Electric Induction Forge

If you ve ever wanted to forge cast or smelt metal this project is right up your alley.

Electric induction forge.

It s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables. First a word of warning. Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects. When you think of a way to heat up a metal object you think of fire right.

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. Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next. This is how to build a powerful water cooled 500w induction heater capable of getting iron and. Well what if you could h.

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. There is a serious risk of shock fire and possibly death unless all safety precautions are followed. 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 ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do.

It wastes lots of energy as heat and creates lots of dirty smoke. Induction forging is an ideal process which combines precision control economics and safety. Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater. It gets hot enough to melt and.