Acetylene "forging" or plane ol' forging

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Lima Kilo

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I was wondering if it would be just as good to use and acetylene torch to forge or better to just get a forge. A friend of my families has one and he uses it for different purposes than knife making but he said it gets plenty hot. Plus a blacksmith named Phillip Simmons used one for most of his stuff but I dont know if it was like for more detailed stuff or not. I guess I'm asking would it be just as good? Thanks guys.

Logan K.
 
lima, acetlyene is just kindof expensive for forging and i think a little to volitile.I asked a blacksmith the same question before i built my propane forge thats what he told me.for small or detailed bending where you wouldnt want to fire up a forge they are great,you just dont get the even intense heat that comes from a forge body.i hope i was good enough to get one of those for xmas this year:D
 
At one time I tried it. I clamped a Oxy Acetlyene torch in a stand and let the flames roll around in a large coffe like can linned with ceramic wool. Worked well as long as you remember the flame is around 5000 deg. F. and that Oxygen and Acetlyene are very expensive compared to what you'll use in a well designed forge. It didn't take me long to figure out that 3-4psi of Propane was a lot cheaper and makes for a better forge. I still use a torch to heat treat small hunter sized blades for the quench, and for cutting and bending and would be lost without a torch. But for any kind of forging I use my propane forge. I do have a one brick forge I made from a soft fire brick and use a small plumbers torch to do a little detail forging(or at least that's the idea if I ever get around to it!)
 
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