Where Do I?

[stewartthesmith]

I have read snipets, on this website, as well as IFI, AF, and Forgemagic about induction forges. I am a tool manufacturer in Pennsylvania, and have been using coal or gas for the last 35 years. After watching the youtube videos of Grant's, I gotta get one! Who to I talk to to acquire one of these machines? The biggest forgings I do are 1080 steel rounds in two and three eights diameter. I need an induction forge that will heat that material as fast as the induction forges in those videos. You can contact me, at my shop, at 215-768-5735. In advance, thank you for any information you can provide.

[Ryan Wilson]

sadly Grant was the only importer of induction forges.
OCP is in the proccess of being sold and the future of the induction forge side of things is up in the air. Larry is the second most knowledgeable person on this topic that i know maybe he can help.

maybe you can convince someone who already has one that they don't need it and sell it to you? haha

Good luck, they are awesome machines.

[Randy]

Too bad OCP isn't able to help you now. I'd rather see it kept in our circle.

Meanwhile did you try http://www.superiorinduction.com/?gc...FacQNAod53CRtg ?

Or did you see this used one at http://www.paaba.net/Saleandswap.htm ? $1,000 is cheap even if 3 phase. New they run about $5,000 with the cooler. Plus it's in Hollsopple, PA.

They're also on fleabay, but be sure you get the right size.

[JNewman]

I was hoping to get one from Grant one day as well. You might give the Kaynes a call to see if they will be carrying the induction forges. If they are not going to be, someone on one of the forums mentioned that someone was selling them at Quad state last year.

I am sure that the Ameritherm unit is good but check what the frequency is. Lower frequency heaters will heat heavier stock more efficiently but will not heat smaller stock to a good forging temperature. My understanding is the forges Grant was selling were THEORETICALLY to high a frequency to heat smaller stock. BUT they would heat the outside of the stock and steel is a fairly good conductor of heat so that heat would quickly conduct to the center of heavier stock.

[Will. K.]

Grant answered some questions on heating 2" and larger stock on a thread several years ago over at Bladesmith's Forum.

http://forums.dfoggknives.com/index....dpost&p=133611

[JNewman]

I am pretty sure Larry has done some heavy stock with his. He has the larger of the units Grant was bringing in.

[Will. K.]

I've also seen similar units listed on ebay shipping direct from China and I think one seller was shipping them from Canada. I'm not sure how the quality compares to the units Grant was importing. I remeber Grant mentioning on the thread at Bladesmith's Forum that he tested and did some electrical upgrades to the machines when they came in from china.

[J Wilson]

Grant has a site that may answer some of your questions. Don't expect to get a response if you email him. If he does respond...you are very special.

http://www.ocpinductionforge.com/

[JNewman]

There is also a bunch of good information Grant posted on forgemagic from a few years ago. I would try searching with google rather than the search on the site it seems to work better that way.

[JNewman]

I just tried looking on forgemagic using the search on the site (google) and just Google. No luck but then I remembered how I had found things before. Look up a big chunk of time in the archives then use cntrl f . Lots of good info on Apr 29 2006.