very nice, I have a small pair I made when I first started, under my mentors instruction but I really do need to make a large set like this.... its been 40+ years since I made those small ones lol
Years ago I attended a seminar/class on how to forge dividers. Peter Ross was the instructor. Funny enough, while Peter was attempting a forge weld of two separate pieces on the anvil, one of them dropped on to the floor. He calmly picked up the piece and proceeded with the weld and they stuck, LOL. I thought for sure he would reheat first. You did an excellent job on this divider!! I wanted to mention that I'm waiting for dimensional information from the Met Museum in New York for a 16th century triangular pad lock that I plan to recreate. My plan is not only to make the lock but use only tools available at the time. This will include making the tools such as files. I will make the files from iron then surface harden them using known techniques of the time period. Your pad lock series will be instrumental in the building process for the internals!!
Very nice work there. Hopefully you will get great use out of them for many years to come. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God bless.
Looking back at this video and the firm joint dividers you made and seeing you perform the forge weld I was quite confused as to why you wouldn't want to just forge a pair entirely from coil spring or something like that. When I made my firm joint dividers based on your instruction I used coil spring as the material to make them from and it felt like it was taking forever to actually make them. I've worked with carbon steels before, I make a lot of stuff from it, but when I was making these dividers it just really felt like I was working with unyielding material, especially since it cooled down a lot faster because of how thin it was.
The very tips of the legs are the only part that needs to be heat treated. It never occurred to me to forge the whole thing from spring steel just for that. Also you are right about carbon steels being much harder to move than mild steel ( even when hot). That would add a lot of time and effort to the project for no reason.
@@df-intheshop330 It just felt more and more burdensome the the thinner it got, because the anvil was sucking out a lot of heat. In total it took me a couple of hours to make.
Always a treat to hear from you. Your neighbor from the South Shore of Nova Scotia.
Your voice overs are awesome explanations of the processes. Thanks
I've learned a lot. Thanks for making this video!
Mark
Very interesting project Dennis. Good video
THANK YOU ,LOOK VERY NICE.
very nice, I have a small pair I made when I first started, under my mentors instruction but I really do need to make a large set like this.... its been 40+ years since I made those small ones lol
Nice work, thanks for sharing
Thanks Denis. You've inspired me to try this project.
Thanks for the video, these could definitely be a future project!
Very cool process!
Years ago I attended a seminar/class on how to forge dividers. Peter Ross was the instructor. Funny enough, while Peter was attempting a forge weld of two separate pieces on the anvil, one of them dropped on to the floor. He calmly picked up the piece and proceeded with the weld and they stuck, LOL. I thought for sure he would reheat first. You did an excellent job on this divider!!
I wanted to mention that I'm waiting for dimensional information from the Met Museum in New York for a 16th century triangular pad lock that I plan to recreate. My plan is not only to make the lock but use only tools available at the time. This will include making the tools such as files. I will make the files from iron then surface harden them using known techniques of the time period. Your pad lock series will be instrumental in the building process for the internals!!
When I started out, Peter Ross would be on The Woodwrights Shop a couple of times a year. I always looked forward tom those episodes.
Very nice work there. Hopefully you will get great use out of them for many years to come. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work. Forge On. Fab On. Weld On. Keep making. God bless.
A fascinating build and project.
Really impressive work from scratch to finish.
Great project!
amazing job. another goal for me to meet.
I've already made a pair of those firm joint dividers you've made before. I love seeing dividers being made. Thank you!
Great stuff. Love seeing how others approach stock estimation.
Looking back at this video and the firm joint dividers you made and seeing you perform the forge weld I was quite confused as to why you wouldn't want to just forge a pair entirely from coil spring or something like that. When I made my firm joint dividers based on your instruction I used coil spring as the material to make them from and it felt like it was taking forever to actually make them. I've worked with carbon steels before, I make a lot of stuff from it, but when I was making these dividers it just really felt like I was working with unyielding material, especially since it cooled down a lot faster because of how thin it was.
The very tips of the legs are the only part that needs to be heat treated. It never occurred to me to forge the whole thing from spring steel just for that. Also you are right about carbon steels being much harder to move than mild steel ( even when hot). That would add a lot of time and effort to the project for no reason.
@@df-intheshop330 It just felt more and more burdensome the the thinner it got, because the anvil was sucking out a lot of heat. In total it took me a couple of hours to make.
Incredible work, Daniel. I hope to get to your skill level one day.
Ofcource you are very very good black Smith
Bhut you can't teach tempring