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You would think a skyscraper sized fire could melt steel beams...

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You would think a skyscraper sized fire could melt steel beams...

Why would I think that? That's like suggesting a Bic lighter could melt steel beams if you held its flame to an I beam long enough. That's not how physics works.

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You use a fire fueled by carbon to melt steel in smithing.

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You use a fire fueled by carbon to melt steel in smithing.

It's not enough heat. You can't smelt steel with a crude setup. There's a reason why it took man a long time to progress through the various metal eras. Each step up from low melting point metals to high melting point metals required big jumps in the technology of producing hotter temperatures. Iron required a much hotter flame than bronze or copper. You can't just burn carbon and get that kind of heat with just ambient air to provide the oxidizer. Can you produce the heat needed to work tungsten in a black smith shop?