Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
My wife almost fell off the sofa when she heard ‘Rivelin Valley’. It’s a few minutes away from us and a fine spot for a dog walk. Reading other comments, it’s amazing how many other folk are from Sheffield! I thought I was the only subscriber from this small ex-industrial backwater 😮
Mousehole forge in the UK was in operation from 1633 until 1933 and is a listed ancient monument! The Iron gates are still there, as are the remnants of wheel and forge buildings!
@John Thomas I am going to subscribe to your account. I hope you will take even the simplest of videos of the old place. I'd love to see it before it is lost to time.
Scott, your very fortunate to have your buddy Sy. I too had a senior mentor, Carl, that was salt of the earth and full of knowledge. He lived his whole life on the shore of Puget Sound and like you guys we had common interests. He’s been gone for about ten years and I miss him. Watching you and Sy reminds me of my relationship with my friend. Enjoy him a Scott, soak up as much of him as you can and spend time with him. You won’t regret it. John
This channel is a recent discovery for me. So I've been playing catchup. It's been an absolute delight and makes me regret somewhat a career spent in an office. I suppose 70 is not too late to branch out in carpentry. But what a decent and thoughtful guide you are, Scott. My most heartfelt thanks for the many hours spent building with you!
Dear Scott. After visiting your youtube channel. I found an anvil. Well after learning about anvils I found out the one I purchased had a delaminated face. I was able to repair it and it works perfect now. It was great to se Cy explain the reason and the why an anvil needs rebound. You keep up the good work and keep the black smithing videos coming.
Hope you don’t take offense to this but that man is why I watch you. One of the most interesting persons I have had the pleasure of watching and learning from. Men like him aren’t made anymore unfortunately. I have always loved listening to my grandfather and his friends so it comes naturally to me that I like cry so much. Thanks for sharing 👍
Richard Postman has a book called "Mousehole Forge" that records all the minutia about that area and the anvils that came out of that foundry. As it happens, I have one and it dates back nearly 200 years. Amazingly I got a signed copy of Richard's book, and it is marked 20/20. Which is cool because I ordered it in 2020 during the pandemic when I had time to research such things. Still one of my favorite items in my shop, that old anvil!
I'm glad you mentioned the safety of those who are unfamiliar with the shop or the working environment. With my son as he grew he worked with me and learned what he was old enough to be able to and to respect tools and the fact that if used not properly he could get hurt. As a teenager he started buying his own he had seen how my were marked and I made sure from the start he marked his. We have different skills we excel at and I encouraged him to pursue what he was good at.
Enjoy the channel, nice to see another mention of Moushole Forge just down the road from me. Not much of it left, I'm sure in the 'States it would be a fully fledged visitor experience! Best remembered by a pint in the nearby pub 'The Anvil' just 1 minute away. Keep up the good work!
After this video I need to join the next shop talk and show you the, what I think is a mouse hole anvil that used to be my grandfathers, that I repaired because it had a chunk missing out of its face
Richard Postman also wrote a book titled, "Mousehole Forge" (sorry, there is no underline function on comments to properly denote a book) which describes the history of the Mousehole Forge. I highly recommend it, even if one does not own a Mousehole Forge anvil. My son bought me a copy of "Anvils in America" and Mr. Postman included a copy of "Mousehole Forge", both autographed (wow!)
I was thrilled until you finished the welding with a lousy mig gun, haha. Just kidding, we are currently borrowing a mousehole anvil to introduce kids to blacksmithing. Nothing like handing a child an orange piece of steel and a hammer!
I would have at least stood that anvil up on its butt to do the welding it would have made it much easier than working upside down or fighting gravity on the tip.
If you can get past the first few minutes of the music on his UA-cam video, there is a guy who has a UA-cam channel of his own that is called " The other Finnish Guy" he's showing people how he fixes and anvil to have no more delamination. I would probably use the welding rod he's using on the Anvil but I would make sure that I would only weld stringers and let it cool off in between the weld stringers but do so across the whole surface of the Anvil. Then I would take the Anvil to a machine shop and have them machine the surface of the top of the Anvil down flat and then chamfer the edges of the anvil. Then bring the Anvil back to my shop if I had one and do the rest of the Heat Treating like he did in his video on his UA-cam channel. Anyways the title of the his video is " Anvil restoration & Fix- Straightening,welding, hardening- " it might be of interest to you so I thoughts I'd share my thoughts on what you mention about fixing your anvil. I hope that's a good bit of research to help you though your process as well. otherwise nice video you helping your friend out.
I'd say blacksmithing is a rather young craft. It's certainly younger than working with stone or wood or leather. I'm not sure about ceramics. I'm no expert on this but I guess gold was the first metal people used. Anyway, all crafts are beautiful and have been important. Wouldn't elevate one over another. Some people might have a wrong understanding of other crafts and what it takes to do it. Today the usefulness of most crafts disappeared at least partly. But I think there's a lot of value in amateur craftsmen who carry on those skills that are basically not needed and certainly hard to pay for today.
Have you seen the welding tips and tricks video "chipping hammer hard facing secret"? He uses broken drill bits as filler rod and a TIG welder. Ever since I saw that video I've wondered about touching up anvils that way.
My grandfather used to tell me years ago when I was a child, "you could break an anvil with a wooden hammer". That's probably common but I think of him watching these videos.
Knowing little to nothing about forging steel, when I saw "Mousehole Anvil" in the title I had visions of an anvil made to be hung over the entrance to an actual mouse-hole ready to be dropped on the mouse when it scurried out - watching Tom and Jerry cartoons as a kid surely has warped me ;)
You spend a lot of time telling people how to do things right but your use of the angle grinder is appalling to say the least, which is probably why your son almost lost his doo dads a few weeks back. What a really bad example of shop safety with your 1.2 mil subscribers. Flap disks aren't safe either. They will rip a chunk of skin right off your bones. Not a single one of those angle grinders has the side handle on it. Which is what's needed to maintain 2 points of contact. 2 points of contact is not the angle grinder body. 2 points of contact is angle grinder body and handle. I also don't see a single safety guard. Which is there for a reason. If you think your leather is enough to protect you from a fragmenting disk, then you're wrong. I very seldom see any of you youtubers practicing shop safety esp when it comes to angle grinders. What a lousy example being set for people who watch your videos and think you can do no wrong. And what a bad habit to pass on to those people who have never been in a shop but are starting up their own shop. Makes most of what you claim on your videos nothing but lies.
Awesome book that gives you step-by-step photos ua-cam.com/users/postUgkxTNB_zFBSnTo_O1PqfVUwgi7ityw0JlKt and directions to make every day project. I can see myself making a few of these projects and giving them as housewarming and holiday gifts!
Glad to see Mr Cy still getting around good
I know right I can’t remember his age but he’s a lot older than you think
I just came to the comments to comment I was glad to see him still blacksmithing
My wife almost fell off the sofa when she heard ‘Rivelin Valley’. It’s a few minutes away from us and a fine spot for a dog walk. Reading other comments, it’s amazing how many other folk are from Sheffield! I thought I was the only subscriber from this small ex-industrial backwater 😮
Mousehole forge in the UK was in operation from 1633 until 1933 and is a listed ancient monument!
The Iron gates are still there, as are the remnants of wheel and forge buildings!
@John Thomas I am going to subscribe to your account. I hope you will take even the simplest of videos of the old place. I'd love to see it before it is lost to time.
Scott, your very fortunate to have your buddy Sy. I too had a senior mentor, Carl, that was salt of the earth and full of knowledge. He lived his whole life on the shore of Puget Sound and like you guys we had common interests. He’s been gone for about ten years and I miss him. Watching you and Sy reminds me of my relationship with my friend. Enjoy him a Scott, soak up as much of him as you can and spend time with him. You won’t regret it.
John
"the humiliation may be complete" 🤣Love ya EC. I've learned a lot from you and appreciate you bearing your challenges with us.
This channel is a recent discovery for me. So I've been playing catchup. It's been an absolute delight and makes me regret somewhat a career spent in an office. I suppose 70 is not too late to branch out in carpentry. But what a decent and thoughtful guide you are, Scott. My most heartfelt thanks for the many hours spent building with you!
Man told me when I was learning to weld. You will either be a good welder or a really good grinder.
AvE taught me that "a grinder and paint makes me the welder I ain't!"
Incredible work Scott! There is nothing on this earth so fine as restoring glory to the things that time forgot.
I can never get enough of Mr. Swan. I live very near the lake he created that you used to introduce him. I think of him every time I am near it.
I live at Rivelin and never knew this story ! I will go down to the damns tomorrow and get some pictures 😁 greetings from Sheffield.
Always a pleasure to see Cye
Back to blacksmithing! All of the videos are good, but I've been waiting for blacksmithing to come back around!
Always great to visit with Cy
I’d watch cy 24-7 need more people like him love that guy
I love listening Cry , great fountain of knowledge!
Dear Scott. After visiting your youtube channel. I found an anvil. Well after learning about anvils I found out the one I purchased had a delaminated face. I was able to repair it and it works perfect now. It was great to se Cy explain the reason and the why an anvil needs rebound. You keep up the good work and keep the black smithing videos coming.
I really enjoy your interactions with Cy, reminds me of my Dad and grand fathers.
Cheers from Tokyo!
More welding videos please! Im just starting my self and i apreciate waching you work on your fun projects.
I ALWAYS love to see and hear from Mr. Cy! You did a great looking job on that behemoth anvil!
Good to have friends like this.
Well you know what they say, _A Grinder and Paint makes you the Welder you ain't._ 😂👍👍
Good to see Cy albeit brief
Hope you don’t take offense to this but that man is why I watch you. One of the most interesting persons I have had the pleasure of watching and learning from. Men like him aren’t made anymore unfortunately. I have always loved listening to my grandfather and his friends so it comes naturally to me that I like cry so much. Thanks for sharing 👍
I always appreciate a video from Cy’s shop. I am afraid if I attempted that repair I would make a real mess out of that anvil.
Excited for another video!
I’ve always enjoyed your videos, thanks for starting my day off smiling.
Richard Postman has a book called "Mousehole Forge" that records all the minutia about that area and the anvils that came out of that foundry. As it happens, I have one and it dates back nearly 200 years. Amazingly I got a signed copy of Richard's book, and it is marked 20/20. Which is cool because I ordered it in 2020 during the pandemic when I had time to research such things. Still one of my favorite items in my shop, that old anvil!
Nice work there young man
Great video.
I love when you have videos on anvils. I love the history.
I inherited an Peter Wright from my dad.
I'm glad you mentioned the safety of those who are unfamiliar with the shop or the working environment. With my son as he grew he worked with me and learned what he was old enough to be able to and to respect tools and the fact that if used not properly he could get hurt. As a teenager he started buying his own he had seen how my were marked and I made sure from the start he marked his. We have different skills we excel at and I encouraged him to pursue what he was good at.
Ok, I'm jealous!
This is with out dout your best video, so many thanks for sharing it with us. I love being nosey round someone else's workshop :)
Cy sure is an amazing man.
Nice repair! Love those mousehole anvils!
Enjoy the channel, nice to see another mention of Moushole Forge just down the road from me. Not much of it left, I'm sure in the 'States it would be a fully fledged visitor experience! Best remembered by a pint in the nearby pub 'The Anvil' just 1 minute away. Keep up the good work!
Love any video Cy is in!
I'm late today, but thanks for the awesome content and great video!!!
Thanks, your videos are always interesting.
Thank u .
After this video I need to join the next shop talk and show you the, what I think is a mouse hole anvil that used to be my grandfathers, that I repaired because it had a chunk missing out of its face
7:43 "A grinder and paint make a welder I ain't"
Where I live, common classifieds like marketplace, etc would be like 1,5 million
Nice work. ✌🇦🇺
Richard Postman also wrote a book titled, "Mousehole Forge" (sorry, there is no underline function on comments to properly denote a book) which describes the history of the Mousehole Forge. I highly recommend it, even if one does not own a Mousehole Forge anvil.
My son bought me a copy of "Anvils in America" and Mr. Postman included a copy of "Mousehole Forge", both autographed (wow!)
A thumb for the creative order in the workshop.
Organized chaos. I'll bet he can find anything you ask him to in 2 minutes flat, if he has it.
Maybe try some 42405 hard facing rods for that soft spot on top.
I have a 113 pound mouse hole anvil made in 1848. I love it and charish the opportunity to use it
Great video
I was thrilled until you finished the welding with a lousy mig gun, haha. Just kidding, we are currently borrowing a mousehole anvil to introduce kids to blacksmithing. Nothing like handing a child an orange piece of steel and a hammer!
Really enjoy the blacksmithing videos looking to get into it myself.
Very interesting video.
KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥💥
7:21 of course it matters, I may need one of them later.
Type 29 flap discs are fantastic though they are harder to find than Type 27.
Its been a couple months. Time for another video with Cy Swan!
A grinder and paint makes you the welder you ain't
Thank you for this work. Can you tell us what Cy carries in his right pockeys on his jeans?
I would have at least stood that anvil up on its butt to do the welding it would have made it much easier than working upside down or fighting gravity on the tip.
My Mousehole anvil has the exact same Delamination...
If you can get past the first few minutes of the music on his UA-cam video, there is a guy who has a UA-cam channel of his own that is called " The other Finnish Guy" he's showing people how he fixes and anvil to have no more delamination. I would probably use the welding rod he's using on the Anvil but I would make sure that I would only weld stringers and let it cool off in between the weld stringers but do so across the whole surface of the Anvil. Then I would take the Anvil to a machine shop and have them machine the surface of the top of the Anvil down flat and then chamfer the edges of the anvil. Then bring the Anvil back to my shop if I had one and do the rest of the Heat Treating like he did in his video on his UA-cam channel. Anyways the title of the his video is " Anvil restoration & Fix- Straightening,welding, hardening- " it might be of interest to you so I thoughts I'd share my thoughts on what you mention about fixing your anvil. I hope that's a good bit of research to help you though your process as well. otherwise nice video you helping your friend out.
I'd say blacksmithing is a rather young craft. It's certainly younger than working with stone or wood or leather. I'm not sure about ceramics. I'm no expert on this but I guess gold was the first metal people used. Anyway, all crafts are beautiful and have been important. Wouldn't elevate one over another. Some people might have a wrong understanding of other crafts and what it takes to do it. Today the usefulness of most crafts disappeared at least partly. But I think there's a lot of value in amateur craftsmen who carry on those skills that are basically not needed and certainly hard to pay for today.
They say prostitution is the oldest craft. I think copper was likely the first metal to be worked.
Could have sworn I seen a jib crane that would have helped put the anvil in a more comfortable position to weld and grind on.🤔🤔🤔
Have you seen the welding tips and tricks video "chipping hammer hard facing secret"? He uses broken drill bits as filler rod and a TIG welder. Ever since I saw that video I've wondered about touching up anvils that way.
Gird up.
Based....
My grandfather used to tell me years ago when I was a child, "you could break an anvil with a wooden hammer". That's probably common but I think of him watching these videos.
👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻
I get the feeling that if you're taller than 5 feet 6, and weigh more than 90 pounds, these moves are impossible.
Knowing little to nothing about forging steel, when I saw "Mousehole Anvil" in the title I had visions of an anvil made to be hung over the entrance to an actual mouse-hole ready to be dropped on the mouse when it scurried out - watching Tom and Jerry cartoons as a kid surely has warped me ;)
So I guess being called a real Mousehole isn't an insult.
I just want an anvil... it would be cool to own
I'm sure he's a master blacksmith but his shop set off my OCD😛
👍👊👍👌🏾
get that anvil in a big shaper or planer and cut the top off, weld a piece of tool steel back on , great success
You spend a lot of time telling people how to do things right but your use of the angle grinder is appalling to say the least, which is probably why your son almost lost his doo dads a few weeks back. What a really bad example of shop safety with your 1.2 mil subscribers. Flap disks aren't safe either. They will rip a chunk of skin right off your bones. Not a single one of those angle grinders has the side handle on it. Which is what's needed to maintain 2 points of contact. 2 points of contact is not the angle grinder body. 2 points of contact is angle grinder body and handle. I also don't see a single safety guard. Which is there for a reason. If you think your leather is enough to protect you from a fragmenting disk, then you're wrong. I very seldom see any of you youtubers practicing shop safety esp when it comes to angle grinders. What a lousy example being set for people who watch your videos and think you can do no wrong. And what a bad habit to pass on to those people who have never been in a shop but are starting up their own shop. Makes most of what you claim on your videos nothing but lies.