Blacksmithing - Forging a Spatula
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- Опубликовано: 11 сен 2021
- A burger flipper or spatula is always a fun forging project for blacksmiths.
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Below you will find useful links that will help you in your journey as a blacksmith.
To find more information in blacksmithing in the US or to search for your local ABANA affiliate group visit.
www.abana.org/
Blacksmithing tools and supplies
Self contained air hammers - www.saymakhammers.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.oleoacresfarriersupply.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.piehtoolco.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.centaurforge.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.blacksmithsdepot.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.blacksmithsupply.com/
Square head bolts and lags - www.blacksmithbolt.com/
New anvils - www.oldworldanvils.com/
New anvils - www.nimbaanvils.com/
New anvils -
Industrial supplier - www.mcmaster.com
Tong blanks and tools - kensironstore.com/
Fire brick and refractory - refwest.com
Blacksmithing and related activities can be hazardous. These videos are not a substitute for competent professional instruction. Your safety is your sole responsibility. Always use appropriate safety equipment including eye and ear protection when working in the shop. Follow manufactures safety guidelines for the use of all equipment. In the event something shown in one of these videos seems unsafe, it is up to you to make the appropriate changes to protect yourself.t yourself.
I will watch multiple times. I am grateful for the time you put into these videos.
Thank you
100% more interesting than watching a blank being forged.
Good looking spatula John ! Thanks for sharing with us. Fred . 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👋👋👏🏻👏🏻
your like the grandpa that everyone should have...i love your work and your style to make videos and everything...thank you for this john 🙌
Wow burgers for breakfast……now that’s a cool idea 😀. Nice job on that spatula John.
Those are some fat burgers, John. Thanks for another entertaining and educational video.
That spatula is just plain beautiful, Mr. Switzer.
Excellent make, John! Beginnings of a matched set of grilling tools video series, perhaps? Long fork, tongs, skewer set, steak Turner (I know, but again for the series), beer can chicken stand. 🐾🔥⚒👍
There may be a set coming up, but probably not this exact design
Great tip about thinning out the section of the spatula you don't want spreading out, even if I never make a spatula that's a really smart technique!
Glad it was helpful! I learned that from Peter Ross
I love your videos I go to school and I am doing engineering and needed help with some of the tools thank you have a great day
This one's been on my list for a long time as its one of our most used kitchen utensils. Great work.
I always love watching your videos. So many ideas...so little time.
Very nice video this week John. Always really like learning from your videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend John. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work John. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.
Nice! Regards from Argentina!
That new forge looks like all business. Great spatula! 👍
I'll have it beat up in no time
Learning a lot, thanks for making these videos!
Your, or my, timing is impeccable. I just got a request for one of these from a friend who does Pre-Rev War reenacting.
Thanks for posting, John!
Cheers!
Whipple
I like it! One piece cookware. Gotta try it!
Healthy looking burgers on the grill…now I want one! Nice job on the spatula, John.
I never knew how long it took to make stuff like this.
Nice hammer work sir
The art of making difficult things look easy… thanks for the lesson!
My pleasure!
Nice job, I like your fire starter. I use mine all the time for campfires, yellow dogs, and torch lighting for my oil field engines. Thanks for sharing.
Always inspiring me John. Thank you.
Another great piece, John. Always art in function.
Nice job a good teaching video you can learn so much by seeing how things are done thank you..
I like mine medium well thanks
Nice spatula John, it looks like a great project, and it's functional!
Excellent work!
That anvil sounds great too John
Simple fun little project. Thanks John!
Now I am hungry!
As always beautiful work John!
Now this is a good start to Christmas gifts only 3 months away John. :)
Love that. The explanation is great. Keep up the good work and God bless!
Excellent video! And thanks for the protip on the abrasives! I just bought a used belt sander and wanted to find some quality belts for it for metalworking.
Glad I could help!
Great video John. I really liked that technique for controlling the spread on the spatula. A simple yet genius way to control the movement!
That comes from Peter Ross
Nice job John, the apron also looks great!
Excellent practice projects, thank you for all of your work Sir.👏
Nice!! Thank you
Very nice, might have a go at one of those myself.
Nice !!!!!! 👍👍👍Thanks for sharing
Wow John u r like a trip hammer today. My arm was getting tired just watching you. Nice job bud …Paul. 🇺🇸👍⚒🔥💪
Mine too. Sooner or later the power hammer will become a bigger part of the videos
@@BlackBearForge it get harder and harder. Every year. Not easy to get old. Golden years are for the birds lol. ……👍
Being Scottish I would put that as a thistle shape, very nice.
Very nice sir.
Hi John Great, an accessible manufacturing for me. Thank you. I also noticed this original and very effective tong to hold this form of iron. Did you make it ? It can’t be easy.
Hello John
A very usefull tool for a very good thind barbeque.
Thank you for the Video
Have a good week
Yours Frank Galetzka
Thanks, you too!
My shoulders ache just watching you sometimes.. 😀
Mine too!
@@BlackBearForge And I thought working on cars is hard on the body.. Lol. Great Work Sir
You are amazing
Spatula look cool.grinding is better and faster than filing.👍👍🔥🔥
sweet
Big fan of your work! I would love to see how to make a top swage! Really no videos on it. Need to make some for my swage block! I think it’d be a good video just like your others. Forge on.
I have added that to my list of future videos
How many heats was that? Seemed quick. Either way, got to love a one piece spatula!
I like how clean the new forge lining looks. Have you noticed a decrease in heating time?
I haven't thought about it enough to take notice
Love your videos…I’ve learned so much. Question: the hammer you used to place your touch mark…Called a treadle hammer, correct?
Yes it is. The plans for that hammer are for sale through the ABANA web site
Note to self ... If I ever meet John, DON'T SHAKE HANDS!
Great project!
I have a couple questions:
In any if your videos have you talked about avoiding diamond shape when working something square? I have a terrible time getting back to square once a diamond starts. If you’ve addressed this already I’d love to watch it.
Secondly, and related to some degree, sometimes when going square-octagon-round, I somehow manage to introduce a quarter twist, and I’m not sure what I’m doing that causes it, and usually can’t manage to undo it, usually it’s not a huge deal, but sometimes it looks bad and I’d like to learn to avoid it. Again, If you’ve talked about it point me in the right direction if you can.
I really appreciate your videos, I’ve done some little projects in a friends shop in the past, and have just started working on my own.
I built a cheep gas forge and got a few tongs for free cleaning up a place, bought a couple hammers and a ok-ish anvil off Amazon, and a decent rounding hammer and set of tongs off blacksmiths depot, (although the hammer I had to re-handle right away, it was put on only with a short ring wedge and came loose first day)
So now I have been trying to get back at it after a broken wrist.
Got into it today and made a couple holdfasts, and then shouldered down some leaf spring to make a hardy tool. (That was more work than I expected, leaf spring sure is tough stuff!) Not perfect, as I’m fighting a recovering arm and inexperience, but serviceable tools got made! Your videos have been a huge source of encouragement and education while letting my wrist heal, and I’m excited to put on my safety glasses and make stuff!
I'm sure I have discussed the issue, but I have no idea in which video. The main issue is that you hammer blow isn't level at the point of impact. Could be from technique or it could be your anvil is too high or too low.
@@BlackBearForge thanks! It’s probably technique related, I was careful to get my anvil height right, and I know my hammer technique is weak at the moment dealing with discomfort and reduced strength. Practice and time.
Loving your videos. What kind of steel are you using for the food tools like this spatula?
I just use mild steel for this type of work
Would you condition that with vegetable oil for food use, or do you prefer something else. My wife puts everything in the dishwasher so my handles have to be wire wheeled and re conditioned every so often
Yes, I use vegetable oil, but I try to avoid the dishwasher
Nice looking spatula John, did you put anything on it to keep it from rusting? Thanks and God Bless.
Finished with some vegetable oil
👍👍👍☕☕☕ Can you put a finish on it like a cast iron pan? Heating it up and putting veg oil on it?
Yes, that is exactly the way I take care of items like this. However I am also trying to keep this one a bit shiny, so I don't heat it as hot as I would for a black finish
Sir do you heat treat culinary utensils? What do you use to keep it from rusting that is safe for food?
No heat treatment on these. I use vegetable oil.
Hi sir! I wonder if you can show how to do a square corner in roundstock, and it's still round..
I will try to do a video on that. Mostly it involves supporting the corner in a swage while upsetting
@@BlackBearForge aha I see!😊
Thanks
That is one big anvil. Did you add the side piece?
No they come that way from Fontanini Anvils. fontaninianvilandtool.com/
What happened to the window grill project with the pass through joint? Or the project with the giant leaf and acorn?
Both still waiting along with many other projects that can't be completed in a timely enough manner to keep consistent videos coming out. The window grill project probably needs several weeks of just practice pieces and then a full month to complete if I don't video the process, twice as long if I do.
I was just curious. Thank you for the reply.
Great video John but why so short? Also, are you going to finish the walking axe?
Simple projects don't require long videos and if I make them long just for the sake of stretching it out, people quit watching. Currently this video is at about 55% average watch time. The walking axe is about done, hopefully by tomorrow so I can start editing it.
@@BlackBearForge Looking forward to the walking cane video also.
Who makes the gas forge your using?
Chile Forge. I have been very happy with it. chileforge.com/forges_index.html
Is that a new forge John doesn’t seem that long ago you replaced it
Yes it is. Its been a few years. Making axes and such is really hard on a gar forge and I wear them out much faster than a shop that doesn't do a lot of heavy forge welding. Same forge would last most people many years. The last one will get repaired and relined for the next rotation.
I have a question for you, Switzer, if you can take the time to answer it. What was your biggest step forward while building your blacksmithing business? Was RUclips a major contributing factor for your success?
Many years of not having to earn a living as a blacksmith. That allowed me to reinvest into better tools and equipment. But my biggest single step was being recognized by a high profile woodworker that writes magazine articles, books and blogs. His single blog post on some hinges he ordered from me really helped. However, there is no way I could have planned the series of events that led up to that hinge order. The harder you try to make something like that happen, the less likely it will come out the way you want it to. So in the long run its still just doing the work and improving year after year.
While I set out on RUclips with the idea that it would bring in customers for the work I was doing, it turns out I was more popular with other blacksmiths and RUclips has never been a big influence on sales of product. RUclips has become its own branch of my blacksmithing business and now produces about 1/2 of my overall income, with a bit more than 1/2 of the work. Again this is after several years of making videos and improving my skills for little or no compensation. But its still improving and in a few more years RUclips will likely be my main source of shop related income.
Was it made from mild steel!!
Yes, no need for anything fancier
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If you finish it with a traditional oil blackening the carbonized surface will be non-stick just like old seasoned iron skillets.