09-09-2016, 10:20 PM
I have a forge I made years ago out of a truck brake drum. The drum never gets a glow on, since the outside layers of coal are coking off and act as an insulator. The real fire is at the centre. I think the steel rim will do fine.
Mike
If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.
If you can't get one, make one.
Hawkeye, proud to be a member of MetalworkingFun Forum since Jan 2013.