You can never be too safe. Get safety glasses and a leather apron. The anvil can be small if you work with thin pieces of metal. The anvil should not rock like that. Also you can try heating you metal hotter so that you don't have to hit so hard. Make a video showing some of what you are making. If your stuff is really small you can just work the metal cold and avoid the forge. I often bend small rod by just using the vice and a steel pipe. pointing a tip can be done quickly on a grinder
wear gloves or ur gonna get some annoying blisters i learned that the hard way as for the anvil keep it lower though itll kill ur back it still alot better to have a stable anvil than a wobbly one
to be honest i never use safety glasses for this stuff. im a plumber "apprentice" in a vocational high school. before i transfered there from my original highschool. at my orinal high school we had metal shops where we used the forge almost everyday. i wore jeans, boots and a cut off sleeve shirt. yeah sparks hit ya but ur a big pussy to think they hurt for a while.i give that girl credit to be able to withstand them sparks with shorts on.
@MrThahey Thanks! I tried to find coke, which was what I trained with, but I'm having trouble finding suppliers in Portugal. Fortunately, we've found some rather decent coal, and have used that in later attempts.
Thanks for the constructive comment, it is highly appreciated :)
I went to the National School of Blacksmithing with this chap (Hi!). He is a good smith. It is the hallmark of the amateur that they feel very free with criticism. It is to be ignored (especially the nonsense about wearing gloves!). Observe his hammer technique. It's better than 99% of others you will see on youtube.
@prendergastforge Dan Mate! I can't tell you how much I appreciate this comment of yours. I can only hope that I'll be able to live up to what you said, since I've had to abandon blacksmithing for the time being...
Once again, thanks a bunch. I trust all's well with you! :)
i recommend some extra piping from the bellows and froge so your assistant doesn't have to switch crank arms so much. no smart remarks just obsevations. makeshift anvils are fine as long as they do a good job (your opinion on that). but good sart tho. trial and error.
@hammerfistforge Thanks for the interest. That is definitely a good suggestion. It hadn't crossed my mind, as the forge was bought and assembled that way. We've found some decent blacksmithing coal now, so we don't have sparks anymore.
Is this some intro to porn or will I learn something? Some constructive advice..have a beautiful girl, but no alcohol. Teach us how to make a knife.....I'm not doubting your skills....just your marketing....really...this might be the MTV of blacksmithing....a blacksmith's apprentice with Daisy Duke's and sandals???
@garmanny1 We weren't trying to do lead to porn or make a tutorial ;) It was just us on our first ever attempt back here in Portugal - I'd been an apprentice for a year a few years back.
If you're interested, I definitely suggest you check out dblacksmithr's videos. That's his username on youtube, plenty of interesting stuff there to start with :) There's also plenty of books around for you to chose. Could give you the names of some well-rated ones if you want.
lol as hot as ur gfs legs are i would hate to think what would happen if u even the tongs hit them. haveing had tongues holding the work piece burn my arm i can tell you it hurts alot. but great tast in music tho... :P
lol as hot as ur gfs legs are i would hate to think what would happen if u even the tongs hit them. haveing had tongues holding the work piece burn my arm i can tell you it hurts alot. but great tast in music tho... :P
wow lol wow. i guess i cant talk my first anvil befor my 400lb job was a microwave oven transformer. but what you need is just a bigger piece of wood. and by the way haveing experienced a piece of metal half that hot run along my arm i can tell you first hand it would suck to have that happen to ur great GF's legs :P
The next step is getting a "real" anvil. We've got some angle iron ready to adapt to the base of the anvil when we finally get one..... it's taking awhile ;)
who did you train under in england?, i'm jealous, hehe i'm stuck in america, been doing this for 6 years 20 hours a week as a hobby i'm a mechanic by trade, luckly i found a master of 35 years experience..... i guess i'm lucky but if i ever had the money i'd love to apprentice under the old world masters... where the chain of apprenticeship was never broken.... not a reconstruction of blacksmithing when most of the secrets and knowledge died out between the 1950's and 70's here in america
It wasn't a "real" apprenticeship. I enrolled in the "National Certificate in Blacksmithing and Metalwork" at the Herefordshire College of Technology. However, I can vouch for the education we got there. It was broad enough that you could set up a workshop and work with a real broad range of tools easily, but still with a nice and large focus on blacksmithing. Our main blacksmithing teachers were David Fields and Henry Pomphret, both excellent people :) PM me for more if you want! :)
Nice. Im not really big on safety, and i don't care who wears pants and who doesnt (having forged before wearing nothing but boxers), and this has given me a great idea for a forge. Thanks. And yeah, you really need a bigger anvil. All you idiots who are going to criticise me for weraing nothing while forging, don't bother. I will probably never look at this video ever again.
pois é acidentes não acontecem atoa...alem de tudo não é uma questão de força mas de controle da marreta...primeira vez tudo bem mas foi mal orientada ....cuidado uma queimadura na perna sara já uma fagulha no olho é outra estória....
Both of you idiots, should at least have gloves on, if not then the male idiot should have glasses on too. The female idiot, should be wearing some damn pants and freaking boots. Seriously..use your brain
Next time please read through the other comments. I've already replied to this kind of comment a few times before.
The male idiot will agree with you on pants, boots and glasses for both idiots. However, the male idiot strongly dissagrees on using gloves while forging: they remove a lot of sensibility and input as to the state of the metal being forged.
I take it that you have never forged a peice of iron, there is no use of having any of them on,...now the girl wearing shorts...that's another story, but non the less, Gloves are really not needed, glasses are your choice, but belive it or not, the sparks never fly towards your face from the iron.
Muitos dos comentários estão correctíssimos, para dizer a verdade - independentemente da maneira como foram ditos ;) Já apaguei um ou outro por serem mesmo mais parvitos, mas o pessoal que passou por aqui tem sido muito simpático, comparando com o resto do YouTube ;)
pants, boots, i guess some people don't wear an apron and thats fine but c'mon these two have no buisiness being near a forge. It's not a toy to sneak over to when dads not looking, that stuff will vaporize your bones...no joke.
thats a nice forge for a first try. great work. you might want to turn ur blower down a little. crank lighter or let some air out. a forge shouldnt throw sparks that much.
oooo metallica shirt =D
you're right. strength only really matters when dealing with the size of your hammer. although the harder, the fewer hits.
The girl with no pants? Did I miss any other kind of girl? ;)
It's a hand-cranked blower, it came with the forge. These seem to have been popular around here a couple of decades ago.
The simplest version should be easy to make, but this one has all sorts of mechanical stuff inside to make it go much faster (kind of like gears in a bicycle, methinks), and keep blowing after you've stopped turning the crank.
haha you guys look like a bunch of noobs. one turning a handle with no pants, the other smacking the shit out of the work piece with an unstable platform
Hehehe, this was a great comment. Thank you very much.
I did have some formal training at the Rural Crafts Center, in Heredord, UK for one academic year. One of the best years of my life.
The problem is restarting the whole thing in Portugal, not knowing anything about where to get... well, anything! Still trying to get a supplier for coke/coal... *sigh*
This video was used more for friends and family, and it's not private so not everyone has to register on YouTube to see it. We're slowly building a better place and better forge, and I'll be sure to post a video when it looks better. It'll still be awhile though.
Besides, I guess this'll help me get in touch with more blacksmiths all over the world, so what are a few negative comments going to do? :)
it doesn't matter what kind of workshop you have, i've got an hole in my garden and a small bellow. A shoemakers anvil (within a week a small one of 10KG) but it works just fine, but safety equipment is a mist, goggles if you prefere them but a pants is ussually quite handy.. And don't run up the fire that huge, you eventually get the temprature, this is just way to risky..
Speaking of which, I have a damascus letter-opener I made myself, while studying in England. It's fun to make, but the polishing is horrible. Takes ages :) I also need to find a good etching solution:)
Well, at least you are enthusiastic. What were you starting to make? Or were you just bangin around because it was driving you nuts having the equipment sitting there. Please do use safety equipment next time. NO SHORTS. LOL Post some more when your up and running and have fun!
Safety equipment is a must, I agree, but we only had one pair of goggles.
We were trying to make a fire-rake, we had to use a pair of tongs for that purpose in the meanwhile. Unfortunately, the damn thing burnt & broke.
It turns out charcoal needs a much deeper fire, and that was the only type of fuel I could find. Hopefully this August I'll have a re-enactment forge up&running, and will get some more videos.
You're right about the safety. We just HAD to try it out though. It was my first ever possibility of forging after 2 years of not doing it at all.
After that experience we got a bigger trunk, fastened the little wee anvil on it with screws so it positively didn't move, got safety glasses, boots, jeans, the lot :)
We'll be working on making a more decent workshop in the future, of course, but like I said, we were too excited and only wanted to get going :)«
You can never be too safe. Get safety glasses and a leather apron. The anvil can be small if you work with thin pieces of metal. The anvil should not rock like that. Also you can try heating you metal hotter so that you don't have to hit so hard. Make a video showing some of what you are making. If your stuff is really small you can just work the metal cold and avoid the forge. I often bend small rod by just using the vice and a steel pipe. pointing a tip can be done quickly on a grinder
elinikk 2 months ago
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wear gloves or ur gonna get some annoying blisters i learned that the hard way as for the anvil keep it lower though itll kill ur back it still alot better to have a stable anvil than a wobbly one
Midnighter169 4 months ago
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Midnighter169 4 months ago
to be honest i never use safety glasses for this stuff. im a plumber "apprentice" in a vocational high school. before i transfered there from my original highschool. at my orinal high school we had metal shops where we used the forge almost everyday. i wore jeans, boots and a cut off sleeve shirt. yeah sparks hit ya but ur a big pussy to think they hurt for a while.i give that girl credit to be able to withstand them sparks with shorts on.
bushcraftkid6622 5 months ago
a bit of advice: if you use coal instead of charcoal, you can avoid all those sparks
MrThahey 1 year ago
@MrThahey Thanks! I tried to find coke, which was what I trained with, but I'm having trouble finding suppliers in Portugal. Fortunately, we've found some rather decent coal, and have used that in later attempts.
Thanks for the constructive comment, it is highly appreciated :)
Anvilfolk 1 year ago
lawl...a one pound hammer? and you have fat arms...ick...but as everyone says..SAFETY FIRST.
don't be a noob..
gedkidd17 1 year ago
@gedkidd17 What a wonderfully constructive comment. I see you spread your wisdom around a lot. Good luck in your endeavours!
Anvilfolk 1 year ago 3
@gedkidd17 ummmmm...................
roglet123 9 months ago
hot pants make for burned legs.................btw, dude, where are your goggles?
stuartthesmith 1 year ago
gay, put some damn pants on man
Frebra6110 1 year ago
no safety goggles?
torkjoy1 1 year ago
I went to the National School of Blacksmithing with this chap (Hi!). He is a good smith. It is the hallmark of the amateur that they feel very free with criticism. It is to be ignored (especially the nonsense about wearing gloves!). Observe his hammer technique. It's better than 99% of others you will see on youtube.
prendergastforge 1 year ago
@prendergastforge Dan Mate! I can't tell you how much I appreciate this comment of yours. I can only hope that I'll be able to live up to what you said, since I've had to abandon blacksmithing for the time being...
Once again, thanks a bunch. I trust all's well with you! :)
Anvilfolk 1 year ago
i recommend some extra piping from the bellows and froge so your assistant doesn't have to switch crank arms so much. no smart remarks just obsevations. makeshift anvils are fine as long as they do a good job (your opinion on that). but good sart tho. trial and error.
hammerfistforge 1 year ago
@hammerfistforge Thanks for the interest. That is definitely a good suggestion. It hadn't crossed my mind, as the forge was bought and assembled that way. We've found some decent blacksmithing coal now, so we don't have sparks anymore.
Cheers :)
Anvilfolk 1 year ago
Is this some intro to porn or will I learn something? Some constructive advice..have a beautiful girl, but no alcohol. Teach us how to make a knife.....I'm not doubting your skills....just your marketing....really...this might be the MTV of blacksmithing....a blacksmith's apprentice with Daisy Duke's and sandals???
garmanny1 1 year ago
@garmanny1 We weren't trying to do lead to porn or make a tutorial ;) It was just us on our first ever attempt back here in Portugal - I'd been an apprentice for a year a few years back.
If you're interested, I definitely suggest you check out dblacksmithr's videos. That's his username on youtube, plenty of interesting stuff there to start with :) There's also plenty of books around for you to chose. Could give you the names of some well-rated ones if you want.
Anvilfolk 1 year ago
good try
but put some clothes on and deffinetly buy some SAFETY GLASSES !! for fuck say..
better anvil would be good ..but a piece of railway rail welded onto a metal stand would do you just fine for now
lucyfer1972 1 year ago
don't do it if you don't know what you are doing. that could have been bad. GO Metalica and put some pants on.
TheBlackHatGuitars 1 year ago
she need an long pants to prevent burn her skin...
GUNDAMZGOK 1 year ago
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lol as hot as ur gfs legs are i would hate to think what would happen if u even the tongs hit them. haveing had tongues holding the work piece burn my arm i can tell you it hurts alot. but great tast in music tho... :P
bloutyben 1 year ago
lol as hot as ur gfs legs are i would hate to think what would happen if u even the tongs hit them. haveing had tongues holding the work piece burn my arm i can tell you it hurts alot. but great tast in music tho... :P
bloutyben 1 year ago
wow lol wow. i guess i cant talk my first anvil befor my 400lb job was a microwave oven transformer. but what you need is just a bigger piece of wood. and by the way haveing experienced a piece of metal half that hot run along my arm i can tell you first hand it would suck to have that happen to ur great GF's legs :P
bloutyben 1 year ago
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5PillarScribe 1 year ago
Insidea garage and in shortszzzzz DUHRRRRRR I wonder what is gonna happen
phylor5333 2 years ago
Pretty girls without pants, vigorously burning fire, and hitting hot iron hard to shape, ROCK ON! Get your anvi taken care of and your are set!
j822bosh 2 years ago
Funny anvil :) Please put some clothes before forging and try to find better wood under your "anvil" :)
Pomeranus82 2 years ago
The next step is getting a "real" anvil. We've got some angle iron ready to adapt to the base of the anvil when we finally get one..... it's taking awhile ;)
Anvilfolk 2 years ago
isn't that a cute anvil
175013 2 years ago
i like that part most good job!
highguard01 2 years ago
Jeeze man, put some pants on your girlfriend/sister before someone gets hurt.
viper8red 2 years ago 6
who did you train under in england?, i'm jealous, hehe i'm stuck in america, been doing this for 6 years 20 hours a week as a hobby i'm a mechanic by trade, luckly i found a master of 35 years experience..... i guess i'm lucky but if i ever had the money i'd love to apprentice under the old world masters... where the chain of apprenticeship was never broken.... not a reconstruction of blacksmithing when most of the secrets and knowledge died out between the 1950's and 70's here in america
jon
herbstjh 2 years ago
Hey there!
It wasn't a "real" apprenticeship. I enrolled in the "National Certificate in Blacksmithing and Metalwork" at the Herefordshire College of Technology. However, I can vouch for the education we got there. It was broad enough that you could set up a workshop and work with a real broad range of tools easily, but still with a nice and large focus on blacksmithing. Our main blacksmithing teachers were David Fields and Henry Pomphret, both excellent people :) PM me for more if you want! :)
Anvilfolk 2 years ago
ill bet it was hot in there 0.0
UnkinglyLike 2 years ago
i loved the girl mostley =D
grime909 2 years ago
Wow. This was a disaster waiting for some action.
onebrandofdemocracy 2 years ago
Nice. Im not really big on safety, and i don't care who wears pants and who doesnt (having forged before wearing nothing but boxers), and this has given me a great idea for a forge. Thanks. And yeah, you really need a bigger anvil. All you idiots who are going to criticise me for weraing nothing while forging, don't bother. I will probably never look at this video ever again.
Ramboninja08 2 years ago
pois é acidentes não acontecem atoa...alem de tudo não é uma questão de força mas de controle da marreta...primeira vez tudo bem mas foi mal orientada ....cuidado uma queimadura na perna sara já uma fagulha no olho é outra estória....
sylvioxilo 2 years ago
Both of you idiots, should at least have gloves on, if not then the male idiot should have glasses on too. The female idiot, should be wearing some damn pants and freaking boots. Seriously..use your brain
ThePunkWolf 2 years ago
Next time please read through the other comments. I've already replied to this kind of comment a few times before.
The male idiot will agree with you on pants, boots and glasses for both idiots. However, the male idiot strongly dissagrees on using gloves while forging: they remove a lot of sensibility and input as to the state of the metal being forged.
Anvilfolk 2 years ago
I take it that you have never forged a peice of iron, there is no use of having any of them on,...now the girl wearing shorts...that's another story, but non the less, Gloves are really not needed, glasses are your choice, but belive it or not, the sparks never fly towards your face from the iron.
1theblacksmith1 2 years ago
PANTS! lead buy example where safety glasses too
DragonRoLo 2 years ago
Adorei rever isto... não só porque andava por lá em 2007... mas porque os comentários dos leitores são sempre uma delícia de se ler. :)
niartv 3 years ago
Hehehe, olha, passaste por cá :)
Muitos dos comentários estão correctíssimos, para dizer a verdade - independentemente da maneira como foram ditos ;) Já apaguei um ou outro por serem mesmo mais parvitos, mas o pessoal que passou por aqui tem sido muito simpático, comparando com o resto do YouTube ;)
E a tartaruguita, já viste, já já? Heheheheh ;D
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
pants, boots, i guess some people don't wear an apron and thats fine but c'mon these two have no buisiness being near a forge. It's not a toy to sneak over to when dads not looking, that stuff will vaporize your bones...no joke.
Verminthevile 3 years ago
The first rule for a journeyman blacksmith: You gotta wear pants to work!
satweavers 3 years ago 2
there was only one pair of pante and one pair of safety glasses so he took the pants and she took the safety glasses.
lilg606 3 years ago 3
thats a nice forge for a first try. great work. you might want to turn ur blower down a little. crank lighter or let some air out. a forge shouldnt throw sparks that much.
oooo metallica shirt =D
you're right. strength only really matters when dealing with the size of your hammer. although the harder, the fewer hits.
good work. =]
captaincake5 3 years ago
Hi, thanks for the kind comments :)
The problem was the charcoal, it's from a really light wood. We've tried some other charcoal from heavier, harder woods and it burned much better.
Still trying to find a mineral coal / coke supplier :) Don't have a lot of time for this right now...
Again, thanks :)
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
hahaha he is to weak to be a blacksmith
pechol 3 years ago
I was an apprentice blacksmith for a year, and I did just fine. It is more about stamina then raw strength, save peculiar cases.
But yes, I do agree that a few years in computer science do make your arms much weaker, and I never was a brawny fellow ;)
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
whats the little contraption that the girl with no pants was turning? it looked like some sort of hand powered fan or something
how did you make that? or did you buy it?
angryasian16 3 years ago
The girl with no pants? Did I miss any other kind of girl? ;)
It's a hand-cranked blower, it came with the forge. These seem to have been popular around here a couple of decades ago.
The simplest version should be easy to make, but this one has all sorts of mechanical stuff inside to make it go much faster (kind of like gears in a bicycle, methinks), and keep blowing after you've stopped turning the crank.
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
haha you guys look like a bunch of noobs. one turning a handle with no pants, the other smacking the shit out of the work piece with an unstable platform
cuttie100 3 years ago 2
We were ALL "noobs" at one time or another.
At least they're trying. So many people never get off their butts and never attempt anything new.
Good for them I say! And they should get all the encouragement they can get! (as well as some pants, gloves and safety glasses)
Blacksmith1964 3 years ago 10
Hehehe, this was a great comment. Thank you very much.
I did have some formal training at the Rural Crafts Center, in Heredord, UK for one academic year. One of the best years of my life.
The problem is restarting the whole thing in Portugal, not knowing anything about where to get... well, anything! Still trying to get a supplier for coke/coal... *sigh*
Thank you again :)
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
Yes we are, but we dont put our fails on Youtube to get flamed down. Thinking you get more than TWO positive omments is idiotic.
But at least you two start this amazing hobby and I wish you good luck on your way learning to blacksmithing.
boatoflol 2 years ago
Hi, and thanks for the comment :)
This video was used more for friends and family, and it's not private so not everyone has to register on YouTube to see it. We're slowly building a better place and better forge, and I'll be sure to post a video when it looks better. It'll still be awhile though.
Besides, I guess this'll help me get in touch with more blacksmiths all over the world, so what are a few negative comments going to do? :)
Thanks again :)
Anvilfolk 2 years ago
it doesn't matter what kind of workshop you have, i've got an hole in my garden and a small bellow. A shoemakers anvil (within a week a small one of 10KG) but it works just fine, but safety equipment is a mist, goggles if you prefere them but a pants is ussually quite handy.. And don't run up the fire that huge, you eventually get the temprature, this is just way to risky..
aerodragonis 3 years ago
The charcoal was horrible. I've since tried another batch of charcoal, from a denser wood and it worked ever so much better.
This was actually the only way we could get a decent temperature, like orange (not even yellow).
And we've also got a 30kg (55 pound?) piece of rail now :)
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
Well there's an old adage that says, "we learn more from our mistakes then we do from our successes."
Keep it up, it's worth learning and doing.
Conan568 4 years ago
Sure is :)
Speaking of which, I have a damascus letter-opener I made myself, while studying in England. It's fun to make, but the polishing is horrible. Takes ages :) I also need to find a good etching solution:)
Anvilfolk 4 years ago
Well, at least you are enthusiastic. What were you starting to make? Or were you just bangin around because it was driving you nuts having the equipment sitting there. Please do use safety equipment next time. NO SHORTS. LOL Post some more when your up and running and have fun!
shdwblde 4 years ago
Hi, I'm sorry I didn't spot your comment before!
Safety equipment is a must, I agree, but we only had one pair of goggles.
We were trying to make a fire-rake, we had to use a pair of tongs for that purpose in the meanwhile. Unfortunately, the damn thing burnt & broke.
It turns out charcoal needs a much deeper fire, and that was the only type of fuel I could find. Hopefully this August I'll have a re-enactment forge up&running, and will get some more videos.
Thank you for the support!:)
Anvilfolk 3 years ago
um i do not mean to be rude but it duos not look like you have a clue of what your doing no safety
saxonhaste 4 years ago
You're right about the safety. We just HAD to try it out though. It was my first ever possibility of forging after 2 years of not doing it at all.
After that experience we got a bigger trunk, fastened the little wee anvil on it with screws so it positively didn't move, got safety glasses, boots, jeans, the lot :)
We'll be working on making a more decent workshop in the future, of course, but like I said, we were too excited and only wanted to get going :)«
Anvilfolk 4 years ago