Simple forged Cross

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  • Опубліковано 24 бер 2013
  • A requested video, as usual, on Friday when the message came through I had no idea how to forge a cross! I would have plasma cut one! So, after a cruise of the net I came up with this very simple method. #GaryHuston #Blacksmithing #Farrier #ASMR #Horseshoeing #Fabrication #Ironwork #Hoofcare #welder #repairs #horse #farriery #engineering
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  • @mcmillenjamie
    @mcmillenjamie 11 років тому

    Thanks for posting that, Gary. It gives me a few ideas to work on as a memorial for my mother who passed away in Feb. That's a nice little "gift" for her grave.

  • @animalisticvalues
    @animalisticvalues 10 років тому +1

    I seen this made from some 3" square in a video. Took a 6 man striking team and 60# of coal. Weighed about 60#. But they passed with there cuts and it had a diamond shape hole in the center. For texture they just peined all ends of the cross. I like how simple your cross is. Like a lot of your videos, the sky is the limit!!! Great job Gary, I love your vieos.

  • @SPQRLegionVIII
    @SPQRLegionVIII 11 років тому

    Great video. The way it is cut first and then folded in a way into shape reminds me of origami. Thanks for the video Gary!!!

  • @jamesmoody5961
    @jamesmoody5961 8 років тому +3

    Thats cool. Now I learned a new thing to try on my forge. Thanks.

  • @hawkes83
    @hawkes83 9 років тому +1

    A nice video. I was taught a nice little tweak which is to heat it up but not to color and take a brass wire brush the ends of the arms. The brass color transfers to the metal for a nice addition to the cross.

  • @steelpennyforge5152
    @steelpennyforge5152 7 років тому

    This project was really cool! It inspired me to try it myself. I have to say I am pretty happy with the results=) Thanks for posting it!

  • @KtFuhrhalterei
    @KtFuhrhalterei 10 років тому +1

    THANK YOU Gary
    I watched your video and then have a cross made ​​from round stock. the three sites I turned, and made ​​the ends flat. I made the cross for my cat she died. Please excuse my bad englich and I thanks for the inspirations.
    LG Manuel

  • @jarrick81
    @jarrick81 11 років тому

    I love your videos! Thanks for doing them.

  • @Wanderer_of_Sol
    @Wanderer_of_Sol 10 років тому

    I learned how to make a cross like this a year ago at a local county fair. It's such a simple idea but it's pretty nice.

  • @gman77gas
    @gman77gas 11 років тому

    very nice easy project! Thanks!

  • @madwilliamflint
    @madwilliamflint 9 років тому

    That's really great! Hopefully I'll be set up enough to make a few of this for Christmas this year. Love it.

  • @windsorforge5922
    @windsorforge5922 8 років тому

    Nice. video very nice..I will try one of these tomorrow... your very talented

  • @brendanbowie3286
    @brendanbowie3286 9 років тому

    Very cool very helpful !!

  • @tronclay
    @tronclay 9 років тому +2

    Thanks for all the great videos man, i subscribed.

  • @bobbergman9467
    @bobbergman9467 9 років тому

    Gary, I appreciate all you have contributed. Thanks a lot, Bob Bergman, Postville Blacksmith Shop

    • @garyhuston
      @garyhuston  9 років тому +1

      No problem Bob, I can't believe how many people who have their own blacksmith shop are actually getting anything from my videos!

    • @buckzillakiller
      @buckzillakiller 7 років тому

      Many of us that have a blacksmith shop are not real blacksmith but are learning from videos like yours. Thank you for sharing and making videos. I'm learning how not to burn myself my fingerprints are coming back

  • @fnbanshee
    @fnbanshee 11 років тому

    The hole in the middle looks better to me. The joint where it all unfolds get a nice twist in it.

  • @cigarcaptain
    @cigarcaptain 11 років тому

    it has a great look

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    That one is a Thomas although there are lots of different makes out there. The Italian ones ore good MACC for example. I got mine cheap from a machinery auction but there are lots of new and secondhand available from any good machinery dealer. Google your local one and ask for a stock list. They can be had for as little as a couple of hundred pounds upto a thousand or more..

  • @tomcarlson3244
    @tomcarlson3244 4 роки тому

    I just wanted to see how to make a Fredrick s cross. I think I will make one like this also.

    • @garyhuston
      @garyhuston  4 роки тому

      The process is exactly the same but you just cut further down on the initial cuts which gives you the hole in the middle.

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    No, it's just for demonstration so you can make your own!

  • @latsezargree7686
    @latsezargree7686 10 років тому

    finaly i found the cross iwanted.
    Σε ευχαριστω.

  • @kbbacon
    @kbbacon 11 років тому

    Looks good, to me!

  • @codylynch1159
    @codylynch1159 11 років тому

    red hot iron works
    look under forgeing a cross
    This is a friend of mines site, he does it a little different.
    nice piece

  • @mortarsquad12
    @mortarsquad12 10 років тому

    I have seen this video in a dream 0_o

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    No, as I have no idea how to make one!

  • @mattbehnke779
    @mattbehnke779 8 років тому

    What you said around 3 minutes, if you cut all hen ay to the other line you get a hole in the middle. If you do that then you can get a Fredericks cross which can look pretty cool. It all depends on taste I guess though.

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    Sure, they might come in handy some day. You can mail them to me at horse.shoeing@sky.com

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    1 1/2lb and it's just an ordinary ball pein hammer available from any DIY store.

  • @Efrendo
    @Efrendo 11 років тому

    Can you make a video on how to make simple boot spurs?

  • @LazyYes
    @LazyYes 7 років тому

    Hmmm, this gives me an idea how to put a guard on a knife :O

  • @mar56cin
    @mar56cin 10 років тому +1

    ADIDAS! ;D

  • @herbyfeeeee
    @herbyfeeeee 10 років тому

    THANK YOU! Have been trying to figure this out for ages!!!

  • @Gx2aug
    @Gx2aug 11 років тому

    Gary how heavy is your 'english hammer' and where i can gry one ? :) nice and simple method btw.

  • @GaleAnders
    @GaleAnders 11 років тому

    Hi, Gary.
    Nice vid. I'm not into crosses either, but could be tempted to try my hand on a Thor's Hammer. I can see how you could have easily cut off a little more while doing the hot cut and ended up with a nice hammer. But I just don't like throwing away material.
    Have you got a better idea on how to make a Thor's hammer?
    /GA

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    No, sorry, i can't find any information on them!

  • @gilotine76
    @gilotine76 11 років тому

    I have the measurements for the Fredericks Crosses if you would like them...haves the hole in the middles.

  • @lizardkidd801
    @lizardkidd801 9 років тому

    Could you make a video on smithing a dragonfly

  • @marcelonetto9235
    @marcelonetto9235 9 років тому

    Super-legal

  • @garyhuston
    @garyhuston  11 років тому

    No not really, you could just do a tenon on a piece of bar and punch a hole in another and rivet them together! But how much material are you going to waste just cutting a cross down, next to nothing!

  • @N41haul
    @N41haul 10 років тому

    I need 500 each... tomorrow!

  • @micke1906
    @micke1906 11 років тому

    Thanks for all videos! Could you please show how to make a Jew's harp?

  • @bloodstaindsilk
    @bloodstaindsilk 10 років тому

    The correct name for this is a Fredericks cross.

    • @garyhuston
      @garyhuston  10 років тому

      Why?

    • @bloodstaindsilk
      @bloodstaindsilk 10 років тому

      garyhuston
      Not entirely sure but I think it has to do with Frederick William III and the cross he awarded in the military in the 1800's, not the forging of it but the common name. The old German man who taught me how to make them when I was 12 called them this and so does many on the internet if you google fredericks cross (and hopefully don't get the lingerie store fredericks LOL!) However traditionally it is supposed to have the diamond in the middle but looks good either way. A neat project to keep people wondering and to use up some scrap bar stock.

    • @garyhuston
      @garyhuston  10 років тому

      sydney K
      Thanks, I did google it but just kept getting examples of the cross but no explanation of why it was called so.

    • @Animuldok
      @Animuldok 9 років тому +1

      garyhuston www.etymonline.com/index.php?term=Iron+Cross
      if you ever want to try to get more information about the origins of a word, name, or phrase; type the word etymology after what you are looking up. It will weed out most of the crap that comes up when you google a word.

  • @italoscy
    @italoscy 11 років тому

    write jew harp in google and there is a jew harp guild explaining the history! It is also called a jaw harp and if you search it like this select image search in google and you will see a ton of images about it!