Hot steel work: forge vs. Oxy/Acetylene

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well, it depends on some parameters: which sort of stuff do you want to produce? made of sheet or bars in different dimensions? a torch doesn`t have the ability to heat, for example, more than a piece of 3x3x3cm to welding heat. it also lasts very long to bring thicker pieces to a forging heat if you need large areas heated ( let`s say for forging the socket of a spearhead). oxy/acetylen is also more expensive than forging coal, compared to the amount of heat energy you can use. as an alternative to renovations you could use a mobile forge outside your workshop