Setting up a smithy on a low budget.
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- Опубликовано: 14 окт 2021
- Forging is not necessarily expensive.
Some of these tools you might already have, if not, check yard sales, it might end up being cheaper than canadian tire.
As for where to find scrap metal, go for walks, ask your people, talk to metal recycling guys. Go to yard sales. For coal, ask local blacksmiths.
Something else that should go without saying is that if you're in the city, you will need to check with local bylaws.
I've seen dozens of homestead level blacksmithing videos on youtube and still learned some new things in this one. None of the other guys talked about the height of the hammer bouncing back. Thanks for the info and keep up the good work.
Really? It's the most important characteristic for an anvil to have. I'm surprised nobody mentioned that.
Real thing! I've seen a lot of similar vids too and I don't recall anyone explaining the hammer bounce test as you did.
Thanks, my oldest son wants to get into blacksmithing, maybe this will help him.
"On second thought, that's gona bug me"
A true craftsman
What a gem of a channel, I’ve seen a couple videos already and I love your narration. Found you after searching for references to use in my drawings-
There’s a scene where I have to have a character making a war club, and your videos are helping me make it look so authentic, thank you!!
Cheers. Glad I can be helpful .
Simple but effective. Thanks for the inspiration!
No problem.
When I started forging (before my wrists gave out) I used an aluminum-foil cone to point a burned out space heater (heating element gone, fan still worked) into the forge.
Son you did a EXCELLENT JOB over the years nobody has shown the hight and the bounce of the anvil I really enjoyed this time watching some one who could really explain the basics of starting out in black smithing I have subscribed to your channel looking forward to seeing more God bless
Cheers.
Thanks for the work and review... Watch the foot :) 😊
Best video I’ve seen on this subject thank you.
Cheers.
Man, that vid gives me a viseral twitch at the thought of hot scale getting stuck between my bare toes.
awesome vid, but it made my toes nervous.
this is amazing.
Cheers.
Gat dayum boi you like to live dangerously out there barefoot working red hot metal!
Too lazy to find boots. I should also have been wearing safety goggles and hearing protection, and a leather apron.
I envy you man, i wish i had a yard
I just discovered your channel, really interesting, regards from Spain.
Cheers.
A common easily found anvil is a railway track piece.
Another good starter forge can be made with propane,cleaner also.
A small series on these practical beginner elements can be good. I see many videos here on youtube about it,but some seem to breeze through the things that concern me the most.
Rail tracks are especially good because the steel has been compressed by ten years of rail traffic, very tough..
The trouble with rail tracks is that they only come in five hundred pound sections, and the noise from an electric cutter attracts unwanted attention.
@@MalcolmPL not if your mother is a train conductor
Avaibility of all the rail section that i want,plus all the spikes and junction plates to work on.
After all,nobody is using them,and are left in the station to rust.
If check,you can find smaller sections ,even of around a feet,that can be repurposed for that,with an angle grinder then you can make the horn. Even plate can be used.
@@junichiroyamashita I've never found a smaller section. Had to win mine at the blacksmith raffle. I guess the stuff that's easy to steal gets stolen pretty quickly.
@@MalcolmPL Check your local scrap yard , a lot of old track gets sold off .
7:00 "And always wear OSHA approved footwear like I am here."
This is something I would totally do, in fact I tried making a forge, used a small gasoline powered leaf blower and kept stepping on hot coals in my bare feet lol
Nice, very helpful for anyone who wants to start blacksmithing
Hopefully.
Very interested and informative.
Good to hear.
Youre really good at explaining things.
Didn't know you were in Canada. Cool. Gotta love Canadian Tire.
Do they not have canadian tire in other countries?
Worried about the lack of shoes. Very enjoyable video.
It’s interesting to me that nearly every viewer notices that, but that I didn’t notice it until someone pointed it out.
👏Amazingly Simple! Thank You for the simplicity and uploading to share your experience!!! Love It!
Sub'd and Liked! 👍
Congrats on a thousand subscribers
Cheers. It was a long time coming.
Love it
Cheers.
This is my therapy
In that case I’m going to have to start charging.
@@MalcolmPL oh no I have suddenly been cured of all my ailments. Amazing work, now bye.
Hardcore men forge barefoot
hardcore men also sometimes have a few missing toes
Lazy men forge barefoot.
Cool🤠👍🏿
Cheers.
So, you're not the first person I've seen do this but, is there a reason to forge barefoot? It seems like a great way to burn yourself, but since you're not the first I'm wondering if there's some hidden boon to it that I am just not seeing, or if the peeps who's vids I watch just also enjoy not wearing shoes as much as I do XD.
I guess I wasn’t paying attention.
You know you’re so rezy when you can dig holes with a shovel and not have to worry about wearing shoes.
I’ve got shoes, they’re just made of human leather.
@@MalcolmPL Been playing a little too much RimWorld?
This is so cool! I had no idea that you could create a functional forge with just things you can get from Canadian Tire 0_0
I don't know much about this but should I be taking particular measures to protect against fumes, or is this not relevant for this project?
You don't need any extraordinary precautions against the smoke, just try to stay out of it when the wind shifts. It's not good to breathe, but it won't kill you. It's like woodsmoke but harsher.
With certain metals you have to be very careful of the fumes, the fumes from galvanized steel can give you flu like symptoms in the short term and alzheimer's with frequent exposure.
Any steel with paint on it should not be forged due to fumes.
And some stainless steels release chrome vapours when overheated. These can give you heavy metal poisoning or cancer.
If you can't identify the steel, a rule of thumb is that any steel that rusts is generally safe to forge.
@@MalcolmPL thank you ^^