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Apartment living is rough. You can do a lot in an apartment, but blacksmithing would be tough.

Yes. There should be an option for shipping through the website. If not let me know and I can add it. I believe it is already set up for Sweden though.

@@GreasyLuckForge you had add it, so I have ordered two books! Looking forward to them! Keep up the good work!

Thank you for your order!

I think it depends on the country. I have some set up. If you add the book to cart and go through to the shipping part of check out it will tell you if your country is available. If not let me know and I can add it.

@@GreasyLuckForge Belgium! it's there, so I ordered!

Great. Thank you for the order!

That’s it.

@@GreasyLuckForge Thank you very good!

You are welcome

That’s awesome. It’s always satisfying to solve a problem for yourself, especially when you have to work through the problem and figure stuff out. Chase that rabbit down the hole, that’s why I share my work.

@@GreasyLuckForge im definitely chasing it all the way to wonderland, ive got a reference book of antique ironwork and something ive always been infatuated with are renaissance era “lantern keys” which are basically instead of a loop at the end of a key, theres a trapezoidal box with filigree sides and a domed pommel, some of them got quite large (i imagine part to show off the details and partially so theyd be hard to steal) but id love to eventually produce one of those, perhaps with something like a uranium glass bead contained within the lantern. I think something like that with a steel body and brass filigree on the lantern aspect would be an amazing project not to mention look amazing on a key ring, though thats more on the cosmetic end as opposed to the working end of things. I just love the attention to detail and a good tactile feeling old keys have.

Yes, those are amazing keys. Supposedly they were made from a single piece. I’ve never been able to inspect one to see for myself. It’s on my list of things to do some day, but that list is longer than I’ll ever get to and growing every day.

A couple years ago I had a job to make keys for a 1820's era French safe. This is the type that uses multiple different keys usually with hidden keyholes. The bit or blade of each key had a maze like warding cut front to back. It did not occur to me that chisels may have made the job easier but it took me an unbelievable amount of time to make the 3 keys using tiny drills, jewelers saws and micro files.

Thanks. Keys can be a real challenge as they are tapered and round and you don’t want to mark them up in the vise. It’s all about figuring out little tools for holding them.

Thanks. A large part of the work and research that I do is to figure out how this work was originally done. Often times we think of past technology as being primitive, but they actually had quite effective techniques. I also find the old ways of working to be much more pleasurable of an experience. This is the traditional way of cutting some of these slots. Some locksmiths also had files that were more like saws, but I haven't gotten around to making one of those yet. I have used a jewelers saw, but that's not a traditional way of doing this work as far as I know. Using a small chisel would be much more effective in the days before electricity if you were trying to chain drill and file.

Thanks for watching

Thanks for watching. You inspired me to make a new video.

Thanks for watching!

It took a while but I think it was worth the work.

This was the way a lot of it used to be done. Most people today use jewelers saws and files. There are some other tools and processes for doing it, but this is just a little peak into the process.

@@GreasyLuckForge Great hand work. I'm going to have to dig into more videos

Thank you

Thanks for checking it out

Thank you

Yeah, I love the look to it. I haven't had to sweep a lot yet, but the cracks still need a little filling so it helps. It's mostly all small filings filling in around the bench area. My father has pavers for the floor in his shop as well. I think the only broken ones are where he used to split firewood.

Not sure. I haven't really been working on the shop in a while. It's in working condition for cold work, which is what I mostly do. I spent a lot of time working on it when I was working on it, so I am taking a break to focus on other things (like family time). I've also been spending a lot of time working on researching and writing my second book. The videos take a lot of work and I'd like to get back to them at some point, I just have too much else going on right now. Thanks for checking them out though, I appreciate it!

Awesome, thank you!

This video shows the process for the one one the right, with the point being upset and drawn out at the vise for the pinch at the bottom of the bow. The one from the left was just a flat piece that gets bent back on itself completely (at both ends) and get's welded to create that point. When it is bent around to create the eye of the bow, the two welded points come together at the bottom of the bow to create the pinched point. Part of the problem is you have to be much more careful bending them around or your risk opening up the weld. I just didn't enjoy the process or the outcome of it.

Thank you!

Thank you. I'm happy with it so far. The real test will be forging on it.

Awesome. I'm glad you found it helpful. I learned a lot working with Kevin. It really changed me. My work before and after that opportunity really are night and day, in my opinion. I get asked a lot about locks, as it's where my focus is. I still don't know a ton, but I'm happy to share what I learn.

Thanks, will do!

Yeah, it wasn't too bad of a process, just took a few to figure out how to use it. I had a lot of panes to do, so mostly it was just time consuming.

Thank you!

Thanks. It was a great time learning from him. I feel like my locks before spending time with him and afterwards are a big difference. I feel like it really fast tracked the learning curve for me.

Awesome! Glad you are finding them useful. Thanks for checking my stuff out. Good luck, they are fun!

Absolutely, thanks for checking it out!

The sand core is longer than the piece being cast and it extends past the sand into a void that the pattern leaves, top and bottom.

Did you switch to something else? Like I said in the video, I'm still pretty new to casting so I have built in allowance for cleaning up and filing down the surfaces any ways. Where my quality is at at the moment I don't know if I could tell a difference, but I'm open to suggestions for improvement.

It actually released a lot easier after that first one, but it could still probably be better with the wax or something like you suggested.

It'll be a bit before I am forging, but I should be able to do bench work really soon. That's the majority of what I do anyways, so I'm ok with that.

Thanks 👍

Thanks Kevin. It took a lot of work, but it was worth it.

Yes, herringbone is extraordinary beautiful!

Yea, it’s a bummer to my pride as a craftsman, but it’ll mostly never be seen and work just fine.