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How to Forge Steel

“Mike Blue, Randall Graham, Ric Furrer, making steel at Larry Harley’s in May 2006. Lecture and Demonstration. Filmed by Christopher Price of The Tidewater Forge. 9 minutes.”

The inputs are alternating layers of charcoal chunks (1 inch cubes) and iron ore powder. The furnace is based on a traditional Japanese design and is “sacrificial.”

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How to Build A Foundry Furnace For Under $100

From depronfreak: “Built me an furnace ! and created a guide.
I use it to melt silver for casting purposes (max 35 ounces at one time)
Everything in the project costs less than 100 $”

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