How to Make a Sword Forge

I call it a sword forge but we really don't need it to forge a sword. You can do that on any old ordinary forge including the backyard forge that I have a tutorial for.

But we very much need something like this so we can harden, temper, anneal and normalize a sword. To do these things you have to heat up the whole sword so you need a long forge with a long enough fire pit. That's what this forge is all about.

First let's take a look at the completed forge (picture below). This is how you can build it but it also gives you a good enough look so you can improvise and make something different that works just as well.

The Blower is just a blower I bought. It runs off 12 VAC. There is a sliding plate on it. You slide the plate to adjust the airflow.

The 55 gal drum

We cut a 55 gallon drum in half logitudinally as shown. This is the bulk of the forge.

Put legs on the forge

Add legs to it. They can be welded on or bolted on. Be sure to put it at a comfortable height to reach in and work on things.

The tuyere Now you need to put a tuyere in so the airflow can get in there. The feed tuyere is in the center of the tube so the air can be distributed evenly to both sides. That tube that goes the length of the forge has a whole lot of holes drilled in it. And you can see that it stands up off the bottom of the barrel by about two inches. This is so it will be the right height for the fire bricks that will go in later. I will show you that.

This illustration gives you a good look at the paddle system inside the forge. By rotating the rods we can rotate the paddes and control the airflow to sections of the forge.

Fire Bricks in the Forge This picture shows the forge now completed. I have placed firebricks in it and a screen.

Heating a sword And this picture shows a sword in the forge. See how it is getting evenly red hot?

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