Holdfasts
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- Опубліковано 4 чер 2024
- After a long wait for affordable materials, its time to back to work making holdfasts. Hopefully I can keep these in stock through the upcoming holiday season.
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00:00 - Intro
01:25 - Preparing materials
03:18 - Forging
06:06 - Completed holdfasts
06:44 - Looking ahead
07:18 - T shirts
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Below you will find useful links that will help you in your journey as a blacksmith.
To find more information in blacksmithing in the US or to search for your local ABANA affiliate group visit.
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Blacksmithing tools and supplies
Self contained air hammers - www.saymakhammers.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.oleoacresfarriersupply.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.piehtoolco.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.centaurforge.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.blacksmithsdepot.com/
General blacksmithing supplies - www.blacksmithsupply.com/
Square head bolts and lags - www.blacksmithbolt.com/
New anvils - www.oldworldanvils.com/
New anvils - www.nimbaanvils.com/
New anvils -
Industrial supplier - www.mcmaster.com
Tong blanks and tools - kensironstore.com/
Fire brick and refractory - refwest.com
Blacksmithing and related activities can be hazardous. These videos are not a substitute for competent professional instruction. Your safety is your sole responsibility. Always use appropriate safety equipment including eye and ear protection when working in the shop. Follow manufactures safety guidelines for the use of all equipment. In the event something shown in one of these videos seems unsafe, it is up to you to make the appropriate changes to protect yourself.t yourself.
I just started forging, I have a small propane forge and a little anvil made by a railroad track. No one is teaching me how to do things except you! You are my point of reference! Greetings and many thanks from Italy!
Thanks for taking us along. Even without the instruction, i know it takes a lot just to film and edit.
I'm certain I speak for others when I say we appreciate your efforts.
Thanks for watching!
Not an instructional video, but you still manage to teach me something. Good video John...
You do what you gotta do John. I will be watching regardless. It is a pleasure to watch you work.
The two holdfasts you made for me nearly 4 years ago now have become some of my most used tools, I love them. I intend on buying more up (not obsessively, just a few sets) so I can have Black Bear Forge holdfasts for the lifetime of my workshop.
Great video! When I saw the amount of material you had delivered, I literally said "Whoa!" out loud. Also I haven't seen a bandsaw that operated like that before, only the ones that sort of "fall down" on the material, very cool! And I enjoy the variety in content, it's fun to go through tutorial videos, but it's also great to see a "day in the life" video of someone doing production work.
Very cool! A couple of those holdfasts might be the pair I just bought. They’re awesome! Couldn’t be happier with their look, their feel, and with how well they hold. Dug seeing you make them. Thanks, big guy!
Yours in that batch somewhere. Still working my way through the buckets though
This was a great insight into how to go about a production run! I have a huge order ahead of me and I think ill be taking some notes from this to help make sure that goes well. Thanks again for another lesson.
bought a few from you few years back ..... love them
Good to hear!
It's the time of year when the craftsmen are outsourced to Santa as elves. 😃
Thank you for sharing your process. 👏
Love your teaching Sir and thanks 😊
I've been meaning to make some of these for a long time and literally just watched a Roubo style holdfast being made at our fall blacksmith meeting by a member of UMBA (Upper Midwest Blacksmith Association) and I got to participate as striker for tapering the top...now I just need to get around to forging a few of my own.
what areas does this umba include I'm out of michgan and have been looking for a blacksmithing group to be a part of.
@@_Wander. they have a Facebook page where most announcements are made. Unfortunately our webmaster bailed and we haven't been able to find a replacement so the website is lacking.
Excellent work 👍👍👍 . Thanks for sharing
Thanks for all the brilliant content . As a hobby smith and new blade smith I've learnt so much.
Thanks for the video
I made a holdfast yesterday following your method in one of your older videos, and it works great! thanks for the tips on holdfasts, it helped a lot.
Straight forward presentation.
Like a warm coco on a Winter's day.
I appreciate the time you take out of your day to make videos John . Cheers. :)
Dear Sir, I recently discovered your channel and I am making my way through your videos. Thank you for giving us a great tutorial on blacksmithing. Have I ever used an adze. We used to use an adze to shape railroad ties for switch movements and other railroad signaling equipment, many, many, moons ago. I had an uncle who was a FF for a major city, he used to crack open safes in his spare time, legally that is. Take care and stay healthy.
I love holdfasts. They are superb for carving/chiseling and sawing work where you would need to hold or remove the work often. They are moderately stable, less than f clamps but good enough for most work.
Wow, a bundle of steel! but then all those little pieces do add up. Thanks John.
Very nice video John. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend John. Forge on. Keep making. God bless.
Talk or not. I always enjoy watching you work in your shop. Nicely organised tools at background. 👍👍🔥🔥🔥
Thanks 👍
Thanks John, hope you have a productive Holiday Season!
Same to you
Nice production work John. Hope you overshoot your target! 👍 😃
Gads, I haven't seen a needle impact scaler since I was in the Navy. Wow, that brings me back
im really impressed with the editing! damn good qualty c: good to see ya movnig metal John! Well, I'm about to go work on an anvil stand now. Hope you all have a great day.
Great video John, I really enjoy this format and seeing how you manage to streamline functions and use of equipment for the production run
Glad you enjoyed it
Nice video. Thanks! 🖖
Hey John. Is that 1/2” material? Looks a bit thicker maybe. Anyway I’d like to take a shot at making one of these for my own use at the anvil. Would you mind sharing what length you cut them to before forging? Your videos got me started smithing…thanks for everything you post!
Simple, effective, and handy. I may need an axe soon.
I've tried to make a few using your inspiration Sir for myself and a good friend and he said it's a great tool and working great and helpful in his shop.
Thanks for the inspiration Mr.John Switzer
Fantastic!
Great video John, really appreciate you sharing your time and videos. Excellent entertainment. Fred 🙏🏻🙏🏻👍🏻👍🏻✋🏻✋🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Man, I'm going to have to add myself to that demand.
Cool Dude, both you and the holdfasts! TFS, GB :)
New workbench. No holdfasts. Now I've got a project.
Ohhh buddy, you would be on the next level if you get some bone meal and coal dust and charcoal dust to do a color case hardening of simple parts like these holdfasts. Because it's becoming a lost art and I think It would truly benefit some of your work to give It a unique look that works for hand forged "stuff" . I like this channel alot...I apologize for blabbing ideas. That happens when I see compitent work,I start thinking about it alot and offer ideas Incase they have not been considered .
Just seeing the T-shirts at the end there John made me think "Do you actually get Black Bears near where you live and have you/do you see them?". (I'm in UK btw, hence why I don't know).
Yes we do. They get most of the apples from our apple tree every year. Other than that, they really aren't a problem, for the most part, ua-cam.com/users/shorts7-Gv4yhtMqs
Great video as always but I don't recognize that finger thing you were running over the rod before shaping the leaf finial.
Thats a needle scaler. I use it to add texture to improve the hold.
Nice John,clever idea to use needle gun to remove scale and also provides just a little texture to assist in griping the bench , they are mild steel.?
Mild steel is correct and the texture is the main thing I'm after with the needle gun.
I've always wanted to try my hand at blacksmithing and your videos have inspired me to do it. I've recently got my hands on some basic equipment to get started and am having a blast with it so far. I would like to turn it into a small business for myself eventually and was wondering where you got your custom dab mark from.
Henry Evers. I think they have a web site
@@BlackBearForge Indeed they do. Thank you very much.
love it (ps i am actually a blacksmith...) but i have to say you make so many you tube blacksmiths look like posers lol
Hi John, love your videos as always. How much taper (if any) do you add to the arm of the holdfast? I know that one of the biggest complaints about the Gramercy holdfasts is that the lack of taper makes them really appreciate difficult to set. Yours seem to set easily.
Not much. Just enough to square the transition to the leaf, which makes the leaf stand out a bit more.
Hello John
Like to see you Well and in Action
I hope you have a good time
All best wishes to you and your wife
Take care yours Frank Galetzka
Hi there from England,do you post T shirts to England,is shipping silly money.thanks.great tutorials,I'm learning and forging,from your films.i think forging is in me blood.
what is the gun with 50 nails for?
What steel do you use for your holdfasts? Is it of an air-hardening variety?
I use cold roll 1/16" under the desired hole diameter. So its probably 1018. Regular hot roll mild steel would be just fine, but it doesn't come in the exact size I want.
Shorter is good. My attention span ain't what it used to be
Does the texture help with holding or is it just decorative?
Yes, it helps with the hold, or at least thats my theory
Where did you get the needle gun? I haven't seen one of those since i was in the service and i got out in '79.
Probably from McMaster Carr. But any tool supplier dealing with industrial tools should have them.
Is Putting the texture with the needle scaler just for looks, or does it help the hold fast grip in the bench better?
My theory is that it helps with the hold.
It does help. Smooth surface doesn't grip the dog holes as much. Some carpenter just recomend that people use a file to texture some cheap holdfast to improve their grip.
Very cool Mr John. Quick question, how much of a difference in stock to hole size? ie... ¾inch hole to ? stock? Another great video by the way, thanks for sharing! 👍⚒🔥
I start with 11/16" for a 3/4" hole
@@BlackBearForge oh okay, so around a 16 th under. Thank you. 👍
A plywood backstop would be good to catch the sparks from the cut wheel. I’d hate to see your place burn.
Клас видео! дай бог вам, и вашим близким здоровья.
четыреста третьим буду) а там градус 45 примерно или наобум лепить, примерно?
What grade of steal are you using and how long are you making them, I'm planning on making one or to for my grandpa who does woodworking projects
I start with 11/16 cold roll (mild steel) cut 20". The reach is about 6"+ with around 9" in the bench. That allows for 5" of height adjustment in a 4" bench.
@@BlackBearForge thank you sir
what's the angle on neck of hod fast? also appx' overall length.
I start with 20" of material and aim for a little over 6" from the shank to where it contacts the work. No idea what the angle is.
May I ask what metal supplier you use? Also, what shipper do you mail your products out through? Thanks for the great video!
I buy from a local supplier, Mid West Fabrication and Steel. Every major city should have at least one steel supplier. I ship USPS for most things under about 10 pounds and anything that fits in a flat rate box. Heavier items I use UPS.
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Any steel suppliers around Denver that you would recommend? My old go to scrapyard getting ridiculous.
Its been 20 years since I bought in Denver, there were quite a few good suppliers. I used Atlas a lot, they have changed their name and don't remember the new name. They are near I-25 and Colfax. Another was DenCol, somewhere near the stock show complex.
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Thank you for taking the time to answer my questions John. have a great day. No need to reply, AGAIN ;)
Not sure what the needel scaler does ?
It adds texture to improve the hold in a workbench
Hi-how match does it Coast ?
The leaf ones are $65. They are listed on the Black Bear Forge Etsy shop
John, how do you get to your Etsy shop..?
There is a link in the video description
Thanks John, I'll look again..😄
Your really turning them out. James Wright, on youtube as Wood by Wright, has recommended your holdfasts a few times.
@ 3:40 can anyone tell me the name of that tool and what exactly its doing?
Thats a needle scaler. I use it for adding some texture to improve the holding. ua-cam.com/video/m5oI7FY2c9s/v-deo.html
@@BlackBearForge Thank you!
Hello
Mild steel?
Yes it is
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