Forge

Tonight was welding night. Sure, they aren't pretty welds but they are functional. What you are seeing (apart from my ugly face) is the air intake for the furnace, which is currently upside down. The open part of the square tube coming out of the bottom of the tube is for the ash to fall through.

In theory it is all now ready for me to attach a car heater fan to force air up underneath the coals, which in turn should generate a whole lot of heat, enough to make steel soft and workable.

Hopefully I will get the chance to test it on the weekend.