Nice video. Thank ... By: duvexy. on 09 Aug 10, 05:33:33 Nice video. Thank you for giving me some ideas on how to start doing this.
ive had my ... By: SsjSned. on 03 Jun 10, 14:26:06 ive had my gradfathers tools since he passed away and i always thought that the horseshoe rasp was for wood thanks for the vid now i know what it was used for and its proper name. You learn something new everyday!
if you forge weld a ... By: garrett2119. on 12 May 10, 01:37:14 if you forge weld a peice of high carbon into a peice of low carbon the low carbon will act as a heat sink and will help keep the edge from over heating and softening, thats how i do my chisels and they last very long that way
yes i have a set of ... By: patrinrom. on 18 Jan 10, 13:31:10 yes i have a set of specialty chiseles I have made that work very well. The focus of this video was tool for someone begining who doesnt know how to make those tools yet.
have you tried ... By: omniviking. on 18 Jan 10, 03:17:17 have you tried making or reforming your chisels? you are a Smith
Actually I usually ... By: patrinrom. on 29 Dec 09, 00:34:32 Actually I usually but the cheeper ones I have found unless I make them myself they dont last long enough to matter or bother with. Just reshape them on the grinder latter
did u temper the ... By: animaldemont1. on 28 Dec 09, 13:05:36 did u temper the chisels? that would make them last alot longer
Nice vid !
Just ... By: DanOblacksmith. on 11 Oct 09, 03:22:47 Nice vid !
Just a note to those getting started- Don't think anything of the bright orangy colored rust you see on items throughout this video, it will be your constant companion if you have an outdoor shop. You can take a wire brush and clean a chisel, for example, so it is shiny and clean, bare metal and overnight it will have this "flashrust" appear on it. No problem, it is nothing and for the most part you can wipe it off with your hand.
Video looks great!!! By: nightshadecross. on 17 Aug 09, 12:46:41 Video looks great!!!
Horse Hoof rasp ... By: patrinrom. on 15 Aug 09, 04:54:50 Horse Hoof rasp also a coarse wood rasp would do the job I only use this 1 for hot rasping. I will cover this skill in latter videos
How do you spell ... By: kevporteretna1. on 15 Aug 09, 03:08:41 How do you spell the name of the file at 4:18
If I had those ... By: yokonus. on 18 Apr 10, 00:45:12 If I had those tools......da da dat dat that would be sweet!
and I would make stuff at my house!
-seriously those tools are made for my hands!
I'm sure there's a ... By: TomLumpkins. on 14 Mar 10, 05:12:07 I'm sure there's a story that goes with these tools.. I wonder where the shop was and whats the story on them and the shop, Did you buy the shop or ? just wondering thanks for sharing with us..
Avoncroft Museum or ... By: Doubledig. on 18 Feb 10, 14:21:07 Avoncroft Museum or similar maybe?
Thanks for the ... By: GordonDipple. on 18 Feb 10, 12:33:44 Thanks for the comment, I was not sure that this video would be of any interest. Rest assured these tools will go to good hands, when it is finally decided what to do with them . . .
WOW! Thanks for ... By: Doubledig. on 18 Feb 10, 09:40:50 WOW! Thanks for posting this. What is to become of all these tools?
@ ... By: patrinrom. on 05 Sep 10, 14:51:31 @ThePhantomBlacksmith like i always say its your fire do what works for you
@duvexy yes quite a ... By: patrinrom. on 05 Sep 10, 14:50:56 @duvexy yes quite a few
Are there girls who ... By: duvexy. on 09 Aug 10, 05:37:23 Are there girls who do blacksmithing?
@patrinrom well ... By: SsjSned. on 03 Jun 10, 14:32:46 @patrinrom well vise grips were invented by blacksmiths. hand made locking tongs were the vice grips grand daddy. they've saved me in a jam more than once.
@ ... By: patrinrom. on 21 May 10, 12:13:27 @ThePhantomBlacksmith i mostly use em for plate and large odd items yes they do leave marks. this video was intended for the starting blacksmith with no skills or acess to good tools to get by with also i filed down the teeth on mine to cut down on the marks.
@ ... By: aobbuddy. on 14 Apr 10, 20:32:51 @ThePhantomBlacksmith ...hi, im a blacksmith in ireland, no disrespect meant, but vicegrips are not good, cause too many marks on your work and grip un-efficiently. tings can be made to hold all sections, the most basic tongs being, square hollow bit, wolf jaw and flat bit. you can hold all stock with variations of these tongs in size and shape. i know many blacksmiths personally around 80, none use vice grips for a good reason. anyways, sorry for sounding rude, but just thought id say :-)
tongs are fun. I ... By: ThePhantomBlacksmith. on 23 Mar 10, 21:23:17 tongs are fun. I enjoy making them. But truth be told, vice grips have replaced 90% of them and do a better job. (unless you have to reach way back in the fire)
Other blacksmiths get indignant and scowl at me when I say this...lol
Great video...lost ... By: nightshadecross. on 17 Aug 09, 13:31:38 Great video...lost your audio to the wind on the last bit...could hardly hear you.
thanks a milion
5/ ... By: GopanBushcraft. on 15 Aug 09, 16:48:53 thanks a milion
5/5 again man
omg if i saw that ... By: 9DragonMaster. on 16 Jul 10, 10:16:23 omg if i saw that mushroom growing in the forest i'd eat that thing so fast!
A good recipe for ... By: senftpotatochips. on 14 Mar 10, 13:21:35 A good recipe for mushroom steak.
heyyou, first, ... By: kalevraa. on 30 Sep 09, 23:28:34 heyyou, first, blacksmithing is very much NOT a dying art; there are 4000 members in the national organization alone. second, you are welcome to your purist views, but water-operated power hammers have been around for hundreds of years. third, every blacksmith who wants to make a living needs a power hammer. try forging a 100-foot railing by hand. fourth, your definition of blacksmithing as solely hand-work is random nonsense, historically and factually. fifth, i love to hand-forge.
hardy tools? By: danz409. on 31 Aug 09, 19:27:59 hardy tools?
Hey I need to one ... By: TomLumpkins. on 12 Jul 09, 02:38:21 Hey I need to one of those.. I think I have seen you on I Forge Iron.. Thanks for sharing with us...Tom aka WagonMaster.
Do you earn a ... By: nakedanvil. on 11 Jul 09, 19:22:32 Do you earn a living with just a hand hammer? Or do you just expect others to?
So, are you saying ... By: nakedanvil. on 11 Jul 09, 19:00:04 So, are you saying I'm not forging or I'm not making blacksmith tools? Nowhere did I say I was blacksmithing.
That's not ... By: heyyou910. on 09 Jul 09, 07:27:50 That's not blacksmithing...That's industrialism from the 1940's. What is it with all these people calling themselves blacksmiths and most of the time they're using POWER machinery?...No wonder it's a dying art
That is Sweet. By: steelgmome. on 07 Jul 09, 22:26:28 That is Sweet.
i want to be a ... By: HuntingPro98. on 16 Jul 10, 23:47:08 i want to be a blacksmith
I'm always ... By: erniesbudolab. on 07 Mar 10, 06:59:12 I'm always fascinated with how malleable metal is when enough heat and hammer is applied.
I keep imagining how I would make sai sword every time I watch your videos.
Good video, like ... By: TechnicusJoe. on 14 Oct 09, 13:49:18 Good video, like the anvils
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outstanding video ... By: lordkelbor. on 11 Aug 09, 18:28:08 outstanding video instruction!!! makes me want to learn more
Great video David.. ... By: blackrockforge. on 03 Aug 09, 16:14:01 Great video David...Nice to see instructional how-to's like yours...Thanks for sharing
Great video. I was ... By: manfromalaska. on 21 Jul 09, 19:30:46 Great video. I was needing to see this in real time. I have seen a picture process but having it on a video is much easier to get.
Thanks
wow! your from ... By: medievallover120. on 19 Jul 09, 00:10:04 wow! your from ontario!? im from Sask! by the way, where do you get your stakes for shaping and stuff?
you have alot of ... By: medievallover120. on 19 Jul 09, 00:02:39 you have alot of tongs.. but great video!
Fantastic guide my ... By: Peterthegmtb. on 17 Jul 09, 19:58:12 Fantastic guide my friend, I'm definitely going to try this out and save myself a fair amount of money in the long run (starving artist 'n' all that).
Nicely done, David! ... By: outlawmagician. on 11 Jul 09, 17:35:22 Nicely done, David! Thanks for sharing this informative vid.
Smithing is a ... By: dblacksmithr. on 02 Jul 09, 10:47:01 Smithing is a repetitive impact strain on the muscles and joints of the arm. A few years ago I was chopping wood and came down full force with my elbow and hit a pile of wood behind me. I tore some tendons in my elbow. The arm brace helps prevent the vibration from the hammering from inflaming the joint. It is not 100% but helps alot. That combined with a loose hammer grip allows me to continue working. If you buy one of these get one with a gel capsule and place it on the lower tendon.
David
What's the purpose ... By: heyyou910. on 01 Jul 09, 04:36:31 What's the purpose of the black band on your forearm?
I expressed my ... By: piwright42. on 27 Jun 09, 08:10:10 I expressed my interest in smithing to a co-worker who black smithed for some forty odd years. He said one of the best places to start was by forging my own tongs. How fortunate I ran into your video the very same night I was given that advice. Thank you for posting this I was having a hard time imagining how to go about it.
if i were starting ... By: soldgaboy2001. on 29 May 09, 17:03:53 if i were starting blacksmithing again i would have got a couple of the cheap supplies to get the feel and then experiment with different tools and such just to get a good feel for it... I'm not the richest person so i dont have a anvil or forge, so i started making chainmaille out of some 14gauge copper home electrical wire...(mine is yellow with 3 interior wires, one black one white and one bare) all you'll need is two pliers, some wire cutters and a dowrod to bend them into a spring
can you shre some ... By: coolmagicdude. on 16 May 09, 21:53:37 can you shre some tips man? im 14 and i dont have any supplies, money isnt the problem, wat should i buy?
im there with ya! ... By: metal0artist0kyle. on 14 May 09, 04:03:00 im there with ya! im now 16 and i do some cold work but i am a good welder and i do a lot of glasswork...dont judge me by the glass video i have uploaded....its trash it was a LONG time ago...
Beautiful work and ... By: aprice2704. on 07 May 09, 08:19:09 Beautiful work and great video, many thanks!!
So if I burn out ... By: nlightened2. on 30 Apr 09, 12:06:39 So if I burn out the carbon out of carbon steel, I would have just iron? I would like to experiment with some iron.
Thank you for ... By: LostMachine. on 17 Apr 09, 03:38:32 Thank you for sharing. With this one 10 minute video you have educated 30,000 (so far). Great work.
wow, good to find a ... By: soldgaboy2001. on 13 Apr 09, 22:49:19 wow, good to find a blacksmith who teaches others how to do some things...
im 15 and i've always been interested in blacksmithing...ive done a bit of cold forging and ive made a chainmail gaunlet ,but i have yet to do anything more advanced...hopefully i can try and make these sometimes, thank you
Great video and ... By: icandy6298. on 12 Mar 09, 19:24:08 Great video and commentary. I have just begun my journey into blacksmithing. I took a private class from a master blacksmith in oregon just last week. I hope to attempt to make a pair of tongs in the near future. Thanks again for the info.
Hotter is easier to ... By: noxagol. on 12 Mar 09, 18:21:14 Hotter is easier to work generally, but if you get it too hot, to the point that it crackles and sparks, you are ruining it because that is carbon being burned out of it.
GOOD VIDEO THANKS! By: 911no. on 18 Feb 09, 21:32:40 GOOD VIDEO THANKS!
excellent video, a ... By: pumkinvine. on 06 Feb 09, 19:03:17 excellent video, a rare find on youtube to find a video with commentary. thanks for uping
Nice video, ... By: penguinistas. on 02 Feb 09, 16:21:40 Nice video, educational, thank you.
Thanks for sharing ... By: TomLumpkins. on 01 Feb 09, 02:29:23 Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us.
Do you make your ... By: nlightened2. on 30 Jan 09, 04:52:22 Do you make your steel white hot because it is easier to work?
Doesn't it start to melt at that heat? Tried doing what you did with Oxy/ acetalene torch and a piece of railroad track. Lot of fun this new hobby is. Very nice video. Thanks for making it. : )
Thanks, good video By: tabber05. on 24 Jan 09, 00:01:53 Thanks, good video
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By: duvexy. on 09 Aug 10, 05:33:33
Nice video. Thank you for giving me some ideas on how to start doing this.
By: SsjSned. on 03 Jun 10, 14:26:06
ive had my gradfathers tools since he passed away and i always thought that the horseshoe rasp was for wood thanks for the vid now i know what it was used for and its proper name. You learn something new everyday!
By: garrett2119. on 12 May 10, 01:37:14
if you forge weld a peice of high carbon into a peice of low carbon the low carbon will act as a heat sink and will help keep the edge from over heating and softening, thats how i do my chisels and they last very long that way
By: patrinrom. on 18 Jan 10, 13:31:10
yes i have a set of specialty chiseles I have made that work very well. The focus of this video was tool for someone begining who doesnt know how to make those tools yet.
By: omniviking. on 18 Jan 10, 03:17:17
have you tried making or reforming your chisels? you are a Smith
By: patrinrom. on 29 Dec 09, 00:34:32
Actually I usually but the cheeper ones I have found unless I make them myself they dont last long enough to matter or bother with. Just reshape them on the grinder latter
By: animaldemont1. on 28 Dec 09, 13:05:36
did u temper the chisels? that would make them last alot longer
By: DanOblacksmith. on 11 Oct 09, 03:22:47
Nice vid ! Just a note to those getting started- Don't think anything of the bright orangy colored rust you see on items throughout this video, it will be your constant companion if you have an outdoor shop. You can take a wire brush and clean a chisel, for example, so it is shiny and clean, bare metal and overnight it will have this "flashrust" appear on it. No problem, it is nothing and for the most part you can wipe it off with your hand.
By: nightshadecross. on 17 Aug 09, 12:46:41
Video looks great!!!
By: patrinrom. on 15 Aug 09, 04:54:50
Horse Hoof rasp also a coarse wood rasp would do the job I only use this 1 for hot rasping. I will cover this skill in latter videos
By: kevporteretna1. on 15 Aug 09, 03:08:41
How do you spell the name of the file at 4:18