Forge types
Coal, gas, and induction — pick your fire.
Pick your fire
Every forge does the same job — get steel to 815°C — but they feel different. Coal is traditional and hot, gas is clean and controllable, induction is fast and precise.
The three kinds
coal the classic, hottest at the heart gas propane, even heat, no smoke induction electric, heats in seconds, pricey
What suits you
A beginner in a garage wants gas — no clinker to manage, no coal to source, and it's hard to accidentally weld your work to the firepot. Coal teaches better fire management; induction is a production tool.