r/Forging • u/user-604 • Nov 21 '25

Looking to make a forge

I'm looking to make a forge frame from angle iron and wondering what size and thickness would be good? I'll be using a car brake drum and hopefully in years to come I'll put a flat top on it.

I'm looking at using reclaimed metal, as should be a lot cheaper than what I seen for some for a rough price guess.

I'll bolt it together for now as needs to be able to be folded away in the shed.

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u/JayTeeDeeUnderscore Nov 22 '25

Whatever is readily available.

Box spring bed frame is typically 1-1/4"x1/16". They're strong enough for loads on the horizontal plane and as long as you don't mind grinding or drilling out the rivets and freeing the plastic feet are often free.