It gets hot enough to melt 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.
Making a mini electric forge fun interesting.
It s a 30 kva induction heater built by bwang over on instructables.
Lets make an induction forge out of induction heater.
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.
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.
Induction forging is an ideal process which combines precision control economics and safety.
If you ve ever wanted to forge cast or smelt metal this project is right up your alley.
First a word of warning.
It ist 23 00 sunday nothing to do.
Fire is an inefficient old fashioned and slow way to heat up metal objects.
Video of the induction heater melting stuff will be out next.
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 wastes lots of energy as heat and creates lots of dirty smoke.