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Strange Blacksmith
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Добавлен 2 июн 2019
I'm a hobbyist smith working out of a micro-shop with next to no budget. Primarily focused on tool making as I try to outfit my shop for ornamental and sculptural work.
Rustic Forged Barn Door Hardware
So I'm finally back after taking a break. Helping out a friend making some door hardware for a small barn or shed he's building for his goats.
I'm starting with a bolt latch, and when we have a better idea what the door casing is going to look like we'll explore some hinge design options.
While I did have to do some welding to fix a broken part, this otherwise would have been made entirely in the forge.
I'm starting with a bolt latch, and when we have a better idea what the door casing is going to look like we'll explore some hinge design options.
While I did have to do some welding to fix a broken part, this otherwise would have been made entirely in the forge.
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This Should Be Your First Set of Chasing / Figure Carving Chisels
Просмотров 608Год назад
This Should Be Your First Set of Chasing / Figure Carving Chisels
Forging a Chasing Hammer from a Demolition Chisel
Просмотров 1,9 тыс.Год назад
Today's misadventure takes us through many of the ways to screw up while making a hammer, and how to fix those mistakes. My newest addition to the collection is used for adding detail and texture to sheet metal sculpture while working in odd positions, and inside deep cavities. The first real test of the new forge hood and coal forge modifications has proved an amazing success! Forge gets hotte...
Cooling Off the Blacksmith Shop With my Forge Blower?
Просмотров 438Год назад
Thank you all for helping me get to 1000 subscribers! I appreciate you all supporting my goal to bring you more and better content, I couldn't do it without you! This week I'm trying to use my forge blower to pull hot air out of the shop. Using mostly recycled parts and an excessive amount of hours, this system brings the air temperature in the shop down by 10-15° in a matter of minutes. I have...
This Coal Forge is Getting Way too Complicated.
Просмотров 459Год назад
I'm not good at keeping things simple unless I don't want to do them. All the functional parts of the forge and forge table are complete. Follow along next week where I'll revisit the blower system with the same simplistic approach!
Adding a German Style Clinker Breaker to my Fabricated Coal Forge Fire Pot
Просмотров 1,7 тыс.Год назад
I've long needed to upgrade the fire pot in my coal forge. The grate didn't have enough slots, and they were too big. This week I spent some time revising my set up and including a German, Plunger type clinker breaker. Hopefully after this my forge will be able to burn a lower maintenance fire, and have a larger working fire size. #blacksmith #coal #welding #metal #diy #fire #clinker
My Forge Hood Has Too Many Problems
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I'm having to reconfigure my shop so I can increase the efficiency of my DIY forge hood. I made a lot of mistakes in my last attempt and will hopefully be able to rectify them. Blacksmithing projects are still on hold for the time being. Next week I'll be tearing into my forge itself to finish some details.
These Should Finally Go Deep Enough
Просмотров 620Год назад
My current bottom tools and anvil stakes are not long enough for some of the larger deeper details like helmets and bowl shapes. So I'm using the last of my coal to make some sheet metal tools to help finish my Valkyrie Helmet. My next few videos are going to be about building a new forge hood and finishing some details on my coal forge so it's ready to go when I can save up for a load of coal ...
DIY Blacksmiths Rivet Setters from Sucker Rod
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Continuing on the road to being a real blacksmith, I'm making a couple sets of rivet sets, or rivet headers to add a touch of professionalism to some upcoming projects. I hope you enjoy this leg of my blacksmithing journey. If I go pick the loose bits of smithing coke out of the grass around the shop, I probably have enough for one smaller project. I did find an old bag of bituminous coal I had...
90 Degree Blacksmith Armorer Tongs
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This is a set of tongs I've been trying to figure out for a while now. With some of my sheet metal projects going on the front burner, it seemed like the time to get these done. After multiple attempts, and almost burning them in half in the coal forge, and almost roasting alive in my oven/blacksmith shop, I have a pair of working 90 degree tong for the shop!
Chasing Hammer From a Harbor Freight Ball Pein
Просмотров 1,4 тыс.Год назад
I need a better fine line cross pein chasing hammer to complete my valkyrie helmet project. Harbor Freight to the rescue with a fantastic hammer blank, in the form of a ball pein HSO (hammer shaped object). Little bit of forge work and a second hand handle, and it's finally something worth hanging in the rack with the smithing hammers!
Handmade Metal Welcome Sign
Просмотров 491Год назад
With my in-laws coming into town over the weekend, I figured it would be nice to spruce the place up a bit. I think this riveted "Welcome Sign" should do the trick. I should be back in the forge for this weekend with another actual blacksmith video for all you purists. Thanks for watching, I'll see you next time!
Making my Dog a Valkyrie Helmet
Просмотров 1 тыс.Год назад
While I'm low on forge coal, and it's just shy of a million degrees outside, I figured I'd do some cold forming on a little decorative dog helmet.
Hand Forged Snake Hook (Drawing for Days)
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We have a bit of a snake problem here on the homestead. Rat snakes have been getting into our chicken coop and eating our eggs! Wanting a safer way to catch and identify snakes for relocation, and having a blacksmith shop at my disposal, I hammer out a pair of snake hooks from a couple pieces of 1/2" square stock to replace the flimsy pet store hook we got with our pet snake. This project took ...
Bent Knee Tongs from Sucker Rod Scraps
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Bent Knee Tongs from Sucker Rod Scraps
Hand Forging Pickup Tongs From Flat Bar
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Hand Forging Pickup Tongs From Flat Bar
Almost Forge Welding a Blacksmiths Hardy Bickern
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Almost Forge Welding a Blacksmiths Hardy Bickern
Machinists Marking Scribe From Coil Spring
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Machinists Marking Scribe From Coil Spring
Setting a New Handle on my Rounding Hammer
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Setting a New Handle on my Rounding Hammer
A Different Kind of No Weld S7 Hot Punch Handle.
Просмотров 6 тыс.Год назад
A Different Kind of No Weld S7 Hot Punch Handle.
Experimental Heat Treating on a Set Hammer made from Unknown Steel
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Experimental Heat Treating on a Set Hammer made from Unknown Steel
Blacksmiths Nail Headers with Forge Welded Faces
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Blacksmiths Nail Headers with Forge Welded Faces
I would love to see you turn an old mower blade into a trowel following a design similar yo the Wilcox trowels. Thanks!!
These look great man. I need to make me a pair. We got a ton of snakes in Arkansas and while I'm a snake lover I don't necessarily want to handle a copperhead to relocate them.
Would this go quicker if you simply started with a length of 3/8" round? just wondering if you decided to simply use what you had on hand or if there was a reason (other than the decorative handle) that you started with such a larger stock requiring the lengthy draw out.
Just found this channel today and liking the content! Fully understand the struggle of want and not having money, tools and supplies, but with your skills, think you got this 💪
I watch these videos hopefully to see an idea. I really like your punch handle. Thanks for taking us along 👍.
Very nicely done, the knob turned out great! I need to get one of these made. I was going to use a wore out pritchel for punching too, that's funny. To this day I can still smell the muriatic acid from when I used to help my Grandpa repair old car radiators. Looking forward to the hinge video!
Thank you! I was about to make a new punch from S7 when I remembered that pritchel was in my rack. I was originally going to make a die set for the staples but figured it would be faster to make a one-off than the time to make the die. I was wrong. lol I just really didn't feel like dragging out the welder.
"That's a cute little knob, isn't it?" Words nobody has ever wanted to hear LOL
I'll take what I can get. lol
We're glad to see you , great vid.
Glad to be back!
Awesome video brother 👍
Thank you!
Nicely Done. Enjoyed. Just a note for you The Acid and Bolt clean up creates Hydrogen gas, Very explosive if an ignition source nearby (forge).
Thank you! Yes, I usually do that on a bench outside, but considering it was just a handful of bolts I knew it wouldn't be a problem for the sake of the video.
Good project! I like making stuff like that too. It was in the low 30s here in Australia today but on wednesday it'll be in the low 40s - CELCIUS!
About 30°c today. I'm missing that cold weather already. 😂
Nice to see you back. And that was pretty cool how you made the knob. 👍
Thank you. It's great to be back at it too!
The sucker rod I have here gives me hell. It seems like it's extremely hard.
It's definitely more work than mild steel. A lot of these heats are a lot colder than they should be because I'm colorblind which doesn't help. If I can ever figure out a way to explain how to do heavy forging I'll make a video about it, because it seems like a common problem.
Hopefully you have more videos on the way. 👍
Next week or so. I have a backlog of stuff that I just started editing.
I like how you did "everything wrong" and still managed to create something useful and good looking. That gives us beginner smiths encouragement to keep trying even if things don't go the way we see more experienced smiths doing it. Thank you for making this video.
Thank you, I appreciate that! Sometimes perseverance is better than experience. 😂
This is painful to watch. Like someone forging with a baseball bat.
What kind of hammer do you prefer?
I never saw a blacksmith use a saw filers hammer before. Looks awkward. It's made to fall by its own weight, and will likely damage your arm.
Thank you!
What size is the rivet?
The rivet was a 3/8" grade 8 bolt.
Whack off, make it hard, beat it off…. Chill.
Don’t get caught in the forge with your hammer down 😂😂
I too, whack off my hammer when I need to get it hard.
Thats a useful little set to make and a great guide for working out what else you might need .... Thanks for sharing
Thank you!
Should have just given it viagra , way faster
The never ending making of tools… why did we take this hobby up? 😂😜
Wait... This isn't a tool making hobby? 😅
..chisels are like hammers, tongs and clamps. can you really have to many? Great job...!
I definitely have too many for my storage capacity, but probably a tenth of what I actually need. 😂
Well done
I usually get it hard before I wack off my handle. To each his own I guess
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This was extremely sexual, and I'm gonna need to file a complaint. Cause boy oh boy did that turn me on 😮 😭. Keep the forge hot my friend ✌️
Underated video.
Nice work! I make a lot of tool handles (abet not particularly well) I like to use salvaged handles off other things, like broken axe and shovel handles; there is usually 2-3 hammer handles worth of good wood left in them, as they usually get broken at the head of the tool. I have been known to buy the occasional new shovel handle to make hammer handles from as well, as a shovel handle costs about the same as a factory hammer handle, but with 3-4 times as much wood in a shovel handle!
That's a great idea! I have a few broken shovel handles I can probably repurpose.
Hopefully you get great use out of it for many years to come my friend. It's coming along nicely so far. Forge On. Keep forge lit. Keep making. God bless.
Thank you! I'm glad to have the forge back together.
I think I would have started off with a seven lb hammer I have there was a lot of rebound with the dogs head. I have some truck leaf spring and a couple of bits of train coil spring that need some serious muscle to make them move much more than a mm or two at a time your chisel looks like briliant stuff for a hammer though. Something you can do with paralell eye hammers is extend the handle above the top so it splays out and pushes the head down against the neck of the handle ....not the best looking solution but it does work very well
Oof, 7 pounds is WELL out of my comfort zone. Lol This stuff moves like H13. I have one tiny piece left I'm going to make a smaller planishing hammer that's going to need a lot of drawing done.
@@strangeblacksmith I'd like to see you do that, will you be filming ? 7 is top end for me but I don't have a power hammer or press and no one that can strike for me either so its all on me lol
..was this a jackhammer bit? if so most of them i've run across are S7, tuff stuff. Nice job on catching the twist. Hammer looks like it moves metal perty well. Good job sir...!!
No, it was a very old handheld chisel for breaking stone or concrete with a sledgehammer. It's probably some sort of spring steel, quite tough when normalized, but not hard. Thanks for watching!
My understanding is that jackhammer bits are typically made from 4140 chromoly steel, which has great toughness and is a LOT less expensive than S7. It seems that someone noted in a metallurgical publication some years ago (when S7 was first developed) or something similar that S7 would make a good steel for jackhammer bits, and someone else found that, assumed that it was actually being used that way, and included it as fact in some list of junkyard steels. That little bit of misinformation was subsequently repeated until people just assumed it was true, even though it never made sense to use an expensive high-alloy steel for a consumable application. Because S7 is an air-hardening steel, an easy way to test what steel your bit is made from is to heat it up to about 1750°F (orange) and let it cool naturally in still air. Then test it with a sharp file. If the file skates across the surface, the bit is probably S7. If it doesn’t, cut a small piece off the bit, heat it to about 1570°F (cherry red), quench it in oil, and repeat the file test. If the file skates, the bit is probably 4140. All that said, jackhammer bits make great hammers and hardy tools. For the latter application, the heavy collar on a 1-1/8” hex shank bit saves you a lot of upsetting to get a shoulder that fits nicely in the face of the anvil.
..that's some Good information there. Thanks, i do like to test a piece of unknown metal to see which way it needs to be done. the bit i have is air hardening...@@jhcc289
You are pretty handy with sheet metal - looks like the hammer turned out nice!
Thank you! I only have a couple dozen more to go! 😂
Alot of old hammers have troble staying hard. Its perfectly normal
Too many people think it's funny to be a disgrace. What are you culturing for others and yourself? As your thoughts become your soul you understand sacrifice.
A tip from a 50 year black smith: gotta whack off the handle to beat it before you get it hard.
This whole video is one big “that’s what she said” joke and I fully support it. Michale Scott would be so proud.
Don't watch around homies
Archer would be proud