Productivity is a result of Efficiency, and not energy efficiency like some are talking right now, but COMPLETE Efficiency...if you don't know the Baselines of your business how can you improve it?... if your Equipment isn't kept and operated properly how can you depend on it?...if your organization has no effective worker’s communication & training how can you get people to do the right things?...get it? Process, Equipment, Personnel, the core elements... get the Industrial Efficiency Triangle.
@Hyshinara yes, using the stump is different from using an anvil -- you can straighten hot steel on a stump without leaving any marks. please note that i also use a rawhide mallet, rather than a steel hammer to hit the hot piece with. often, after you make an intricate piece, it's better to correct any distortion that way, as you don't want to leave any unnecessary marks. this is particularly true for any kind of twisted pieces. thanks for asking!
there are blacksmiths because it's an effing great thing to be doing, and because we can make some really cool shit no one else can, and because there are enough people who pay top dollar to have it in their houses. don't have an interest in guns, myself. maybe my years in the infantry knocked it out of me. there IS such a thing as too much shooting...
@Southpark124 There are still blacksmiths because as kalevraa said it's cool and people pay for what you can make. Where as machines make better guns than you can make by hand so there isn't much demand for it, except as a small number of people doing modifications and customization of weapons. Or an even smaller group of people that still make black powder weapons by hand.
Ok, hang on, we can't have it both ways here... either it's dangerous and therefore valorous, or it's not dangerous and therefore nothing to be concerned about.
@nbeckster1 well, it's riding a motorbike, or picking your nose. if you don't know what you are doing, you will end up with your brains in your helmet, or your finger in your sinus. if you are used to it, and know what to be mindful of, you are pretty safe, and can enjoy yourself. as to valorous -- not my area of expertise. unless you count arguing with my sainted grandmother...anyhow, forging hot steel is pretty exciting, even after 24 years of it.
@Skeeeder err... yes, that's where i live. i like the city a lot, but didn't realize that it warranted the excitement of 3 exclamation points, though...
not really. you just have to know what you are doing, and be mindful. granted, if you don't concentrate you can get a facefull of hot steel. but i find that this very possibility focuses the mind wonderfully.
@kalevraa I once read a quote from a fellow blade-maker when asked why he does it, his reply made me wince a bit, but I agree with him, "It's the excitement of knowing that a single lapse in concentration could have a 10 inch piece of hardened, sharpened steel flying at me at over 100 MPH that keeps my mind sharp."
@bearsbugs right. kinda like bungee cord jumping. but instead of ending up with pants full of shit, one ends up with a (hopefully) beautiful and useful object, and maybe even there is enough money left over to buy a new pair of pants...
@saxonhaste No we wouldn't, knapping flint is dangerous too. We would be just like the monkeys, eating what we can find, at the mercy of any predator we couldn't outrun or out climb.
antioxidity, the "ax thing" is a hot cutter. i like the tong-held design as you just take the blade out as it gets hot, throw it in a bucket of water, and put a replacement one in, and just keep cycling them like that with no time lost for cooling. also, it is easier to re-sharpen them, and you can have a boxful of the cutters and only one pair of tongs, which saves a lot of space, and the effort of making and welding a handle to each and every one of them. They are easy to use.
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Productivity is a result of Efficiency, and not energy efficiency like some are talking right now, but COMPLETE Efficiency...if you don't know the Baselines of your business how can you improve it?... if your Equipment isn't kept and operated properly how can you depend on it?...if your organization has no effective worker’s communication & training how can you get people to do the right things?...get it? Process, Equipment, Personnel, the core elements... get the Industrial Efficiency Triangle.
luistpuig 4 months ago
lol nice stump u got there id buy it
Midnighter169 6 months ago
@Midnighter169 the stump is eucalyptus. i got it from a friend.
kalevraa 6 months ago
@kalevraa wow eucalyptus thats awesome
Midnighter169 6 months ago
@Midnighter169 well, eucalyptus is a hard wood, and smells nice, but any decent stump would do -- oak, elm, etc. even douglas fir is ok.
kalevraa 6 months ago
@kalevraa
What is the stump used for?
I mean: is there any difference in using it, as opposed to an anvil?
Hyshinara 3 weeks ago
@Hyshinara yes, using the stump is different from using an anvil -- you can straighten hot steel on a stump without leaving any marks. please note that i also use a rawhide mallet, rather than a steel hammer to hit the hot piece with. often, after you make an intricate piece, it's better to correct any distortion that way, as you don't want to leave any unnecessary marks. this is particularly true for any kind of twisted pieces. thanks for asking!
kalevraa 3 weeks ago
@kalevraa
Oh, makes sense! :D
I'm getting more and more interested in forging, casting, etc. :)
Hyshinara 3 weeks ago
@Hyshinara yes, metalwork is a lot of fun.
kalevraa 3 weeks ago
i smith to :3 just not with machines ^^' but making a few knifes and fire steel :3
vampirerosezz 9 months ago
there are blacksmiths because it's an effing great thing to be doing, and because we can make some really cool shit no one else can, and because there are enough people who pay top dollar to have it in their houses. don't have an interest in guns, myself. maybe my years in the infantry knocked it out of me. there IS such a thing as too much shooting...
kalevraa 9 months ago 6
Why are there still blacksmiths.... There should be more gunsmiths....
Southpark124 9 months ago
@Southpark124 There are still blacksmiths because as kalevraa said it's cool and people pay for what you can make. Where as machines make better guns than you can make by hand so there isn't much demand for it, except as a small number of people doing modifications and customization of weapons. Or an even smaller group of people that still make black powder weapons by hand.
hannibalninja 9 months ago
@Southpark124
Gunsmiths make guns and that's it, blacksmiths make anything that can be hand forged including gun parts..
JamesThWilliams 8 months ago
What does the finished diamond twist look like?
Did you do anymore in this series?
clinker58 10 months ago
Oh man. Id hate to fight this dude.
Fucking Blacksmiths got hands from hell haha.
ElDuderino909 1 year ago
@ElDuderino909 errr... thanks, i guess...
kalevraa 1 year ago
@ElDuderino909 thanks for the new sterotype,hahaha
blacksmither1 10 months ago
@ElDuderino909Them hands from hell wouldn't be shit if they got in between that hammer.Just sayin he he.
kauldronx 9 months ago
DId you say you were in portland, OR?
Thekittycatateme 1 year ago
@Thekittycatateme yep. hot day today, ain't it?
kalevraa 1 year ago
@kalevraa at least it isn't as hot as last year
Thekittycatateme 1 year ago
Ok, hang on, we can't have it both ways here... either it's dangerous and therefore valorous, or it's not dangerous and therefore nothing to be concerned about.
nbeckster1 2 years ago
@nbeckster1 well, it's riding a motorbike, or picking your nose. if you don't know what you are doing, you will end up with your brains in your helmet, or your finger in your sinus. if you are used to it, and know what to be mindful of, you are pretty safe, and can enjoy yourself. as to valorous -- not my area of expertise. unless you count arguing with my sainted grandmother...anyhow, forging hot steel is pretty exciting, even after 24 years of it.
kalevraa 2 years ago
@kalevraa portland!!! :D
Skeeeder 9 months ago
@Skeeeder err... yes, that's where i live. i like the city a lot, but didn't realize that it warranted the excitement of 3 exclamation points, though...
kalevraa 9 months ago
@kalevraa its just that i live in Portland also, thats why i did that. :D
Skeeeder 9 months ago
@Skeeeder ahh...had a good, rainy weekend? i did...
kalevraa 9 months ago
That looks so dangerous....
nbeckster1 2 years ago 2
not really. you just have to know what you are doing, and be mindful. granted, if you don't concentrate you can get a facefull of hot steel. but i find that this very possibility focuses the mind wonderfully.
kalevraa 2 years ago 4
@kalevraa like shooting a gun
reyshakquit 10 months ago
@kalevraa I once read a quote from a fellow blade-maker when asked why he does it, his reply made me wince a bit, but I agree with him, "It's the excitement of knowing that a single lapse in concentration could have a 10 inch piece of hardened, sharpened steel flying at me at over 100 MPH that keeps my mind sharp."
bearsbugs 3 months ago
@bearsbugs right. kinda like bungee cord jumping. but instead of ending up with pants full of shit, one ends up with a (hopefully) beautiful and useful object, and maybe even there is enough money left over to buy a new pair of pants...
kalevraa 3 months ago
@nbeckster1 if man kind did not tempt the dangerous we would still be in the stone age.
saxonhaste 2 years ago
@saxonhaste No we wouldn't, knapping flint is dangerous too. We would be just like the monkeys, eating what we can find, at the mercy of any predator we couldn't outrun or out climb.
bearsbugs 3 months ago
nice one thx for sharing
Semp3r 2 years ago
you are vert welcome. thanks for watching.
kalevraa 2 years ago
tHAT AX THING LOOKED AWKWARD WHY DONT YOU JUST USE A REGULAR AX OR SOMETHING ONE PIECE YOU DONT HAVE TO HOLD TOGATHER
antioxcidity 2 years ago
antioxidity, the "ax thing" is a hot cutter. i like the tong-held design as you just take the blade out as it gets hot, throw it in a bucket of water, and put a replacement one in, and just keep cycling them like that with no time lost for cooling. also, it is easier to re-sharpen them, and you can have a boxful of the cutters and only one pair of tongs, which saves a lot of space, and the effort of making and welding a handle to each and every one of them. They are easy to use.
kalevraa 2 years ago
Meh....I can do that with my bare hands and a cigarette lighter.
Lengsel7 2 years ago
@Lengsel7 i would love to see that. lol
saxonhaste 2 years ago
Awesome!!!
SPTSuperSprinter156 2 years ago
thank you. i enjoy forging very much, and am very happy that others seems to find it interesting, too.
kalevraa 2 years ago
very nice now I knew how to do it.
tweshch 3 years ago
many thanks, i am glad you find this helpful.
kalevraa 3 years ago