I had this process in mind for a long time. Since I couldn't really find anyone doing it, I assumed there's a snag. Now this is great, I can finally convince myself to get one of those induction heaters. Thank you so much, for sharing your technique.

Now that's freakin awesome

@Rosewayforge

Ай бұрын

Are we going to be seeing an induction forge and wootz blades in the near future for your channel now.

This is freaking awesome!!!!

This is awesome!!!!!

This is incredibly cool. I had no idea you could make Wootz with an induction furnace. Well done!

Great job Brett !

This is awesome content! Keep it up fellas!

Been doing this since December with a 15kW (350g ingots). I use a small C-clamp on the pedal instead of a heavy weight. Nice demonstration!

@burningsky8372

29 күн бұрын

What kind of materials are you using for the feeder material?

This is really cool, Thanks.

This is awesome!!!

altho keeping in the liquid phase for 10-20 min is ok, to properly form a dendrite structure, wootz vs just a piece of steel, it has to cool down slowly for about 12 to 24 hours.

@burningsky8372

29 күн бұрын

After a great conversation with Jin at @wootzmilitaria I have decided to build a small chamber from refractory - the size of the crucible - with the coils cast into it. Our thinking there is we need more thermal mass to slow the cooling phase down to form the dendritic structure.

Man if i had one of those id be making crucible steel out of EVERYTHING!

@burningsky8372

29 күн бұрын

Easily done. However I strongly suggest spending some time learning about Crucible steel and wootz. It is a very deep rabbit hole.

@checoleman8877

29 күн бұрын

@@burningsky8372 I've watched a lot of videos about it but that's about the only thing I have found that isn't referring to an industrial process

Gotta have some Vanadium in there for good patterning :)

@zebdeming

21 күн бұрын

You don't need vanadium, you just need a carbide forming element, which he has in this

Good Point, You No Longer Need Coal to Make Steel.

Use the green button instead of the pedal

For real Wootz I seem to recall that the secret ingredient was either a piece of previous Wootz steel, or some magnetite. Also, would have been great to see how the steels turned out in the end.

@buny1p967

Ай бұрын

I thought it was the presence of the trace element of vanadium to get that beautiful grain structure

@burningsky8372

29 күн бұрын

@@buny1p967ideally yes. Vanadium is one of the strongest Carbide Forming Elements and was vital to pattern forming. However- at the time of this demo the only CFE we had on hand was Titanium (also a CFE just not commonly used).

When will we see the finished blade ?

@CoalIronWorks

Ай бұрын

Follow @burningskyforge on instagram to follow along with the project!

I wonder how much carbon was added to your mix from that graphite crucible itself.

Silly question here, but im curious, are induction forges to be used strictly for iron based alloys or could it be used with other metals? or just ferromagnetic metals only?

@computername

22 күн бұрын

From memory - with non-ferrous metals a crucible is needed that interacts with the electric field. So in that case, it's the crucible heating the metal. The induction furnaces sold online for smelting come with both. Sadly I can't find the explanation now that I saw a while ago. In the ebay ads it's white (quartz?) and a black (clay graphite) one. For non-ferrous you'd have to use both together. One fits in the other.

Would this process work with the Coal Iron 15kW?

@wootzmilitaria

Ай бұрын

15KW should be enough to make steel molten, just may take a little time

@burningsky8372

29 күн бұрын

This should work. You may have to adjust the charge size and/or time parameters.

Not to be a nerd, but you are melting, not smelting. Smelting is a chemical process of reducing an ore to a metal

@CoalIronWorks

19 күн бұрын

Very much welcoming of nerds here, we appreciate the correction- we're kind of new to the space :)

@zebdeming

19 күн бұрын

Not a problem at all, hope my comment didn't come across as being a know it all. I've done all kinds of this stuff and if there's anything I can do to help out, I'd be more than happy to.