How to Make a Coffee Can Forge

in this video I'm going to make a forge I've made one previously like ten years ago using some fiber board that's used to line a killin in a special type of glass wool but I just need something to eat ups to bend some metal rod so hence why I'm doing this project so I searched around on the internet and there's a few different variations on how you could do this there's one you can use I mean pearlite or maybe Verma culty something like that where you can make your own refractory I opted for a simpler factory using plaster of Paris in sand anyways I'm just going to talk about the body of the of the fort right now and all this is a simple coffee can I put some bolts on it with some nuts put those in Lock type them in and then a handle made out of aluminum and that's it that is the body I poke the hole out in the bottom that's gonna be the exhaust or the back of the forge and you don't have to do that I've seen some videos and websites where people leave that filled in and then they just line the inside with the refractory material and then they heat it up but because I want to be able to shove a rod all the way through it makes it easier to have that opening but you're gonna lose some efficiency obviously that way too so that is it for the body next we're gonna mix up some refractory basically it will be plaster of Paris and 1/2 plaster of Paris and 1/2 I should say one part plaster of Paris and one part sand mix it together and then pour it in I guess before we get to that she mentioned that I need something to be the chamber the forge chamber and I'm going to use this empty can of rade it's about the right size that I want you could use whatever a piece of plastic tubing pipe and as you can see just close it's gonna be like that so what it's gonna happen it's gonna sit upright like that and then the the can of the cane will sit right in the center here and then I'm gonna pour the material in that's it simple as that next mix up some material and pour it in [Music] [Music] okay I have my refractory mix um combine one part plaster of Paris one part sand I'm just regular I got some sand right there bag of it and then the plaster of Paris so one part 1 the 1 ratio and then I'm doing about almost a one-to-one ratio with water as well water right here so what I'm gonna do is I'm going to pour it in and then start mixing it around and then I'm going to pour it into the Forge and then let it set doesn't get any more straightforward than that so for the same just got mixing around just to see looks like first and I think I have only about 15 minutes to work with this so I'm gonna put the camera down just so I can get mixing all right pouring it in I'm gonna let this cure a bit let it dry and I'm gonna wipe it with a damp rag after a half an hour at least this what I saw in another video just fix this up a little bit all righty let's let it sit didn't see it the hype inside there already okay it's only been about 10 minutes and the plasters already starting to set up so I'm just gonna give this a nice wipe just to smooth out the front of it but damp rag and clean up anything else and then I'm gonna pull it wasn't in focus there or wasn't even in frame I'm gonna pull this can out now hopefully I can get it out [Music] well hey there we go one for chamber looks pretty good just clean this up a little bit hasn't fully set yet so gotta be careful and take out the torch head okay I just want to mention real quick what I'm using for a burner I'm gonna use this burns O Matic surefire ts 8000 torch I've used it for all kinds of things and it works awesome so in this case it produces enough BTU to heat up this to red-hot what I'm going to do though originally I was going to make my own torching but I don't I'm not gonna bother now I had used this piece of pipe in the earlier part of the video you saw that I used it just to make this hole the reason is so that I could also add this insert so that this torch head sits in like that so it's not sitting directly on the refractory and this is just from a broom handle this is a piece of steel it just goes in right like that because this refractory the wall is so thick I'm just gonna add a little extension it's not really required but I'm just adding it just to so that this torch head doesn't heat up too much I want more of it out in the open air for cooling probably doesn't matter but just for safety I'm gonna I'm gonna try it I'm gonna do it so all this is it's a half inch coupler they got that in frame 1/2 inch coupler for a copper copper pipe and then it just goes in like that so I'll do a test firing and we'll be all done okay I'm going to do a test-fire I have my torch I have it connected up to a hose that goes to a 20 pound barbecue tank over here I highly recommend one of these hoses this was original was originally for a barbecue I think ok I'm gonna fire this up I might have to adjust the focus [Applause] [Music] [Applause]

Channel: Andrew W

Views: 1,662,555

Keywords: How-to (Website Category), DYI Forge, Blacksmithing forge, Propane Forge, Homemade Forge, Plaster of paris, Coffee Can Forge, Blacksmith (Profession)

Id: xv9nnEhgfuY

Length: 14min 20sec (860 seconds)

Published: Sun Apr 26 2015