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Last weekend I fired it up for the first time. I did not have proper charcoal, so I used cocos briquettes. My main goal was to see whether the temperatures would be reachable. The first 15 minutes...

Last week I improved my forge.

The ingredients:
- a bucket of ash
- bucket of water
- refractory cement
- kitty litter
- 1 lovely assistant (she always wants to help in the workshop)
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Perfectly.

Tomorrow I'll be shopping so I hope to be able to start transforming my old BBQ.
As it happens, on monday I have a holiday because someone is making the floor of the bathroom.
With...

Today I bought refractory cement (which is suprisingly pricey) which I will use to mix with ashes and kitty litter to make the lining and cavity of my forge. I don't have straw handy, but I am going...

Thanks. And then when I use it, I fill the entire cavity with charcoal?

The holes were only in the middle 6 inches or so.
I used wood charcoal, but not enough I guess. Not 6" thick anyways. And it was cheap stuff with bigger and smaller lumps, and the bigger ones were...

Thanks. Now I only have to figure out where to get firebricks and firecement. :)
Apart from making forging easier, it should also make it easier not to hammer dents into the surface of my anvil.
My...

Today I fired up my makeshift forge for the first time.
It's basically a repurposed old bbq, and a small hairdryer for blowing air through the holes.
It was not a big success. I succeeded in...