Electric Induction Forge

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

Electric induction forge.

Hope my girl friend wont be angry what have i used. Well what if you could h. Induction forging refers to the use of an induction heater to pre heat metals prior to deformation using a press or hammer. Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater.

Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects. There is a serious risk of shock fire and possibly death unless all safety precautions are followed. 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. It gets hot enough to melt and.

Induction forging is an ideal process which combines precision control economics and safety. Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next. 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. 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 wastes lots of energy as heat and creates lots of dirty smoke. It s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables. It ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do. First a word of warning.