Electric Induction Forge

Induction forging is an ideal process which combines precision control economics and safety.

Electric induction forge.

It ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do. Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next. This project deals with mains voltage and if you have any doubts or concerns about working with it this project may not be for you. Well what if you could h.

Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater. When you think of a way to heat up a metal object you think of fire right. It wastes lots of energy as heat and creates lots of dirty smoke. Making a mini electric forge fun interesting.

If you ve ever wanted to forge cast or smelt metal this project is right up your alley. It gets hot enough to melt and. This is how to build a powerful water cooled 500w induction heater capable of getting iron 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.

With induction you can focus heating on just the portion of the material to be forged and efficiently bring it to the malleable temperature. There is a serious risk of shock fire and possibly death unless all safety precautions are followed. Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects. It s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables.