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  • Опубліковано 27 сер 2024
  • In this video follow along on a (more or less) typical work day in my blacksmiths shop! On a typical day I will forge several different projects, sometimes experimenting, and sometimes doing a production run of many of the same item.
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 44

  • @brunocavaledo
    @brunocavaledo Місяць тому +4

    Hi Cori, you have a nice shop and a good hammer control! You are very talented! I'm also a blacksmith here in Brazil. Thanks for sharing.
    Bruno.

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому +3

      Hi Bruno, thank you! I've worked hard on my hammer control. Thanks for watching :)

  • @thomassager6396
    @thomassager6396 Місяць тому +4

    you're a very talented smith!! love watching you

  • @Anvilbanger
    @Anvilbanger Місяць тому +3

    Yeah, I'm disinclined to want to work at the forge today. Currently 101 f with a forecast high today of 114 f. You do great work! HAPPY HAMMERIN'!

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Smart man. Happy hammering!! 🔨 🔥

  • @MrRespecTech
    @MrRespecTech Місяць тому +3

    Great job! I love to watch your technique.

  • @GectorWhitlox
    @GectorWhitlox Місяць тому +2

    Nice video! Also really excited to see the power hammer at work! 😁

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Thanks! (I made it myself) Im excited too 😁

  • @TheDistur
    @TheDistur Місяць тому +3

    Nice shop! Good work!

  • @courtneesdad
    @courtneesdad Місяць тому +4

    I use to be subscribed to your channel. I haven’t seen you in a year. I figured you retired. I love your hammer work. Smooth and easy. Great job ❤️

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому +1

      Hello! Well, welcome back then :) Not retired- just running around on an Ambulance for a couple years 🙃 Its good to have more time to smith now. Thank you very much 🙏

  • @fourgedmushrooms5958
    @fourgedmushrooms5958 Місяць тому +2

    Nice work 👍.
    Try putting a piece of tube or welding a rod to your drift for a more solid grip. Won't bounce everywhere as much. So you can get more confident powerful hits in.
    I try to use tongs as little as possible, especially for bigger stuff. I'm working on a new bickern at the moment from 40 mm trailer axle.

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Good thought! I haven't had to deal with something like this in awhile. I also avoid using tongs were possible. You can definitely tell these didn't fit very well, despite the fact that I adjusted then to the piece a little bit.

  • @corwin81
    @corwin81 Місяць тому +1

    Thanks for sharing!

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      My pleasure! Thanks for tuning in :)

  • @ecaspari
    @ecaspari Місяць тому +1

    Sometimes a smaller hammer makes work more easy 😉

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому +1

      This is true.

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky Місяць тому

      Not with big pieces though. A small hammer is just gonna mushroom out the surface you're hitting. Big hammer is preferable so your strikes propagate through the whole piece.

  • @timhester6634
    @timhester6634 Місяць тому +1

    good stuff keep it coming

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Thanks for watching! I'm glad youre enjoying it :)

  • @Tammy-un3ql
    @Tammy-un3ql 22 дні тому

    Good job

  • @SuperiorEtchworx
    @SuperiorEtchworx Місяць тому +1

    I have found that a heavy hammer with a small face moves hard steel like 5160 best. I use a 3lb masons drilling hammer with 1.25inch faces

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому +2

      I've seen videos of hammers like you describe! It does make sense with the smaller surface area and potentially higher velocity.

    • @mrkiky
      @mrkiky Місяць тому

      I'd say just hit it over the edge if you wanna stretch it and hit it with the peen if you wanna widen it. Both the edge and the peen are very small surfaces.

  • @brimstonefootsteps4332
    @brimstonefootsteps4332 Місяць тому +2

    I just came across your channel. Not meaning to be sexist in anyway but it is very cool to see a female blacksmith, good on you! Nicely done video showing your very talented skills. You have a new Sub :)

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому +1

      Hey, welcome :) No worries 😆 Thank you for the compliment- I hope you continue to enjoy my videos.

  • @c.b.7830
    @c.b.7830 Місяць тому +2

    I'm going to be honest here; I feel like a complete asshole. Let me explain.
    I've been blacksmithing for a while now, and I've seen people come and go regularly. I almost didn't watch this because people don't naturally have hammer skills.
    You absolutely do have good hammer control. More importantly, you have good forethought. Now, you're still learning the muscle memory of forethought, but that just comes with time and experience, no one can teach you that.
    "J" hooks; cool your scroll before making the hook, you'll save some deformation. Get rid of the hot cut. Set the bottom shoulder over the far side of the anvil, flip it 180° and set the top side over the near side of the anvil, both can be done in one heat.
    Fire pokers; this is the exact same style I did before going to a 3 piece forge welded one. On the business end, don't start forming the hook until you're happy with the weld. The unwelded portion of the business end is going to move around on you as you're welding anyway. Welding is a 3 step process, tack, weld, dress. At no point should you be hammering on that weld before all three are completed. Then finish the business end.
    It's really awesome to see someone forging that actually has hammer control. Too often, I see video editors "forging" that do better visually than the people who actually have talent like you.

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Wow, long response! So, first of all thanks for taking the time to write this out, and watch my video through :) I have worked very hard on my hammer control and technique and I take it as a high compliment.
      For the rest of the tips you outlined, here's my response:
      For J-hooks, I have done as you say when I started, and cooled the scroll. I think I eventually dropped the habit to save time. I am intrigued by the idea of a j-hook done in one heat. I think usually it takes me 2 heats when I'm in a groove.
      Fire poker: You are completely right I shouldn't have started shaping the end before welding it. 🙃 🤷‍♀️

    • @c.b.7830
      @c.b.7830 Місяць тому

      @@corimessenger just in case you where doubting my sincerity.
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  • @warlenmaldonado9978
    @warlenmaldonado9978 Місяць тому +2

    Saudações do Brasil... ganhou mais um inscrito

  • @nofunclub
    @nofunclub Місяць тому

    Subscribed
    Keepem coming
    J
    The Netherlands

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Thanks for coming along for the ride. :)

  • @steve_____K307
    @steve_____K307 Місяць тому

    Thank you. I enjoyed watching your work and I learned a few things. Can I make a friendly suggestion -- the music doesn't add any value at all to a blacksmithing video; in fact it detracts... Thanks!

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  Місяць тому

      Hey! Thanks for watching :) Hm, maybe I will try sole future videos without music.

  • @adrianjagmag
    @adrianjagmag Місяць тому

    AXES :D

  • @antoniodanielmachadoorquen7952
    @antoniodanielmachadoorquen7952 23 дні тому

    Perfect video Brasil ❤❤❤❤❤ tiu iés linda

  • @gertscheepers4211
    @gertscheepers4211 Місяць тому

    Great job. I would rather hear clanging of metal than listen to the same tune of music over and over and over...........

    • @corimessenger
      @corimessenger  29 днів тому +1

      Thank you! And thanks for the input. I will definitely take that into account when I edit my next video :)

    • @gertscheepers4211
      @gertscheepers4211 27 днів тому +1

      @@corimessenger I'm gonna subscribe and check!😆