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The Amateur Blacksmith
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Videos from an Amateur Blacksmith going through a very long learning curve, trying different things and playing along the way.
Blacksmithing - Forging a quick batch of Candle Sconces/Bowls
Amateur Blacksmithing
Forging a quick batch of Candle Sconces/Bowls using a 4" Ball Bearing and Doming block in a Norton No.8 Fly Press.
I started out with some 147mm diameter blanks that were 6mm thick.
I bought the doming block from Nigel Barnett of Forged Ironmongery: www.forged-ironmongery.co.uk/product/new-from-victory-tools-blacksmith-and-armourers-swage-doming-block/
The ball bearing came from www.ballandrollerstore.com/chrome-steel-52100-ball-bearings/4-chrome-steel/
Forging a quick batch of Candle Sconces/Bowls using a 4" Ball Bearing and Doming block in a Norton No.8 Fly Press.
I started out with some 147mm diameter blanks that were 6mm thick.
I bought the doming block from Nigel Barnett of Forged Ironmongery: www.forged-ironmongery.co.uk/product/new-from-victory-tools-blacksmith-and-armourers-swage-doming-block/
The ball bearing came from www.ballandrollerstore.com/chrome-steel-52100-ball-bearings/4-chrome-steel/
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Amateur Blacksmithing - Forging a bowl out of 4mm plate using a Norton No.8 fly press
Просмотров 2,9 тыс.5 месяцев назад
Another Amateur Blacksmith project… Forging a bowl out of 4mm plate that I had kicking around. I cut a 8¼ inches round using a plasma cutter and then form the bowl using a Norton No.8 Fly Press, 4 inch Ball Bearing, and Doming block. The bowl has a lovely ring to it - very musical - You could almost call it a singing bowl. I bought the doming block from Nigel Barnett of Forged Ironmongery: www....
Fencing Staple Remover
Просмотров 1965 месяцев назад
Tools I make for removing Fencing Staples from livestock fencing. There are many different tools available for removing fencing staples, many of which I tried and not been happy with, so over a number of different prototypes I came up with this tool. Initially I was using combine harvester fingers, but they were wide and had a habit of fracturing where the hardened cutting face was. Then I move...
The Amateur Blacksmith - Making a heavy weight Candlestick
Просмотров 4305 месяцев назад
In this video I'm having a go at making a candlestick similar to one done by Black Bear Forge... I don't show how to make the sconce in this video - I'm using the sconce made in the following video: ruclips.net/video/i1i7KqnwJmM/видео.html Whereas in Black Bear Forge he uses an anvil and hammer, I'm using my 25kg Anyang Power Hammer and a No.8 Norton fly press. At one point I had the forged tur...
Blacksmithing - Hydraulic Press or Pneumatic Power Hammer?
Просмотров 3 тыс.7 месяцев назад
This is a quick test of my 30 ton Anyang STP-S Hydraulic Press compared to my Anyang ST 25 kg Pneumatic Power Hammer. In the video I'm forging a piece of EN19 (4140) steel which is 50mm diameter by 2" long into what will be a flatter for the power hammer. In my view the 25 kg Power Hammer has more percussive force than the 30 ton Hydraulic Press has squishable force. It seems as though the hydr...
Anyang STP-S 30 Ton Hydraulic Forging Press Overview - Blacksmith
Просмотров 2838 месяцев назад
Quick overview of my new Anyang STP-S 30 Ton Hydraulic Forging Press. I've been waiting a few months for this press and only just got it up and running. I'll be doing some more videos of it working over the coming weeks. It'll be a great help with my blacksmithing - it won't replace my power hammer, but simply compliment it.
Amateur Blacksmithing - Making a toasting/barbecue fork
Просмотров 1,6 тыс.9 месяцев назад
In this video I make a toasting/barbecue fork out of 10mm (3/8) square steel which is 600mm (24") long. It's a shame, but I got the proportion of the handle wrong in relation to the size of the fork. I think the handle could have been a little larger.
Amateur Blacksmithing - Hot forging a candle sconce/bowl using a fly press
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.9 месяцев назад
Forging a bowl/candle sconce out of 6mm plate - 6 inches round using a Norton No.8 Fly Press, 4 inch Ball Bearing, and Doming block. I bought the doming block from Nigel Barnett of Forged Ironmongery: www.forged-ironmongery.co.uk/product/new-from-victory-tools-blacksmith-and-armourers-swage-doming-block/ The ball bearing came from www.ballandrollerstore.com/chrome-steel-52100-ball-bearings/4-ch...
Making a Die Key for my 25 Kg Anyang ST Power Hammer
Просмотров 5059 месяцев назад
I have a number of sets of dies for my 25 Kg Anyang Power Hammer. One of the sets of dies has a slightly larger dovetail and the standard die key doesn't fit. I could have reduced the size of the standard key for the one die and then use shims for the other dies, but thought it best to make a bespoke die key. In this video I make a new key to fit the larger die by forging it out of an offcut of...
Blacksmith Gas Forge Burner - Amal propane injector unboxing
Просмотров 29911 месяцев назад
For those of you how like your un-boxing videos: A short unboxing video of an Amal propane injector (Forge Burner). The one being unboxed here is the 1" BSP Long Venturi Propane model. More information can be found on the burners at amalcarb.co.uk/amal-gas-injectors.html
Amateur Blacksmithing - How to light a coke forge
Просмотров 96811 месяцев назад
This is a quick video to show you how to light a blacksmith's coke forge. As I say in the video, there are many different ways to light a coke forge, but I still believe paper and kindling to be one of the best. For details on how the forge is constructed please watch ruclips.net/video/yIlAkx_q85w/видео.html
AMAL Gas Injector (Blacksmith Forge Burner) Test - Quick test of 1" bsp, long venturi gas injector
Просмотров 42711 месяцев назад
This is a quick test of a AMAL propane gas injector 354/37PLV - Long Venturi, which will be used as a Blacksmith Forge Burner. Details of the burner's can be found at: amalcarb.co.uk/amal-gas-injectors/propane-injectors.html Originally this video was published on another channel in 2021 - now a dedicated blacksmithing channel has been created.
Amateur Blacksmithing - How my old coke forge is constructed
Просмотров 23211 месяцев назад
A quick look at how my old Blacksmith's Coke Forge is constructed. I build this coke forge 25-30 years ago. It has spent a lot of those years sat out in all weathers. Originally it had a sheet metal lid, which has long since rusted away. Recently I put castors on the forge as well as a 600 m³/hr (350 cfm) blower. Originally I used to use my Grandma's old Model 402 Hover (1947-1953). Coke forges...
Amateur Blacksmithing - Clinker removal from a coke forge
Просмотров 17711 месяцев назад
As you use a blacksmith's coke forge, the impurities in the coke will melt and stick together forming a vitrified mass that can stick to your workpiece and also obstruct the air flow into your forge. Quite often you will have to shut down your forge and clear the clinker as you go. Basically, whenever you go to light your forge you need to remove any clinker formed from the previous use. The am...
Quick introduction to die grinders, Roloc discs, and carbide burrs
Просмотров 1,1 тыс.Год назад
Just a quick introduction to my Milwaukee die grinders, Roloc discs, and carbide burrs. Although not covered in the video, mounted points (rotary grinding stones) are also widely used in die grinders. For those of you who haven't come across die grinders etc., this is a simple introduction. Die grinders have been around for a very long time. They were extensively used in the production of press...
What I have to put up with - Chickens and Border Collies
Просмотров 235Год назад
What I have to put up with - Chickens and Border Collies
Playing with my Anyang 25kg (55lb) Pneumatic Power Hammer - Bashing 20mm Rebar down to size.
Просмотров 4,4 тыс.Год назад
Playing with my Anyang 25kg (55lb) Pneumatic Power Hammer - Bashing 20mm Rebar down to size.
Making a pair of blacksmith's tongs using a fly press
Просмотров 9 тыс.Год назад
Making a pair of blacksmith's tongs using a fly press
Medieval Helmet Making - my first ever attempt - Part 2
Просмотров 557Год назад
Medieval Helmet Making - my first ever attempt - Part 2
Medieval Helmet Making - my first ever attempt - Part 1
Просмотров 2,6 тыс.Год назад
Medieval Helmet Making - my first ever attempt - Part 1
Amateur Blacksmithing - Basic Poker Making
Просмотров 2,3 тыс.Год назад
Amateur Blacksmithing - Basic Poker Making
Amateur Blacksmithing - Bowl forming with a Fly Press
Просмотров 5 тыс.Год назад
Amateur Blacksmithing - Bowl forming with a Fly Press
Blacksmith's Vice - Jaw covers (soft jaws?) and 45 degree work holder
Просмотров 259Год назад
Blacksmith's Vice - Jaw covers (soft jaws?) and 45 degree work holder
Fly Press Forging Experiment - Creating a Bulge, Wart or Boil in 4mm plate steel
Просмотров 1,2 тыс.Год назад
Fly Press Forging Experiment - Creating a Bulge, Wart or Boil in 4mm plate steel
Making a rivet with a Sweeney and Blocksidge No.10 Fly Press
Просмотров 3,5 тыс.Год назад
Making a rivet with a Sweeney and Blocksidge No.10 Fly Press
Amateur Blacksmithing - Making a rivet on a fly press
Просмотров 20 тыс.Год назад
Amateur Blacksmithing - Making a rivet on a fly press
Amateur Blacksmithing - Anvil work holder
Просмотров 107Год назад
Amateur Blacksmithing - Anvil work holder
Fly Press Forging - Punching a Hammer Eye
Просмотров 4,4 тыс.Год назад
Fly Press Forging - Punching a Hammer Eye
Amateur Blacksmithing - Forging Bottle Openers
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
Amateur Blacksmithing - Forging Bottle Openers
In fact, this hammer ram weight upto 31kgs/68lbs.
Why not use the flypress for splitting🤔
You're quite correct, I could have used the flypress for splitting.
Loved the final result, and of course enjoyed the process. 👏👏👏.
Your explanations are extremely useful for beginners. 👍
I never had much luck with 4140 for my punches but my press is a bit smaller so they perform fairly poorly at the thinner cross section
For those of us who have neighbors the hammer is not even an option. Press all the way. Quieter, faster, more better. Forge On!!!
Price of the hammer
Great stuff! Consistency is amazing. Now I have to save up for another tool...
Interesting stuff! Have always wondered about solar and a modern shop. Now, maybe, the Tesla battery vs the arc or the tig..... Thanks for the video!
great job, love the fly press videos and ideas, thanks for making them
Great work.!!!
All I have is a Norton #3. But I'd love to see some videos on making tooling for the fly press. Do you have any jigs for quickly assembling the top tools nice and square?
the best anvil stand on youtube 5:32
Well done. Look great.
That has a very pleasing tone! I have a random lump of rusty chequer plate with a small 90' bend along one side that rings like that.
Awesome! Liked and subscribed.
Really nice bowl. I like how you turned it into a bell that rings. If someone needed to replace a fly press counter weight, they could make two of these, weld them and fill them with lead. Many options and uses!
Good to see your great job.
Very good to see your great job.keep up good job.
Well done
thank you.. this will go along long way towards my metal art... cheers and wonderful blessings to you !
Ram speed needs increasing !
Sometimes I think the ram speed is too fast! I could do with fitting an adjustable flow control valve....
If that would have been my first set of tongs, I'da been damn proud of myself. 👍🍻
good video to compare the hammer and press via forging sight, the hammer can form the working piece even when it's temperature less than 1000 degree by blow and blow. but press good to make the large forming at beginning.
but the hammer and press is good partner in the blacksmithing shop.
how much vibration an noise do you get outside the shop?
To be honest, I don't know - I'll have to do another video.... Let us say, I don't like to use the power hammer at the weekend, in case I disturb my neighbours relaxation time. Today I was using the power hammer with the doors shut - I definitely should have had ear defenders on.
Turn your forge off when not using it, and turn your gas off when not using plasma torch. Wasteful
You breathe too hard
I was thinking "oh that not too bad size wise" then you took us on the walk around and OH My Word, that thing is as deep as it is wide. It will definitely be an awesome addition for you, especially for pressing your own custom bottom dies from hand tooling top dies. Excited to see what you do with it. Thanks for the in-depth sharing.
Wow awesome
Don't let it hit the floor, you'll break the floor. 😅 👍
I know what you mean... the rest of the candle stick I made from was from 8mm (5/16) steel!
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ve como maneja el audio el boludo.. para q te trajeee!!
Great video. I really like the dog head bottle opener. I love punching holes. One of my favourite things to do. Usually one heat, by hand on the anvil using my holdfast and slot punch. I finish the circle on the horn. Pretty sure I've made over a hundred bottle openers by now.
Hi, nice job, any chance you could do a vid on the dogs head part of it, please.???
Great job. Excellent channel. Thanks for bringing us along.
I enjoyed how you worked through the issues. I am curious as to what happens if you would have accidentally knocked the support block over while you were messing with the bottom die. I assumed people blocked it so the ram or whatever it's called wouldn't slowly bleed off, but they way you said it got me thinking it might fall straight on the bottom die at full weight. Also are you using a tig welding electrode as a scratch awl? I mean it is tungsten I just never considered to use it in that way. Great video, thanks for sharing.
I block the ram so I can replace the dies.... I guess the main reason people block the ram is to save the dies when the machine is switched off. My machine is a 25 Kg, so the ram weighs 25 Kg and drops fairly rapidly when the machine is switched off - I certainly wouldn't want my hand in the way. If you had a 200 Kg ram, there must be even more need to block the ram, but I'm only guessing. I've only had the power hammer a few months so still learning about it. And yes, I'm using a TIG electrode as a scriber....
Nice job on the new key. Should work well.
I hope so!
Nicely done.
Could you use an arbor press for blacksmithing?
I don't think you would get enough mechanical advantage with an Arbor press - They tend to be quite low tonnage. I have a No.2 fly press and that is useless for blacksmithing. You should really be looking for a No.6 fly press or bigger.
arbor presses have lots of uses in blacksmithing.. Not like a flypress but for a zillion smaller uses.
I've used my little #2 flypress to make tenons for many years..A blacksmith shop is a place for innovation. I worked under my first power hammer in 1967.@@theamateurblacksmith
@@theamateurblacksmithI disagree. I’ve got an Adams Bros #2 fly press. I use it a lot for touch marks, straightening, bending, punching and more. Now… I would love to get a larger one, but ya gotta use what you have. As far as punches, use an air quench steel for them…and keep a blowgun hooked up to your compressor next to it for big work like that. Mine have lasted me years.
If the rivet material is 10mm and the hole in the bottom die is 10.5mm, did the rivet shank grow in diameter to make it stick in the die?
Yes, the shank grew. The 10mm material is actually slightly larger then 10mm and wouldn't fit in a 10mm hole, otherwise I'd have made the hole smaller in the first place...
I’m not fortunate enough to have a scale model traction engine or a fly press like yours but if 1 had both perhaps a strip of e.g. 50x4 flat bar could be “dimpled ? “ every day 2” along it’s length then wrapped round a welded boiler over the weld seam to make it look riveted ? Sometimes these things don’t even need a use to justify them , there just ace 😁
the ever adorable, lovable, playful Border Collie... bring in the chickens. LOL
Thanks mate. I thought it was worth watching.
Nice work!
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My guide is to use twice the amount of kindling you think it will need, and it will work half the time!
Basic video but essential information resource for the new generation who have an interest in having a do at this stuff 👍🏻
Keep forge lit. Forge On. Keep Making. God bless.
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👍🏻👍🏻. Can't wait to see more updates an projects and many more videos soon my friend. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep Making. Keep forge lit. God bless.