Blacksmithing - Forging a Hot cut Hardie / Hardy Tools
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- Опубліковано 29 вер 2014
- workingwithiron presents a Step By Step How To Forge A Cut Off Hardy No Step Skipped Forged To Finish, Please Enjoy!
Hand Forged & Filmed By n.b
Narrated By n.b
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I enjoyed being taken through the process and not having to listen to loud music. Thanks
Great work, esp doing it all by hand - no power hammer .
I really enjoy the running commentary as it’s very informative .
Thanks for sharing.
This is a very high quality instruction video, and you might have to pay for it if it wasn't on the internet.
It is refreshing to see this done without a power hammer or a striker/apprentice. We do historical demos as the main drive of our hobby, and can't really haul around a power hammer - and don't want to feed a striker, so... We don't have much use for a power hammer anyway - it wouldn't fit in at an American Colonial or Medieval event.
+Eberhart von Dornberg But what i would give for a power hammer or even someone to strike for me, Its not easy but it is doable no problem, just work it hot and it will move nicely.
+workingwithiron I just ask for a volunteer from the audience.
Eberhart von Dornberg I just thank God that he made me six foot three and two twenty pounds and can swing a three pound hammer all day. No point in having a power hammer and a gym subscription!gym? Who needs it!!!
Agreed. As I am looking to get into blacksmithing, I don't like seeing huge expensive machines, it is a little daunting. Seeing all hand tools used to make more tools is exactly what I need : ]
Eberhart von Dornberg acetylene
making one today from a truck spring. it's 92f out with 80% humidity and in going to stand in front of my forge. fun! just got to worry about mosquitos.
I really appreciate your commentary during the whole process. I’m brand new to blacksmithing and am absorbing as much education as I can get.
My son and I have taken a few months blacksmithing classes and just got our first anvil also, thank you for your video. We will be working on hardie tools and making tongs first.
Make some tongs and i will have a few new videos on hardy tools, a lot easier than this way so stay tuned! Have fun!
Well done sir, we'll done! Not just the tool but the entire video. No stupid music, good description and good instruction.
I just love your work the way you go through step by step is a pleasure I'm 71 now and still forge every day
This is the first of your videos for me to watch.
I enjoyed your instructive style.
Subscribed.
Regards Liz from Victoria, Australia.
great tutorial thanks - best hardy one I have seen.
Thank you. Really enjoyed watching the process and, nice narration.
I could watch this all day. I'd love to give it a try.
This was great and enjoyed watching you make this cut off tool.
Thanks for sharing your expertise! Very informative and helpful for the up and comer!
That was a fantastic job, a truly forged piece of work, very impressed!
Very good instruction. Thank You !!
Great job you really have talent with your hot iron and hammer I'm just teaching myself,,,,,, thanks for sharing
Scott
A good demonstration! Very clear & easy to understand.
Excellent video, thanks !
Mahal for the detailed hardy how to!
Great tutorial 👍🏻 thanks
Thanks the video. I'm just getting started in this craft and I wish I had done so decades ago! I'm using your video to make my first hardy cut off tool. Thanks again!
Turned out well. nice1 thanks for the lesson.
Great video, I'm getting in to forging and your videos are quite helpful and instructive.
Nice job m8 went to scrap yard yesterday and got a nice thick half shaft off a wagon getting into blacksmithing so need to make my own tools tongs n such ! Did a bit in my early days training to be a welder but it's nice to work with your hands ! One off things that the Chinese can't emulate on a machine , so yeah good stuff thanks for vid ant from Wales have subscribed
Thanks again,,, that was awesome,, keep up the good work, ,, i love your work
Great video
Nice work, many thanks..
Good to re watch your videos Nathan. I'm re aquanting myself with many great videos that I haven't had a chance to make the tools yet or that I'm particularly interested in. I know you have been busy with your life so take good care friend and keep your fingers out of the bite!
Skilled and courteous. Very good video.
71madbrad thanks for the kind words madbrad!!
just got my first anvil,yet to make a hardy tool,have to thank you for such valuable information!I can clearly see what experience brings to the table and again must say thanks!
That's Awesome!! I will be showing a different way to forge hardy tools soon so stay tuned if you need an easier way to make something to fit in the hardy hole.
A vid on those tongs would be nice
very informative. thank you very much.
Thanks for uploading, Great totorial and explanation
123kkambiz you are more than welcome my friend, thank you for watching
Returning to blacksmithing after a very long time away. Quickly saw that here in the states, these things were pretty stupid money ($50 and up), so I thought I'd make one, which is also fun. Great tutorial, greetings from the states!!
Nice. Great job.
RetroWeld Thank you
Great video. Good editing and narrating.
TacticalHardlinePro Thanks a lot for the feedback, I really appreciate it.
Amazing
That's great!
New sub from Dirty Shed Creations.
Being able to use your tools to make more tools is a very empowering skillset. That's a great looking hardie cut off!
Great vid, thanks for sharing.
Thanks for sharing.
Batur Baslar you are welcome
It's really cool to be able to make your own tools.
I love it Ninja, tools to make tools to make tools to make tools.... the list is endless, i absolutely love what we do!
one of the very best i have seen on all counts, excellent job, i look forward to trying it on my own! Cheers
MarineHomesteader Thank you! give it a go, let me know how you get on! Enjoy!
Excellent job, reminds me of my old days, I sort of miss it.
toroarts thank you. Did you used to forge?
Yes, I did. Used to have a wrought iron shop. in one corner I had the forge and a foundry.
Very nice, I'm going to try this with some pieces of square PTO shaft that I have.
Very nice hammer work. Thanks for making this video. My hardie is pretty much knackered so I think I will give this a go.
Thanks
Frank (Virginia,USA).
You are more than welcome Frank, Let me know how you got on,
All the best!
Very nice work keeping it pretty.
GaleAnders thank you! gotta love a pretty tool, great to practice pretty lol
Hope you don't mind, but I will be sharing your video with the guys of the armature black smith's guild of which I'm a member.
I really like the work you get out of a relatively light hammer.
Wondered whether it could be forged in my shop - thank you for the tutorial! I am going to try it!
Roy E Huckaby Have you had a go yet? if so, how did you get on?
very good
excelent video finnaly someone that knows how to instruct. god bless . keep up the good work. very informative
Raymond Harvey Thank you Raymond, its the first narration i have done just telling it how it is. thank you for watching!
Really great instructional video. Great commentary that allows beginners to understand why you are doing things in a certain way and what's trying to be achieved at the various stages. #subscribed. Thanks
Nigel Ross Thank you very much, will be more to come soon
thank you
Really liked the video! As m just getting started with blacksmithing myself, I learned a lot. You did a very neat job as well. I learned a lot from your comments and how you explained.A real joy to watch, keep up the great work.
stinger2509 Thank you. that is great news you are starting up! you will love it! thank you for your kind words
A classy job - both the work and the video! Thanks
Robert Seviour Thank you for the kind words
Thanks, good tutorial.
Thank You!
Well that was slicker than snot on a marble i have to forge one or two of these awesome tools that makes at lest 5 hardy hole tools i have to build i love it the more tools i forge the less i have to buy and i dont even own a anvil yet i used railroad rail as my anvil thank you from the other side of the pond
Steve Obee Awesome to hear. yeh definately get on them, they are fun to make, but if you only have one hardie hole then do maybe one a day, dont let that hole get too hot as it can damage the anvil.
Good luck man!!
Thanks alot
good vid
Surprisingly interesting. Informative commentary. All you need to be a TV show is some light background music. You make this look easy. I say this after attending a few blacksmithing classes. Thanks for showing this to the world. I would enjoy seeing more videos that show how to make tools from scrap, laying around. Regards, BAG2
beageek2 Cheers mate, I never used to make it look easy I can assure you haha it just takes a lot of practice and thousands of hours at the anvil but that's all, practice, something that you will find the more you do it yourself it gets easier everytime and one day it will just 'click' and you will be off.I would do more like that if I had that much scrap laying around, I used to have loads but just threw it in the scrap bin as im sorting the workshop out and wanted to use known steels that I can heat treat correctly without guesswork, its a lot cheaper in the long run but if I find something I know I can use I will definitely film it and upload. had a lot of years using scrap but I have to up my game to get to where I need to be.Cheers againNathan
beageek2 I agree with you on everything, except for one point. PLEASE no background music, for me it distracts hugely from the subject matter.
beageek2 + Background racket is for the addicted. Clean out what's left of your mind.
Nice tool.
Thank you!
Thank you
Whitespeed7 You are welcome
Hello, First I want to say I'm not a blacksmith (thinking about trying a few simple projects) and my comment doesn't pertain to blacksmithing specifically. I wanted to comment on the great quality of video (& audio) you are putting out. They are truly a cut above, the lighting, camera work, continuity, voice, all great!
Gary Peters Thank you for the gracious comment. Hopefully they get better with practice.
I'm 15 and trying to get better at foreging but I got a sledgehammer put in a hole of a log for a anvile it works pretty good I made 3 knives from steel rebar so far
Bien!!!....muy bien....
+Ce Merci!
Muy bueno!!
asturias581 Gracias
I thoroughly enjoy your site. You have taken some time off so I re-watching earlier videos.
Have you used that cutter that is made with a rounded cutting edge? And does one style have an advantage over the other?
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for the excellent video, could soft steel be used to make that?
I like it! :)
Fish lippin is a good phrase.
E eu achando q o cara ia fazer um martelo... Peelo amor viiu!!
Cool video:-)
realy very good worck im bigginer and i need it thanks
+othmane lahmini we are all beginners my friend, in this craft. Good luck!!
wow nice video man :D
Jaba5567 Thank you!
Super
Great demo,I was a little worried when I saw you hitting the work with a sledge hammer into the hardy hole but then I realized that because you had already started to forged the shoulders all the force is on the anvil face,I had heard of some anvils breaking at this point.Also I like you hammer in this video you just proved what a 1 3/4lb can do
Thank You Stephen, as long as i keep the shoulder part hot it shouldnt do any damage if i let it cool and carry on hitting it i would be in a lot of trouble and would risk breaking my anvil for sure, i dont give it full beans with the sledge just for this reason, if i did, i would have to fight a bigger bulge on the sides so just bite size chunks sufficed enough.
It can do a lot of work if used properly and if i keep the steel is hot, my little whipper snapper she is.
All the best my friend
Nathan
thank you sir
25 more years and even this will be a lost art.
Thanks for the clip.
Gert
Blake Werner Thank you!!
Gert Jensen It will always be here but it is getting killed ever so slowly by misinformation on the craft, which is sad but im doing my part to keep it alive.
Thanks for watching
beasting and i know what that is and have felt the pain the day after too lol good work lad
haha cheers!
очень хорошо
+Эльдар Гаджиев Ну, что здесь хорошего? Он замучил железяку! Я так и не понял - зачем он так долго, бесконечно долго ковал это ЗУБИЛО?
Fellow Bristolian here. Looking to get into blacksmithing as a hobby. As I have no experience and a fairly small amount of knowledge on the subject... When brining back those shoulders, could you quench the "cutting edge" of the tool? So as to not upset work you have already done? Sorry if I haven't explained myself very clearly : D
Thank you for this, so what do I do just go to the local wrecking yard and tell them I'm looking for a Ford Trans Axle? You make a great teacher.
No problem, thanks for watching!!
I used an axle from a ford transit, which is a type of van here in the uk. so i think most axles from vehicles would work or any other medium to high carbon steel would work, even hot rolled steel would to a certain extent, just the angle of the cutting edge would have to be a lot less steep to prevent bending over if hot rolled was used. use something slightly larger than the hardie hole is the rule, i have a small anvil so i could get away with 30mm bar, most big anvils you wouldnt be able to get away with that size. my rule of thumb is 6mm wider than the hardie before even starting. Hope this helps rob, good luck and have fun!!
All the best
Nathan
***** Thank you for your reply, yes that was a tremendous help.
Haven't tried it yet but it is my first project when I start up again! I try to watch all your tutorials you have an excellent format;-) the audio is squeaky at times! SALUTE!
Roy E Huckaby Get on it Roy! nothing beats forging your own tools! thank you, it really does mean a lot to me that you enjoy watching them, what do you mean when you say the audio is squeaky at times? Thanks again!
When the video is in fast-forward I think! Any way that is when I notice it!
Keep up the good work! THANK you!
I'm trying to start blacksmithing at my local museum, but I only get to go once every couple if weeks, so the learning is slow going. I'm trying to find some mechanics that will just give me an old axle or springs that I can use but no luck yet. If I get this made I'll try to record it and I'll post it here.
Sounds good!! Mild steel would work for this too, will need dressing more often but if your not using it often then maybe thats a route to follow in the meantime until you can find some better steel, or get some better stuff from a supplier so its easier to heat treat rather than guess work.
Learning is slow in this craft for sure, it will get quicker when it 'clicks' but not by much haha, so much to learn, im just a beginner myself and always will be, something satisfying in knowin that i will never learn everything even if i had many lifetimes.
Please do post it here, would be good to see how others are getting on with this project.
All the best!!
Well said! I have been smithing for almost 20 years, and stil consider myself a novice. That's part of why smithing is so popular...it is constant learning. Either from successes or mistakes of others, or your own experience. Mastering any craft is a fantasy...we are always students
With the gas forge , ive seen some smiths partially quenching the piece, effectively leaving the finished sections quenched but the working portion still at yellow heat, seems to be good to prevent mushrooming when setting the shoulder, or protecting the shank while drawing out the edge, hope it helps!
I do that too but not with this type of steel, mild steel or any other non hardenable steels i will quench but for tool steels that may shatter when quenched and struck, i would not risk it myself.
that is what i need thank you for this video, a cutoff tool is normaly very expensive when you buy it at the forging market but i don´t know how i get this big peace of metal and i have the same forge as you im very impressed that i see a video on youtoube over this forge you can look at my channel in the future im going to start make videos over this forge sorry for bad english im german xD
ForJam it was from an axle on a van, a truck or you could buy some from a steel supplier. as long as it is wider than the hardie hole or swage block then you should be fine. Good english, probably better than mine. i will check your videos out.
You are top! Love your hammering but hope these will get you a power hammer! The other thing is, you should charge more probably ...
Excellent video. What I wouldn't give to be able to make one like that. Overall, how much time would you say this took you? Thanks!
Fantastic video! I have watched it a dozen times trying to learn the steps. My anvil has a 1 inch hardie hole. I think the transaxle may be too small for me. What size piece do you think I should start with?
If you could get a 2 inch piece that would be ideal. I will show another way to make it easier for you though.
Good video, I need to make one of these to fit my current anvil! Were you in the UK's military? I swapped a pair of my camies for a pair like that when I was overseas, bringing back good memories =] I forge in a pair similar most days
Hi Kegan, Thanks a lot man! glad you enjoyed it, i wasnt in the military, i know someone who was that gave me the trousers when they came back for leave, best trousers i have ever worn, comfy, lightweight and dry super fast so the sweat isnt a problem.
Cheers dude!
Nathan
the power of youtube! great work with great explanation. what size is you anvil?
+ohioedwards Thank you very much, I actually have no idea of the size but i can lift it and it is a farriers size anvil, must be around 60kg or so.
thanks for the video
BleuWaterStones Thanks for watching, you are more than welcome
Of course, you could also forge yourself a treadle-operated power hammer! Be certain I would buy the full box set.
great video! What kind of oil did you use to harden it?
HANRAHAN Thank you.Used motor oil but any oil will work, from vegetable, nut oil, motor oil whatever you can get your hands on will do the job
keep on doing the narration thing you do it it awesome, but i'm missing you telling us about what kind of steel you use. awesome work :)
haackstuart Cheers Stuart, i shall do for the future now. its a lot easier for me to narrate than caption. on this one i used an axle from a van. a ford transit axle. i do say it in the beginning of the video.Thanks for watching!
Noticed the multicams :3
+Retarc Carter (Daemon Spectre) Multicams?
What steel did u use for this?
Nathan.., sorry if this question is a bit esoteric.
When you make your own tools like this, do you feel that their shapes and characteristics have a peculiar influence on decorative objects you make? Or what you might call your style as a blacksmith, astheticly? In other words, if you made a decorative object with your own blacksmithing tools and dies then tried to reproduce the same object with a set of unfamiliar tools, might the result be significantly different?
Thank you, Rich
Every piece is different.
Just Starting: hey, i'm pickin' a first tool ta make. Already have framer hammer, and long pliers. SO, 1. punch, 2. tongs, 3. hardy cutter, 54.hardy holdfast, 5. drift. A: How do you like the order of things?... and B: why can't I use a punch AS a drift? How're they different?
8:40 Why do you have so long handle on your hammer if you do not use the length to your advantage?
Good Point and great observation, i hold it at the point of balance and also if i used it at the end of the handle it would break as the shaft is shattered into 3 pieces at the moment and taped up to keep it together as i have not yet found a replacement shaft to put on it, something that i need to do asap. otherwise i usually grab it about 2 inches from the end, but being broken it flexes too much and breaks open the tape that holds it together.
Cheers
Nathan
Whats the chain for around your anvil?....Does it mute the ring?....great video by the way!!!
res1492 it dulls the high pitched ring, doesnt stop it but reduces the noise considerably. Thank you.
+workingwithiron use a magnet
+harry joe A magnet helps tons. I have an old speaker magnet on mine. :) (and a chain)
I was wondering if setting the shoulders in the anvil with it hot like that would hurt the anvil in some way? Or is the anvil is a big enough heat sink for it not to matter?
Thanks for another video regardless, have a good day.
Yes it would if i left for a long time, but i keep the time in the hardie hole to a minimum to keep the temperature down and as soon as its out i put a wet rag onto it to draw the heat out, not cold water, very warm water so its not a shock to the anvil, i would only put the tool back in to set the shoulders after it has cooled down enough to not cause damage, gotta treat it well as its my main tool. A swage block would be the chosen tool of choice for making these.
Thanks for the comment,
Cheers!
Nathan
You can isolate the heat by doing a partial quench in water.
Not on Tool Steel, Mild steel, yes.