Forging S - HOOKS - blacksmithing
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- Опубліковано 29 сер 2023
- Just a simple not narrated video forging a large batch of S hooks. There wasn't time to make the usual style video and I've shown S hooks many times before anyway. I hope you enjoy this more laid back style of video
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Seeing the production side of things is awesome.
Brings back memories, of spending days making "S" hooks and tent stakes.
I have to say, no matter how many times I see it being done, I am still amazed at how jus a simple twist makes hooks look so much better.
It's funny, I started watching solely your videos 5 years ago when I started out. S hooks were a lengthy process and I despised making them (new blacksmith, no solid technique) now here I am moved into a welding shop w other guys and full bore production forging. I now sneeze S hooks... still don't like making em!!! Thanks for making your videos eh! Not many teachers where I am from.
Working pretty quick. Nice batch of hooks. Done by lunch lol
Blessings Mr John
Crawford out 🙏🔥⚒️🧙🏼♂️
Hes a machine!
Thanks for the refresher John. It gave me a great idea too. I’m about to go out of town to see some family and friends. I think I’ll knock out some S hooks as thank you gifts for the people I’ll be staying with.
OK, that just gave me a good idea of the economics of smithing in your part of the world.
Cool.
Still always blown away by how many folks want hooks. We can't even keep up with demand on hooks and rune sets.
Curious. How much $ a hook?
Man, that's a nice anvil!
Be good all year and ask Santa Claus nicely ;
Great video.
Seeing production work is inspiring.
Btw i like both style of videos
Army
SE Oregon
Glad you like them!
I don't hear any narration when I work in my shop - so it seems natural. I enjoyed it John...
It currently takes me about 20 minutes to make an s-hook. I'm shocked how quickly you can bang them out!
Loving the 'ASMR' like video to change things up,.
That last little twist adds just enough class to make a person second guess how long you’ve actually spent on a hook. This is what long experience looks like, in making multiple similar pieces this fast, this cleanly.
You’ve convinced me sir, I’m making myself a bending jig, instead of taking another heat to tweak my bends over the horn of the anvil. I’m sure it saves a lot of time and fuel in the long run, as well as delivering a consistent product.
Overall, another excellent video sir.
John you inspire me to get out to my shop and make something…even in the Texas heat!🥵
Go for it!
AMSR. Nice.
Awesome brother! Very cool video to start my morning. Good day
Morning!
Awesome. Beautiful. Can't wait to see more updates an projects and many more videos soon John. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Fab On weld On. Keep Forge lit. Keep Making. God bless.
Thank you John for another outstanding video! I've been advertising my students to watch you channel among others as homework for there heritage craft course. hope you don't mind?
That is awesome!
Fantastic video! It can be really satisfying to line up projects like this, but it can also really make me miss the 30 second break I normally get when the piece I'm working on comes back up to temp 😅
💪⚒️🔥 i swear, the level of efficiency you possess is artful. I strive to achieve such fluid motion at the anvil.
Well done! One thing I've learned the hard way in my coal forge is to forge the hooks on the same side before twisting them, otherwise the thin "rat tails" tend to burn off. If the hooks are on the same side I can just put the body of the hook in the fire and keep the fiddly bits safely cool, and then twist 6 times instead of four.
I could never do but 3 at a time in the fire. I remember those nights all alone in the shop. Come in all pumped ready to work all night when the temp was bearable… have one order for 100 S-hooks 8” w/ twist, 100 S-hooks 8” w/o twist, 50x each in 10”, 30x each in 12, 30x each in 14” for one reoccurring client… got my materials cut to size by the neighbor kid earlier in the day when he’d get off the bus. Got my coke bin full of coke I spent my early evening busting to size. Got plenty of kindling size wood to start up fires if I take a break or or get distracted or needed in the community for longer than the fire could keep going, got my jigs in the Vice or on table beside ready to swap as I go, sandwich in a ziplock, Gatorade in big jug, half gallon of vodka…. Start the fire and get after it… before I’m through 100 pieces I’d be feeling like this was very boring and I was lonely. Fight through it. Knock out 100 of the most time consuming pieces. Take a small break. Start drinking heavily to combat coal forge blues. Knock out the next 50 twisted ones, then 30, then 30 more. Realize production blacksmithing was not why I started blacksmithing and not what I enjoyed but it’s what paid the bills. Eat my sandwich and go home up the hill about 1/4 mile. My wife would be getting up to go to work herself and say, “well babe did you get done?” I would have to tell her “no, close, but I didn’t have it in me.” She would look disappointed because she was with a quitter and a drunk. But she would be encouraging ever-still. I would take a short nap or sometimes just a shower to refresh my mood, then rush back down to the shop and chime the rest out before UPS opened. Or be blackening then by then at least. Which btw, you can definitely blacken items out of an oven and I suggest that if you have the space and do production work, go pickup everyone’s throw away ovens from market place. Wire them up however you can, you don’t have to use a plug and outlet spending that extra $50, just 14-2 from the breaker over to the back is fine for this. Bake for 10-15 minutes at 500*F and hit them with the paste wax. Can do a lot like that with 3 free ovens wire up.
Anyhow I am much happier and financially sound in Comcast management 😂. I miss making stuff though.
Way cool, thank you!
Great video as always John! PS. Have you ever considered doing some sort of Q&A type of video? Maybe even a "live" video? I think those things could be very informative and viewers would like it. Either way, just my thoughts. Best regards John
11-23-23
Happy holidays to all, I enjoy watching your channel lots of information.
May our God bless you.
Happy holidays!
Finally, got a day below 100. I can get back out to the forge, now if I could only remember what I was doing back in June...... 🤔
Love to see this type of video as well John, Good stuff!
I too appreciate seeing the mechanisms of a production run...I've thought about trying something like this, and seeing how you work through this kind of thing is interesting.
Amazing
Practice makes perfect... and also fun..😎👍
Good video. thx.
Great wo0rk John, hope your hand is feeling better
Thank you Sir for showing the size of pipe you used for your bending jig. I notice that all of the hooks had the little curl to the outside of the hook. The old guy that taught me would say if it is for clothing or something delicate put the curl outward. If it is for the loops on pots/pan handles, tools, etc put the curl inward. Just wondering what your thoughts are on this? Thanks again.
Thanks for sharing with us John, you make it look so easy . Learning your techniques makes this project so much easier by following your channel. Thanks so much. Stay safe and keep up the great videos. Fred.
Great lesson in making efficient use of each heat. Thank you.
Amazing work and video as always
An absolutely amazing video as always, John!!
Nice work! your experience definitely shows. Between the way you do production heating to how consistent the end curls are.
awesome! this style of video is great!
Good job!
Such a great video. You have done a fantastic work. 😁😁
Thanks!
The new forge and anvil looks to be working out. So... I'm watching how you make your scrolls on these hooks. When I do mine I tend to get stuck on the tapper and scroll trying to make them perfect. Yours turned out fine, so I'm wondering what I'm doing wrong or if I'm over thinking things.
Lot of irons in forge= more money less fuel expence. ;-)
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5 minutes per hook or were the first slow and the last quick?I did notice you seamed more sure toward the end.
Generally I do about 2 dozen per hour
YAY IM FIRST !!!!
Darn you, haha
Good job!
I have a question old school welder new to blacksmithing i want to try coal forging can i reuse the unburnt coal in a forge about how much do i use for forging say punch chisel sum hooks i have most of the tools ive watched your videos and copying sum of your skills and techniques thank you
Around here, 1/4" square is $1.21/ft and 1/4" round is $0.23/ft. Quarter square only comes in cold rolled.
Pretty much the same here. I charge $12 per hook, so the actual material cost is still minimal.
How do you clean the forge scale off them in bulk John? I like making things like this but it takes me longer with a wire wheel to clean them up than it usually does to make them. I've considered making a tumbler but they're pretty big and loud for a small shop.
I don't generally worry about on these. They’re mostly used over the campfire and are pretty grubby looking after the first use.
i have a question. what is your thoughts on using coffee for acid
Are these used to hold your backpack on a branch while camping?
Cooking over the campfire mostly
Nice thing about these things is you can use them for just about anything.
Some days, its just regular work.
What is the diameter of the bending pipe? Awesome job John! You make it look so easy!
About 1"
@@BlackBearForge thanks John!!!
how many irons did you keep in the fire when you were doing this level of production work with your coal forge. I've had to limit how much I keep in my coal forge at once to keep from burning the pieces up.
Using a gas forge I usually do three
Great video! How much do those sell for?
$12 each
@@BlackBearForge TY
What size is the "pipe" part of your jig? Looks to be about 1 1/4" or so, but just wondering. It looks to be a good size in the finished hooks.
He said 3/4 inch black pipe
I agree, it certainly looks larger than 3/4" to me unless John meant bending radius, or inner diameter.
@@bigoldgrizzly 3/4 inch pipe is a little larger than 1 inch OD. Perfect for S hooks
Its 3/4 pipe. Thats pipe size not diameter. As Glenn says, its a bit over 1” OD
@BlackBearForge thanks for that John
As someone who is interested in blacksmithing, I was curious if these S hooks are purely for practice or if you sell these hooks as decorative or for some other purpose. Great videos by the way!
I sell quite a few S hooks every year. Mostly they go with camp fire cooking sets to hold pots.
@@BlackBearForge thanks!
are those bent on the flat side or the diamond?, the points looked like on the diamond, and the hook on the flat?? nice little s-hooks
On the flat
thanks
@@BlackBearForge
How is the new leg vise working out?
Its been a good solid tool so far
What size material are you using?
1/4" square
@@BlackBearForge that’s what it looked like to me, but I thought I’d ask
I see you've done this once or twice before 😂
and now what is the target price you want to get?
I charge $12 each
Where the heck do you find 1/4 square bar?
My local steel supplier can special order 1/4 in cold rolled.
@@BlackBearForge all of my suppliers stop at 3/8… is my only option the Home Depot?
Looks like you’ve done that before …
:-)
Once or twice