A Day in the Blacksmiths Shop

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A Day in the Blacksmiths Shop | Messenger Forge

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Күн бұрын

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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@brunocavaledo Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@thomassager6396 Ай бұрын

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

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

Thank you very much ☺️

@Anvilbanger Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Smart man. Happy hammering!! 🔨 🔥

@MrRespecTech Ай бұрын

Great job! I love to watch your technique.

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

Thank you! 😁

@GectorWhitlox Ай бұрын

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

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

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

@TheDistur Ай бұрын

Nice shop! Good work!

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

🙏

@courtneesdad Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing!

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

My pleasure! Thanks for tuning in :)

@ecaspari Ай бұрын

Sometimes a smaller hammer makes work more easy 😉

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

This is true.

@mrkiky Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

good stuff keep it coming

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

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

@Tammy-un3ql 22 күн бұрын

Good job

@SuperiorEtchworx Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@mrkiky Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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

@c.b.7830 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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@warlenmaldonado9978 Ай бұрын

Saudações do Brasil... ganhou mais um inscrito

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

Obrigado e bem-vindo!

@nofunclub Ай бұрын

Subscribed Keepem coming J The Netherlands

@corimessenger Ай бұрын

Thanks for coming along for the ride. :)

@steve_____K307 Ай бұрын

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 Ай бұрын

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