Forging a double ended bending fork for the vise

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  • Опубликовано: 8 сен 2024
  • As a companion tool for the scroll wrench we made the other day, lets take a look at a double ended bending fork for use in the post vise. This tool will be forged from the same mild steel as the previous tool.
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Комментарии • 63

  • @JohnWilson-ng3ny
    @JohnWilson-ng3ny Год назад +1

    John your videos and narrative have come a long way in four yrs. You got me going as a new smith at age 64 and I’m loving it thanks .

  • @johnjude2685
    @johnjude2685 4 года назад +1

    Like your tooling Sir
    I again saying thank you

  • @brysonalden5414
    @brysonalden5414 4 года назад

    My household has suddenly transitioned from "shelter in place" to quarantine status, and I cannot think of a better use of my time than binge watching this channel! Thanks, I'm getting lots of ideas for new projects.

  • @grandadz_forge
    @grandadz_forge 6 лет назад +1

    A clever idea for small bends I saw a guy made a jig for a vise using sockets for different radius sizes.

  • @mervwright2611
    @mervwright2611 6 лет назад +2

    Good video John. When it comes to scrolling tools you should see Gary Huston in England. He's a professional ferrier but know alto about forging. He's done lots of gates and restoration work. I like his ideas and how to get things done.

  • @stephenkent8903
    @stephenkent8903 3 года назад +1

    This was a very informative video. I became interested in how to make forks because of a 1/2 wrench I picked up which looked like it was hand formed with an arch in the handle which was then put into a wooden handle. It had all the looks of something that a blacksmith had made for a lathe or some other type of machine back in the late 1800s or early 1900s. I wondered how could someone make something like that with a blacksmith forge. Now I see how it could be done. Now I wonder if my dad or my brother had learned this back in their trade school days? Thanks from a son of an H.K.Porter machinist. I like restoring tools that were made in Boston Mass where he worked.

  • @tokkarijuha
    @tokkarijuha 6 лет назад +1

    Thats a grrreat technique punching those wholes before chiseling. Thanks for the video!

  • @marcs4738
    @marcs4738 6 лет назад +2

    I don't know what lighting you have in the shop but I can really see the heat in the piece well. Great tutorial.

    • @marcs4738
      @marcs4738 6 лет назад

      Looking forward to seeing the scroll starter

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      Thanks the lighting is nothing special and will be replaced if I ever get the roof insulated and ceiling finished

  • @johnjude2677
    @johnjude2677 5 лет назад

    Thanks

  • @Theelderdragon01
    @Theelderdragon01 6 лет назад +2

    You came up with something new to me. I gotta try that.

  • @JarlSeamus
    @JarlSeamus 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for the punch tip. I made one of these a while back by just chiseling down and it was a real bear to clean up the bottom. If I had just punched first, it would have been oh, so much faster and cleaner.

  • @larryking606
    @larryking606 5 лет назад

    Great Project ! Another to do item, more notes and a small drawing !
    Take Care

  • @scottreynolds4827
    @scottreynolds4827 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks John. I like your style! I have no intention of making this. However, you gave me an idea in your technique to assist me with another project!! It pays to watch! You are a big help.

  • @Northfordtrailcam
    @Northfordtrailcam 6 лет назад

    You are an excellent instructor.

  • @steelpennyforge5152
    @steelpennyforge5152 6 лет назад +1

    Makes a good looking tool! Thanks for the video!

  • @SSSmithing
    @SSSmithing 6 лет назад +1

    Cool project

  • @jamesmcmillen4828
    @jamesmcmillen4828 6 лет назад +2

    Another excellent video! I typically take the easy way out and just bend a section 180 degrees and call it a day. You're right about the clamping force though. As always, completely enjoyed the video!

  • @lenblacksmith8559
    @lenblacksmith8559 6 лет назад +1

    This is good, love all these vids on tools and heating and treating all of them.

  • @strongsadventures
    @strongsadventures 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for another great video

  • @kochforgedon8022
    @kochforgedon8022 6 лет назад +1

    Looking good John. Very nice explained.

  • @tommybigsexy676
    @tommybigsexy676 6 лет назад +1

    Very good video! Just like the others you made.. I enjoy the heck out of them. Thank You

  • @chrisrushbrook1587
    @chrisrushbrook1587 6 лет назад +1

    Excellent tutorial thank you Sir

  • @DavidKirwanirl
    @DavidKirwanirl 2 года назад

    looks like a bunch of unlucky horse shoes :D you should turn them right side up to keep the luck in!

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  2 года назад

      The smart blacksmith knows you want the luck to flow out and fill the shop

  • @brettsayers7768
    @brettsayers7768 6 лет назад

    Excellent video again, that looks heaps better the the other bending tool and takes up less space, no welding either that's even better.

  • @johndilsaver8409
    @johndilsaver8409 6 лет назад +1

    Thanks for another great video. You make this process very clear. Well done!

  • @Roscoe3721
    @Roscoe3721 6 лет назад +1

    I will have to try out one of those flat turning forks. I have always made the U forks can't say that I have ever seen any of the flat ones.

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      They are nice and don't have as much rick of ending up in the scrap bucket.

  • @stevestroupe4120
    @stevestroupe4120 6 лет назад +1

    I enjoy your videos thanks for taking the time and effort to make them.

  • @jakeradcliff3652
    @jakeradcliff3652 6 лет назад +2

    I am amazed at the difference quieting the anvil makes. I know this has nothing to do with the subject of the video.

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад +1

      Thats OK, it still has to do with blacksmith

  • @b.ohugin610
    @b.ohugin610 3 года назад

    I see where you could use the X as crossbones and then the square in the center as a skull face.

  • @shifty3453
    @shifty3453 6 лет назад

    You could also make 2 different scrolling forks with handles and clamp one in the vice.

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      You can, I do find it handy if boith forks are the same size, but it isn't an absolute requirement.

  • @scottwallingwindyacresiron2654
    @scottwallingwindyacresiron2654 6 лет назад

    Excellent video John. When you were hot rasping you said to deburr so you don’t get a cold shut. Could you show us what a cold shut actually looks like so I can be on the look out for one??thanks.

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад +1

      I will try to do a cold shut specific video soon

  • @tobyjo57
    @tobyjo57 6 лет назад

    I wish I had been your apprentice

  • @garlonforge
    @garlonforge 2 года назад

    Is there a video on making the skinny tongs that you’re using on the x?

  • @user-rh4qc5dp6p
    @user-rh4qc5dp6p 6 лет назад

    Where do you Get your files.? I am not looking in the right places. The ones I fine are like the ones I have and if I liked them I would just keep them. I know you get the one from a farrier. Thank you for your time and great videos

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      Most of my files are Nicholson's that I order from McMaster Carr. www.mcmaster.com/#hand-files/=1c2ihoq

  • @mikechapple2363
    @mikechapple2363 6 лет назад

    I'd like to know more about the tongs your using to handle this bar stock.

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      It looks like I am using a pickup or power hammer style tongs in some places and a pair of V bit boilt tongs in others. Both sets were made by Off Center tools.

  • @craigkennington9869
    @craigkennington9869 6 лет назад

    what type metal do you start out with , l love your shows amen

  • @johntompkins147
    @johntompkins147 6 лет назад

    John, How about making a free standing leg vise? Thanks

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      If you mean you want me to forge one, I'm not sure where to begin. My leg vise is free standing, but close to the wall.

    • @johntompkins147
      @johntompkins147 6 лет назад

      No I have the vise wondering how to build free standing mount to make to put it on

  • @kalkirby2004
    @kalkirby2004 6 лет назад

    What did you cut the grader cutting edge with before heating what type of steel do you think they are made of

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  6 лет назад

      I probably made the initial cuts with a torch. I have heard the steel referred to as Astroloy, but don't really know what it is.

  • @TufStockdogs
    @TufStockdogs 4 года назад

    Do we need to cool off the chisel any

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  4 года назад +1

      Its always a good idea. But it also depends somewhat on hw much mass the chisel has and what material its made of

    • @TufStockdogs
      @TufStockdogs 4 года назад

      @@BlackBearForge ok just checking about that thank you very much

  • @revmichaelm
    @revmichaelm 4 года назад

    Where is the best place to get the type of files you use?

    • @BlackBearForge
      @BlackBearForge  4 года назад

      I buy new files from McMaster Carr. However if you can find new old stock files somewhere they are generally better than the newly manufactured ones.

  • @kennethomeara9848
    @kennethomeara9848 6 лет назад

    How long have you been forging?

  • @donstephenson9474
    @donstephenson9474 6 лет назад +1

    :-)

  • @Linsdell-forge
    @Linsdell-forge 6 лет назад +1

    Another great video. Thanks