garage. This forge could easily be put together with tabs, holes, nuts, and bolts though! Cheers sir!
@@RedBeardOps thanks for the response.
I think the welding machine has open the door to so many possibilities in knife making! You can begin to fabricate tools that make knife making easier. The forge, knife sanding sled, knife vise for handle finishing, fixtures for grinding and so much more! You can pick up a cheap rig that will do the job for $300 or less or pick up a good Hobart 110 or 220 for $500 and never look back man!
I made a forge with the inside about 6x6 x 24 in and made a burner with the mig tip center of the 1 inch intake tee with 3/4 black iron burn nipple . It worked but when forge temp got higher than required for specific steel and I throttled down but the flame backfired and burned out the intake and would not combust inside forge until shut off and reopened gas valve . Afterward I drilled two 3/8 holes and two 1/4 inch holes in the burner 3/4 nipple directly below the intake tee and it worked and would throttle down with out backfiring . odd thing is it makes a high pitch sucking sound drawing air thru the intake holes that I added . I don’t know why this happened on my forge and have not heard about it elsewhere
Thanks for sharing your experience Randy!
@@RedBeardOps thanks for sharing your ‘s .
Hey, great vids, you inspire me to go out and try and make some knives myself, but I wanted to ask you if for your next video, can you use mosaic pins for your handle? Just a thought, maybe this will look cool. Keep it up!
For sure, I love the look of mosaics. I used them in this video and really liked the way they turned out - ruclips.net/video/HxhBDqYUG74/видео.html
Dear friend, the second time you can use sanding paper and cut a piece of pipe or semi-circular or circular wood of the same size of the hole that you want to carve and sand it and it will be the same size that you need on the insulating bricks
Good idea sir! Thanks
@@RedBeardOps 😉👍
Any idea on fuel consumption? Just curious on what it would cost to run this.
I've been running a 2 brick forge with a similar burner, I'm at over 5000 feet of elevation which can effect fuel consumption but I use a 0.25 mig tip in my burner and get probably 16ish hours of forging temperature per regular 5 gallon propane tank. I usually run it at 1 psi for regular forging stuff. I've recently hooked up a blow dryer to one side and can get a hotter burn on lower psi. If you want check out my youtube video on it. It's just a quick video I posted about it. My forge is in rough shape haha. The forge video is pretty recently uploaded so you can find it really easy over on my channel.
Hey James, I'd say 10-15 hours on a normal tank. I haven't tested it though.
Thank you. I have a wood forge I built my self that I use for primary forging but it can't really get to heat treating temperatures. So I'm looking for a solution. This just might be it.
Hi Red Beardbeautiful job well done I like it thank
Thank you!
Nice!
Thank you! Cheers!
Nice job. Just fyi, you don’t use teflon tape with flare fittings. They seal on the flare not the threads.
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Did you have a bell housing on the end of the pipe in the forge? If I take mine off, it doesn't burn right, spits, and sputters. Any ideas? Awesome vid.
Thanks man! Glad you liked it. I go over that here - 4:27
So it gets to knife heat treating temperatures, does it get hot enough to forge weld? Have you found out exactly how hot yours got? Thanks!
I haven't had a chance to forge weld with it yet, but I'm fairly confident that is will
Awesome!
Thank you! Cheers!
6:46 "You will be cringing if you are a welder watching this video"
Lol look man, we're here for a DIY forge so it doesn't have to look amazing as long as it gets the job done.
Thanks Omen! Just covering my bases! lol
Great vid! Can it get hot enough for forge welding?
I think so, but I haven't tried it with this forge
Hey RedBeard awesome video. What kinda of regulator did you use for the propane?
Something like this would do it amzn.to/3b9rZJG
@@RedBeardOps is there a need for a flash back arrestor or check valve
@@deadlyshadows9697 I don't have one and I don't see many people running them.
What would you say to those of us without a welding machine or the aptitude to use it well on making the frame from aluminum and bolting it together?
depending on the design, I'm sure that would work. Just know that aluminum has a melting point of around 1220F
Hiya. I put this burner together last night to upgrade my DIY forge from a Bernzomatic TS8000 & MAP gas to propane. Holy smokes...it's awfully nice not having to wait 30min for the forge to heat and waste 1/2 a bottle. I am seeing some behavior that concerns me though. Occasionally I hear what sounds almost like a small backfire. Just a little "pup-pup" sound....I noticed that when it happens the flame-front creeps up into the nipple and is slightly visible in the neck of the "T" right where the red glow is in your thumbnail image. I'll have to pull the pic of my assembled burner off of my phone. I'll duplicate this post on your Facebook and add it to a reply. Something to worry about? Do I need to alter my setup?
Hey man, I've heard of this happening but have never seen it myself. After seeing your burner assembly I think I'd try to lengthen the burner tube. It looks a little short. That should be step one... if that doesn't work, or if there are still improvements to be made with the burn, I'd shorten your mig tip a little bit so that it lands more in the center of the Tee.
You crossthreaded that fitting in your T. See it wobble on the camera?
Not sure what part of the video you're talking about here, but I can assure you it all worked out well. Could of been a bad filming angle or something.
Will this get hot enough to forge weld small damascus billets?
Hey ed I haven't tried it for damascus. I think it will, but am not sure.
Do you have an idea of how hot this burner would get a 9x4x5 inch chamber. Would you be able to get to forge welder temps with a single burner
Hey Bryan, I think this little forge could forge weld, but I haven't tried it yet.... Sounds Like I should try it for you guys.
Ok I made this to turn a file into a knife and I know I need to heat the file up to soften it so I can work with it... about how long does it take to get it to the point that it becomes demagnetized? I’m sure it’s different for every scenario but rough estimate. Just so I know if I’m doing everything right.
Hey Grant, shouldn't take very long at all. Under 10 min total after turning on the forge.
Obrigado. 👏👏👏👏👏
Obrigado!
Офигенно! Thx!!
Glad you liked it!
What type of blow torch do you use?
Cheers - ruclips.net/video/JAAKWRKQXu0/видео.html
Would that mini frosty t burner work in a burn chamber that isn’t cylindrical in shape? I used the harder fire brick, so my burn chamber is elongated square. Thank you!
Hey Brian, I don't see why not.
@@RedBeardOps there’s one way to find out I guess ;-). Thank you for the help and the video!
So I gave it a try and rebuild your forge. Forgot to use shims which may lead to the failure I encountered. So after welding I fired up the forge. I tried to heat treat a blade which did not take long so the forge was running 15min max at absolutely the least power possible. After shutting the forge down I found cracks on the outside of the forge - directly on the opposite site of the burner.
I am not sure whether this was due to skipping the shims or the fact that I did not burn in the forge correctly. Any ideas?
What I also found is that when you move your blade back and forth you inevitably hit the top or bottom of the forge which results in grooves since the bricks are really soft/brittle. What do you do to mitigate the issue? I appreciate your input!
Hey man, sorry you ran into some issues. I'm not sure why the bricks would crack, I could imagine it could partially be do to expansion like you're mentioning but am not sure. Maybe moisture too? I'm really not sure. As far as the softness of the bricks and the groves, that will be a weakness of this design. You could try to be carful and not touch the bottom, swap the top and bottom brick after you get a groove, or make a channel in the bottom and install a thin/hard fire brick bottom.
@@RedBeardOps I appreciate your thoughts! And your fast reply - which was close to the speed of light. If you ever should come to Germany shoot me a mail and beers are on me 😊👍.
@@theflyinggearman3128 Sounds awesome man! Cheers from Texas!
Utter Beginner Here:
Can I use nuts & bolts for the frame construction, as I have no welder?
How hot do the outside of the firebricks get?
Yep, nuts and bolts will work. And that depends on how long you run the forge. I'd say pretty darn warm
@@RedBeardOps If I put a Welding Blanket underneath the Forge, then would wood table underneath all that be OK? (Thanks for the Reply!)
@@tkarlmann Tough to say. I'd elevate it off any table with some steel cutoffs.
@@RedBeardOps Thanks.