Hello David, I love your forging and machining operations. You have some interesting tools and equip. I know you didn't get them all at the same time but it sure is handy to have them available. I wish MT were closer. We had friends living in West Yellowstone but they moved 15 years ago. I'd dreamed of taking a train to Oregon/Washington/Glacier, etc. until I priced out the train tickets....... Ouch!
The saying usually goes, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” In Dave’s case it’s “Jack of all trades, master of all.” The man’s knowledge and abilities are amazing.
The original saying is Jack of all trades master of one...... The master of "none" was mockery of crap skill level work. . Master of one skill set.... make your living...... Jack of all, > passable skill for diy... and knowledgeable enough to not be scammed / ripped off by other tradesmen .
No need to apologize, stuff happens. I'm just glad you're willing to share these video's with us. It's always a true pleasure to watch a master craftsman work.
Dave is more than a handyman. He can add machinist, wheelwright, woodwright, welder, blacksmith, archeologist, farmer to his job resume, not to forget videographer and editor.
Nice to see how it is/was done. I found such a forge table still with the coals in it in my smithing area on my old farm. Also the big grinding stone and the wooden block where the ambos was standing on still with some spaping steel form in the rings where you hang your hammer in. Also such a big field vice as you have is still there and i use it. Some horse shoes and these nails are also still here. The space is 3x3 meter or so and fully tiled. It wa s a cow farm and had two horses. Theformer owner is still alive and 92. I bought the house from his children who are still living in the village. I was welder/metalworker and weld inspector/ndt so i am very familiar with all these items. You hit the centerponce twice but i learned to hit it only once from a college who was born in about 1930 because when you hit it twice, it can bounce away from the actual spot to hit after the first hit. Regards from the Belgium Ardennes.
I love the analogy with the railroad tracks! True. When wife asks what you are thinking about, you say nothing, and they cannot believe you for the life of them. Thanks for the video. I love to watch blacksmithing.
My wife can crochet while watching TV, reading a book and talking on the phone. I can't walk and chew gum. She also doesn't understand that when I have several projects going at the same time why I don't finish one before going to the next. She has no concept of having to do projects in stages because of needing to finish one step of a project before you can figure out what you need for the next step. If I have a few different things that I can make progress on while waiting for materials then I can feel like I'm not wasting time.
I always admire the absolutely perfect work! We could learn so much from you! From the many (perfectly made) videos alone, I have already gotten many ideas on how to tackle things! Thank you so much for the videos!
Great blacksmithing Dave!! I didn't know you had a power hammer. That was a nice forge weld also. I've made those brake iron parts in the past, its fully understandable not wanting to stamp those teeth out. I have hot cut those with a chisel before, still time consuming.
Always enjoy the forge work Dave. Makes one realise how hard smiths had to work to create components in the past. The power hammer & grinder are obviously very useful tools in your toolbox. Stay safe & well.
That was awfully nice of you to explain the thumbprint on the camera lens. Because of the explanation, the blurry spot wasn't a problem. Thanks! You're so kind.
Nicely done. I always love watching your Blacksmithing, a mixture of old school (hand cranked forge and punches) and new (.your power hammer and grinder)
@@crispijnwind6640 The ability to power an angle grinder goes pretty far back. Shortly after they figured out how to make electricity with chemical cells in 1800 they got pretty carried away with it. An angle grinder will run on DC too.
I have watched many a video with forge welding, punching, machining and power hammers, but none where truly interesting pieces were made; not only that, these pieces here are functional. thank you, Sir.
I just thought I'd let you know that my viewing interests are extremely varied and I very much enjoy your channel building wagons and stuff like that but I just finished watching the tour of the Starship facility in Texas and I find it just as thrilling to watch
I have a hard time keeping up with my wife and daughter's conversations so I generally tune them out until I hear my name called 2-3 times. Meandering is the word that comes to mind. I do understand that photo too well. 😂
Hi Dave and Diane. Please could we request a rope or chain on the anvil? Not only for your own ears, but the ringing is hellish to listen to on the video.. thanks so much for all of your amazing content. Truly awe inspiring.
I so look forward to Friday night to see what you have been building all week. The forge work is just incredible you just know what you want to make. Watching you has gotten me back into my little shop thanks for watching
I’m from Alabama and drove through Joliet Sunday morning early, the 23rd I believe. I would have loved to met you but your shop was closed. I’m a habitual watcher of your show. I also was a boilermaker/ blacksmith. Also retired with the Millwrights. Maybe next year I’ll catch you open. Love your show.
There was a book called 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' about the difference in the way the genders reason. But Dave's photo sums it up perfectly.
I am extremely envious of your shop. As a retired modern fabricator, I've had my hand in a lot of the technologies you use. I've been extremely fortunate that my former employer allowed me to use their shop as long as it was personal and not for profit. Retirement has forced me to go back to the basics when doing metal fab work.
The hand stamping kinda reminds me of when I tried to hand thresh wheat. Three hours later, I had a cup of wheat berries, maybe a 1/4 cup of flour at most, atit stii had some chaff in it.
Using the borax as a flux adds to weld strength forging mild steel is a challenge to high a temperature and you will have a poor weld not a full shower of sparkles but a smaller shower just as Dave shows in his video.
Having been in a couple stamp mills, ya got heat but not the big hit of several tons in half a second. It's amazing what those big presses can do. Great work as always.
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It's so satisfying watching you make the components for your wagons you are working on 👍👍👍👍
Amazing
Nice power hammer.
Hello David, I love your forging and machining operations. You have some interesting tools and equip. I know you didn't get them all at the same time but it sure is handy to have them available. I wish MT were closer. We had friends living in West Yellowstone but they moved 15 years ago. I'd dreamed of taking a train to Oregon/Washington/Glacier, etc. until I priced out the train tickets....... Ouch!
Presente: Cordial Saludo desde Jalisco Mx. Siempre Pendiente.
That drop hammer matches your claw hammer speed.
I always enjoy watching your blacksmithing your parts...ALWAYS.
That thumbprint made a beautiful aura around the glowing workpiece so a wonderful Bob Ross "happy accident"!
The saying usually goes, “Jack of all trades, master of none.” In Dave’s case it’s “Jack of all trades, master of all.” The man’s knowledge and abilities are amazing.
The original saying is Jack of all trades master of one......
The master of "none" was mockery of crap skill level work.
.
Master of one skill set.... make your living......
Jack of all, > passable skill for diy... and
knowledgeable enough to not be scammed / ripped off by other tradesmen .
@@stephenrobb8759 Thank you for your correction. I had ever heard it as master of “one”. But I think I made my point.
iv made similar things for the railroad..thanks for sharing..
..Black Art..
A tour de force of fun stuff! Nice power hammer.
No need to apologize, stuff happens. I'm just glad you're willing to share these video's with us. It's always a true pleasure to watch a master craftsman work.
Dave is more than a handyman. He can add machinist, wheelwright, woodwright, welder, blacksmith, archeologist, farmer to his job resume, not to forget videographer and editor.
I do believe his wife does an amazing job editing, could be wrong though.
Wainwright, wagonwright, cartwright…
Rancher…..we are in Montana😁
@@robertadams2857 Sorry, I am from the Great White North. Where I am, we call them farmers, ranchers are what they call them in Western Canada.
@@darrellbedford4857 ok… cool👍
Nice to see how it is/was done. I found such a forge table still with the coals in it in my smithing area on my old farm. Also the big grinding stone and the wooden block where the ambos was standing on still with some spaping steel form in the rings where you hang your hammer in. Also such a big field vice as you have is still there and i use it. Some horse shoes and these nails are also still here. The space is 3x3 meter or so and fully tiled. It wa s a cow farm and had two horses. Theformer owner is still alive and 92. I bought the house from his children who are still living in the village. I was welder/metalworker and weld inspector/ndt so i am very familiar with all these items. You hit the centerponce twice but i learned to hit it only once from a college who was born in about 1930 because when you hit it twice, it can bounce away from the actual spot to hit after the first hit. Regards from the Belgium Ardennes.
You have succeeded Dave, and we are proud of you.
I love the way he lines up all square nuts with the floor!
I love the analogy with the railroad tracks! True. When wife asks what you are thinking about, you say nothing, and they cannot believe you for the life of them. Thanks for the video. I love to watch blacksmithing.
My wife can crochet while watching TV, reading a book and talking on the phone. I can't walk and chew gum. She also doesn't understand that when I have several projects going at the same time why I don't finish one before going to the next. She has no concept of having to do projects in stages because of needing to finish one step of a project before you can figure out what you need for the next step. If I have a few different things that I can make progress on while waiting for materials then I can feel like I'm not wasting time.
I really look forward to every new video,thanks very much.
Absolutely fascinating. Thank you Dave you are the master
I always admire the absolutely perfect work! We could learn so much from you! From the many (perfectly made) videos alone, I have already gotten many ideas on how to tackle things!
Thank you so much for the videos!
I didn't know you had a milling machine and a power hammer. Cool, you never cease to amaze me.
Great blacksmithing Dave!! I didn't know you had a power hammer. That was a nice forge weld also. I've made those brake iron parts in the past, its fully understandable not wanting to stamp those teeth out. I have hot cut those with a chisel before, still time consuming.
Always enjoy the forge work Dave. Makes one realise how hard smiths had to work to create components in the past. The power hammer & grinder are obviously very useful tools in your toolbox. Stay safe & well.
A Big Thumbs up from us to you both Diane and Dave 😂
Thank you
That was awfully nice of you to explain the thumbprint on the camera lens. Because of the explanation, the blurry spot wasn't a problem. Thanks! You're so kind.
I love the vise grips to hold those two forge welded pieces together. Very slick.
Dave you have tools that 95% of us wish we had. It is sooooooo therapeutic to sit down and watch an artist at work. Well done.
Forge Welding - What an AMAZING process!
Soon to be a lost art
One of the most amazing skillsets I've ever seen in a single person.
G'day Dave
I liked the smudge effect. If you hadn't told us we'd have thought you were been creative in the editing. 😊👍
Welding the two pieces of strip, rounding, then squaring, drilling and bending to make the complex shape at the end of the arm....wow...just wow.😯
Thank you for the explanation. I was about to call my Ophthalmologist and schedule my cataract surgery
😊
Nicely done. I always love watching your Blacksmithing, a mixture of old school (hand cranked forge and punches) and new (.your power hammer and grinder)
"Looked 20 minutes old when I left last night, looks 120 years old when I got here this morning".
A testament to Dave's skill/craftsmanship/artistry!
Love all you do to restore historic wagons. What a great job you have done. Makes you appreciate the craftsmanship.
Great episode
You shaping that steel that’s art brother. All the different jobs probably keeps the job interesting. Thanks Dave
Good. Show
especially like to watch this fella doin metalwork
The blacksmiths from back in the day would sell their grandmother to get their hands on an electric grinder 😂
...only to find out their shop won't be connected to the electric grid for another century or so...
Not to mention that power hammer he has.
@@crispijnwind6640 The ability to power an angle grinder goes pretty far back. Shortly after they figured out how to make electricity with chemical cells in 1800 they got pretty carried away with it. An angle grinder will run on DC too.
They had apprentices for a reason
@@1pcfred Actually there is evidence that the ancient Egyptians had electricity that was generated with chemical reactions.
Yet another enlightening segment. Thanks.😊
I have watched many a video with forge welding, punching, machining and power hammers, but none where truly interesting pieces were made; not only that, these pieces here are functional. thank you, Sir.
*- Nice metal forging fabrication video, Dave.*
Thanks Mr. and Ms Engel !!
Thanks Dave
Dave, you did a lot more smithing in this video than usual (as needed, of course). Being a smith myself, I really enjoyed those parts.😊
Loved to see a blacksmith work ever since 5 years old. Turns out my great-grandfather was a blacksmith.
One of the first things to do this Saturday morning is to see this RUclips video. Thanks Dave.
Me, being a large scale model railroader, the train tracks picture is absolutely hilarious.
Amazing, your dedication and craftsmanship are second to none. I wish there where more people like you …Thanks
Good content is hard to make. Camera mishaps happen, anything is better than lost or corrupt files.
Nice edit. Thanks for sharing. -EZ
Back in the 90's there was a guy who made stage coaches and buck boards for Hollywood this was in Springfield ill
Amazing machining and blacksmithing skills. You are a real national treasure. 🇺🇸👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻✅✅✅✅✅⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️🇺🇸🫵🏼
Your talents never cease to amaze me. What a pleasure to watch you create.
Your thumbprint caused a nice halo around the white-hot iron as you were forging. Very artistic. Many could be convinced it was intentional.
I just thought I'd let you know that my viewing interests are extremely varied and I very much enjoy your channel building wagons and stuff like that but I just finished watching the tour of the Starship facility in Texas and I find it just as thrilling to watch
That's a great result!
Well, there he goes again, making the near impossible look easy.😂 Thanks Dave.
Its really wonderful 👍😊 have a great day ❤️🙏
Fantastic work from both of you as always.
I have a hard time keeping up with my wife and daughter's conversations so I generally tune them out until I hear my name called 2-3 times. Meandering is the word that comes to mind. I do understand that photo too well. 😂
It's a lot of fun to see you work. 🙂👍
Hi Dave and Diane. Please could we request a rope or chain on the anvil? Not only for your own ears, but the ringing is hellish to listen to on the video.. thanks so much for all of your amazing content. Truly awe inspiring.
Thanks. Always an education in philosophy and practical execution.
Im always so impressed with your work. You're very talented. Thanks for sharing.
Fascinating absolutely fascinating 👏
Thx for sharing all your beautiful skills with the world, Dave!
Wow, first time in an age we see some powerhammer action 😂
Dang, 3 minutes since release of the video and I’m still 72nd person to hit Like…..perhaps 2nd person in UK though
Didn’t know it was a race.
1 h since release, and i was # 2k… Maybe 2nd in tiny Norway…? 😅
I love when your metal work it super awesome.
The way you fabricate theses things is fascinating! I love watching.👍🏻
All that new iron now looks just like the old iron. Great job Sir and thank you for sharing with us.
You have all of the cool men's toys. I really enjoy watching you put them to work. Thanks again for sharing.
I have watched most of your videos. You sir remind me of my naibor that builds roll top desk. Fine of craftsman ever born.
like to watch that forge work !
Your videos are heaven sent,thank you.
Nice job
I so look forward to Friday night to see what you have been building all week. The forge work is just incredible you just know what you want to make. Watching you has gotten me back into my little shop thanks for watching
It sure looks authentic to me.
Nice forge work brother Engels
You are a master with smithing metal!
Under a spreading chestnut-tree
The village smithy stands;
The smith, a mighty man is he…
Wow! That looks original, well crafted , I am impressed with the process and the knowledge it takes to pull it off!
Dave how you keep your thumb so clean is amazing in itself 😂
I’m from Alabama and drove through Joliet Sunday morning early, the 23rd I believe. I would have loved to met you but your shop was closed. I’m a habitual watcher of your show. I also was a boilermaker/ blacksmith. Also retired with the Millwrights. Maybe next year I’ll catch you open. Love your show.
Of all the things you do I enjoy your blacksmithing the most.
Love the sights and the sounds.
Thanks for all
Well thats a whole new meaning of putting the mammer down.
Great work, looks like you got the chance to use every machine in your shop for this one!
There was a book called 'Men are from Mars, Women are from Venus' about the difference in the way the genders reason. But Dave's photo sums it up perfectly.
I am extremely envious of your shop. As a retired modern fabricator, I've had my hand in a lot of the technologies you use. I've been extremely fortunate that my former employer allowed me to use their shop as long as it was personal and not for profit. Retirement has forced me to go back to the basics when doing metal fab work.
Finish vid taking my blood pressure...wish me luck😊
The hand stamping kinda reminds me of when I tried to hand thresh wheat. Three hours later, I had a cup of wheat berries, maybe a 1/4 cup of flour at most, atit stii had some chaff in it.
Lovely to see some forge welding, always a great start to my weekend, thanks Dave
Using the borax as a flux adds to weld strength forging mild steel is a challenge to high a temperature and you will have a poor weld not a full shower of sparkles but a smaller shower just as Dave shows in his video.
I love watching you forge and create. Very relaxing. Thank you!
Having been in a couple stamp mills, ya got heat but not the big hit of several tons in half a second. It's amazing what those big presses can do. Great work as always.
Once again thanks for the video .
Maybe they used a dedicated die and punch set to punch out the brake bar ! Punching a hole first might make it easier to clear out the teeth.
Impressive blacksmith skills to say the least!!😊😊😊
Happy Friday Dave!!