Electric Induction Forge

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

Electric induction forge.

This is how to build a powerful water cooled 500w induction heater capable of getting iron and. It gets hot enough to melt and. It wastes lots of energy as heat and creates lots of dirty smoke. Induction forging refers to the use of an induction heater to pre heat metals prior to deformation using a press or hammer.

It ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do. When you think of a way to heat up a metal object you think of fire right. First a word of warning. Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects.

If you ve ever wanted to forge cast or smelt metal this project is right up your alley. Hope my girl friend wont be angry what have i used. 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.

Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next. Well what if you could h. Making a mini electric forge fun interesting. 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.