Electric Induction Forge

Induction forging refers to the use of an induction heater to pre heat metals prior to deformation using a press or hammer.

Electric induction forge.

There is a serious risk of shock fire and possibly death unless all safety precautions are followed. It ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do. It s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables. Hope my girl friend wont be angry what have i used.

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. 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. It gets hot enough to melt and.

When you think of a way to heat up a metal object you think of fire right. With induction you can focus heating on just the portion of the material to be forged and efficiently bring it to the malleable temperature. Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects. This is how to build a powerful water cooled 500w induction heater capable of getting iron and.

Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater. 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. 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.