BLACKSMITHING - PRACTICE THIS EVERYDAY for cleaner forging

BLACKSMITHING 101: THE BASICS OF HAMMERING AND REMOVING HAMMER DENTS FROM FORGING

IN THIS EPISODE I SHOW YOU HOW TO CREATE BETTER FORGE TECHNIQUES TO BECOME A BETTER BLACKSMITH, KNIFE MAKER, BLADESMITH OR TOOL MAKER FROM BEGINNER BLACKSMITHING TO INTERMEDIATE BLACKSMITHING AND FORGING. EASY TO FOLLOW STEP BY STEP PROCESS.

IF YOU PRACTICE THIS FORGING TECHNIQUE EVERY DAY EACH TIME YOU LIGHT YOUR FORGE YOU WILL INCREASE YOUR FORGING SKILLS AT A RAPID RATE.

IN THIS VIDEO I USED 20MM MILD STEEL SQUARE BAR BUT YOU CAN USE ANY SIZE AND CAN ALSO USE RAILROAD SPIKES AT ANY LENGTH ALSO, ITS JUST THE PROCESS FROM TAKING IT SQUARE, RECTANGLE THEN TO ROUND. AND GETTING IT BETTER EACH TIME UNTIL YOU GET THE CLEANEST POSSIBLE SECTION.

THIS TECHNIQUE HELPS WITH BLACKSMITHING, FORGING, BLADESMITHING, TOOL MAKING AND ANY OTHER METALWORKING THAT INVOLVES HAMMER AND ANVIL WHERE YOU NEED FLAT SURFACES OR CLEAN FORGING BEFORE GOING ON TO FINISHING, EITHER SQUARE SECTION, RECTANGLE OR ROUND.

00:00 - intro
00:28 -20mm square section to start and explain the basics of forging process
00:44 - FORGING THE FIRST SETDOWN FROM SQUARE BAR TO RECTANGLE
01:46 - FORGING THE MASS OF THE SECTION OUT AT A FIREWELDING HEAT
03:00 - EXPLAINING MY HAMMER FORGING TECHNIQUE
06:00 - HOW TO CORRECT HAMMER MARKS AND SWELLING WHILE FORGING
10:44 - FORGING THE 2ND SETDOWN FOR SQUARE BAR FORGING THE SQUARE BAR
12:00 - HOW TO FORGE WITH GOOD BODY POSTURE AND TECHNIQUE
15:09 - FORGING THEORY OF FORGING TAPERS AND SECTIONS (TOOTHPASTE ANALOGY)
17:25 - FORGING SQUARE TO ROUND SECTION
21:58 - EXPLAINING HAMMER TECHNIQUE FOR FORGING ROUND TAPERS AND SECTIONS
24:15 - WIRE BRUSHING THE FORGED STEEL AND PLANISHING AND STRAIGHTENING
25:18 - FINISHED HAND FORGED SECTION CLOSE UP
25:32 - OUTRO AND MEMBERSHIPS

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