Electric Induction Forge

This is how to build a powerful water cooled 500w induction heater capable of getting iron and.

Electric induction forge. 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 ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do. Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next. Well what if you could h.

It gets hot enough to melt and. Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater. Making a mini electric forge fun interesting. 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 s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables. Hope my girl friend wont be angry what have i used. When you think of a way to heat up a metal object you think of fire right. There is a serious risk of shock fire and possibly death unless all safety precautions are followed.

First a word of warning. Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects. Induction forging refers to the use of an induction heater to pre heat metals prior to deformation using a press or hammer. 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.