Forging a Bottle Opener
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- Опубликовано: 7 сен 2015
- A bottle opener. Simple and rugged, ready for a decade of use.
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Your efficiency is crazy
Absolutely outstanding! Production-level forging like I've never seen before. You most definitely should create additional videos. You have a cinematographer's eye!
I wasn't having a good day, but now Sir. You have made my day. Thank you.
the title should read " mass producing bottle openers". Awesome setup, and love that multi purpose fullering jig for the power hammer.
Wow, your jig/die setups are very impressive. Such an efficient way of forging compared to my neanderthal attempts.
My god the man has a jig for everything
Well Done. I love seeing the tooling people come up with.
Thats a cool way to make bottle openers. Haven't opened or even seen a bottle of Guinness in 25 years abd I'm Irish 😆👍
I get the "old timey" blacksmithing videos on YT, but I love the engineering and precision that you bring to hand forging. Bravo.
I love the approach you take. As a leather worker I have realized after some time that I can't retire trying to hand sew everything that is demanded of me. My forearms and elbows simply cant take it. I think it is the same for smiths. You don't really retire from forging all by hand. This is why old smiths used apprentice strikers. Your approach with dies is a great idea. It allows you to make a volume, support yourself, and make money. Well done.
Iduno I still use my 4.5 lb hammer after 24 years and all its done is turn my hammer arm into a tree trunk. I do do a lot of stretching and exercises though to prevent joint ware. I understand the sewing thing though.
Excellent tooling, great looking opener, and to top it off, you opened my favorite beer.
Lovely approach to clever tooling. Nicely done videos. Please do more!
Most bottle opener videos show how simple the process is and that you don’t need much to make one. I want to show this to the newbie blacksmiths and be like, “See how hard this is just to open a bottle!!!” Nice clean forging though. Consistent and beautiful. Good Work!
Hi, r/blacksmith here. Great job, very nice and clean!
Easily the most satisfying video on making a bottle opener.
Man you've got your jig making DOWN. I'm guessing an ex machinist. Nice work.
Nice , so inspiring bro 🔥👍👍😎
Wow your setup is super efficient, amazing skills at show here!
Great video, and some excellent use of tooling. Well done sir.
Wow, that was amazing!! Really impressed with the efficiency in this project. Well thought out with some real neat thinking on the tooling set up. And to finish off with a bottle of our local holy water!! To your good health John. I enjoyed that very much..Tom from IRELAND. Happy St Patricks day for the week that's in it....cheers!
Nice work mate,some well thought out tooling and process there.
Nicely done!! Very good work! I think you should do a give-a-way for one of these. I bet they would never break.
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Schöne Arbeit, gute Werkzeuge ausgezeichnetes Video.
Love the final test :)
Thanks a lot for all your vidéos
I own one of these openers.......last bottle opener you, your kids, grand kids and great grand kids will ever need.
It should pretty much last for several hundred years ...*bare* minimum :-)
+George McNally Thanks!
Smart work
This is the most satisfying video ever.
How much energy and work needs a single bottle opener to be build... It amazes me and scares me a lot too
Excellent video AND respect for your blacksmithing skills .... thanks
Interesting to watch, thanks man. Nicely composed video as well.
nice choice of beer as well...nice job sir.
Well done. Excellent work!
Brilliant tooling & nice video.
Nice work.
great to watch.
Amazing work and video!
Great work, bravo
loved your video...inspirational!
Very nice. Well done.
Nice work!
Лучший ролик ютуба на эту тему.
Cool process! Almost makes me want to make one myself. wouldn't take much to fire up the old forge.
great work
Very well done.
The exact beer I drink ,nice bottle opener to
Excellent video, subscribed for more!
Good job!!!!
John.... you are briliant Sir...which I could meet up with you to get some pro lessons...well done
I'd say you earned that beer.
Tolle Arbeit.
Very cool!
Swell done Smithy,
Thanks everybody, I hope to do more videos in the future.
Enjoyed your vid, but you blew it over top when you chose my beer.
A piece of Art.....
Gonna subscribe just because of the beer.
There we go! Thanks, Guinness is my favorite, so I had to find the extra stout to use for the vid.
Great job!
But to be honest, even before forging you had there some perfectly good bottle openers :D
Haha
Lovely!
That beer is sweating!!
Muito bom seu trabalho.. continue assim trazendo bom conteúdo pra nós parabéns.
Love it
muito bom!!!Parabens!!
Thanks for the video! Super B.
Good choice of beer. Thanks, John...
Would of been a better choice if it was German.
+riphaven Nope. Can't say I agree. Tried both. British/Irish beer is better. Sorry.
+Mike Regan I've lived in Germany and visited other countries, the best beer is the one you have with friends, especially if it's their turn to buy the round! :)
excellent!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Nice job. I just found your channel and subbed
This made me go out to Walmart just to get some Guinness Extra Stout. (sips)...worth it.
very cool
Спасибо вам!
Genial! 🍻
BUENISIMO¡¡¡
que chingon !!!!!!
Great video! What size drift did you use and what size slitter? Thanks
great work! I figure you must make a lot of these to have a permanent swage welded beside your power hammer....Oh, and i hope your gonna drink that!?
Very nice! You could make an exclusive version of this out of pattern- welded steel.
Thanks! That's a pretty good idea. I might have to try a small batch with some stainless, pattern welded stock.
Nice set up. Ever think of making some out of stainless and giving them a a little bit of a buff job but still leaving a lot of the tooling marks?
Cool idea, stainless would be harder on my dies but it would be an interesting take on it. I might have to try a small batch.
this thing is created to last))) undestructable))) and one could use it in a fight
hi, great work. what are the tpye of clamps that you use on your flypress?
Take my money ...give that one
what size drift did you use? great video by the way
I realize that you are a industrial blacksmith and horseshoe is an obsolete task but every blacksmith on you tube should have just one video of a horseshoe creation. Even if its just a door knocker.
Awesome video - what was the Paste Wax for? Is that like when they soak things in oil?
(forgive me, Im just beginning to get interested in metal working)
Lo mejor
This can be a lifetime.LOL
Der ganze Aufwand für etwas das ein Zollstock besser kann. Und noch nicht mal poliert oder so.... aber sehr cool gemacht :)
i wonder what you can do out of chain hook..hope to see that video
Muito bacana, um pequeno perfeito trabalho que pozinho é esse que vc jogou nele e martelou em cima abraço que Deus o abençoe
Também queria saber 😅
Why use a power hammer for the indent? Seems like it would take longer than just a hammer
Outstanding! What kind of clamps are you using for the fly-press?
These are from a generic clamping kit. The rest of the tools I built.
Did you see the Alec Steel multi hour live stream where he made and sold bottle openers real time through his website?
No Sir, must have missed that one.
What's that powder you sprinkled on it? and what's that liquid you cleaned it with? GREAT Video!!
Hello, forging scale to add texture and paste wax for a protective finish.
Guinness❤
👍👍👍
Great videos, can you give me some details about that machine you make holes, thanks a lot
Hello, Number 5 fly press.
Great setup overall and video too. Your using a fly press in the beginning right?
+OrionsAnvil Yes, it's a No.5 flypress from old world anvils.
Or you know, ... you can just open it right away.. :D Jk, nice vid :)!
hold my beer!
Do you do any harden and temper for finished or just leave it?
Cordell Selman No need, I've been stress testing one from my first batch and it still works great. The steel used is A36.
What kind of press do you use to punch the initial hole? Any plans for a shop tour video? 👍🏻😉👊🏻
No.5 flypress. I'll do a shop tour video after I move into my new shop :)
So as long as you have all that stuff... you can make them for free!!!
:-)
One ? though... in the end... why not go back to cherry and quench the head so head and tooth are hardened?
I build 4x4 trucks... and when making beefier shackles from 3/8" stock... I open the eyes to 5/8" and weld hardened 5/8" washers to them... then while weld red and hot... quench them. Giving me a pliable body... but hardened so the bolts can never wob out the holes...
Just curious... think same idea would apply here. Nice tool!
The steel I use for these is A36, so any type of quench would not harden them. This material is tough though, I've kept one from the first batch as a stress test, still works great.
Where do I get one?