Electric Induction Forge

It s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables.

Electric induction forge.

Making a mini electric forge fun interesting. Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next. First a word of warning. This is how to build a powerful water cooled 500w induction heater capable of getting iron and.

There is a serious risk of shock fire and possibly death unless all safety precautions are followed. It gets hot enough to melt and. Typically metals are heated to between 1 100 c 2 010 f and 1 200 c 2 190 f to increase their malleability and aid flow in the forging die 1. Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects.

Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater. Well what if you could h. Induction forging is an ideal process which combines precision control economics and safety. Induction forging refers to the use of an induction heater to pre heat metals prior to deformation using a press or hammer.

With induction you can focus heating on just the portion of the material to be forged and efficiently bring it to the malleable temperature. It wastes lots of energy as heat and creates lots of dirty smoke. Hope my girl friend wont be angry what have i used. It ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do.