Blacksmithing - Making a Stake Driver

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7 ай бұрын

Here I make a stake driver, a tool used to drive down survey markers with. A fun exercise that illustrates how to forge something to a given size.
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@mikehayes5919 7 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the discussion of forging versus directly turning. Very educational.

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@MFStuffNinja 7 ай бұрын

@@torbjornahman It's very nice to hear you in general

@chrischerry2787 7 ай бұрын

@@torbjornahman any explanations of your work process are much appreciated. 😊

@ogi22 7 ай бұрын

@@torbjornahman And smoothing those sharp corners! If everything is perfect, that's the place where things go wrong first. Very wonderful analogy to the wood. Steel is not that simple as many people thinks :)

@WoodCreations8681 5 ай бұрын

Great video! I enjoyed the explanation. Thank you for adding the audio. I hope you can add it in future videos.👍

@PeterWMeek 7 ай бұрын

The flow of the grain to give strength to a bolt head works much then same way. My grandfather (Birger Waldemar "BW" Lindquist) had some patents for the die shapes needed to form the grain properly for cold-heading bolts. He went on to found Ring Screw Works to manufacture bolts and screws using this technique. He began as a blacksmith's apprentice in Sweden in the late 1800s before coming to the US in 1905 at age 20.

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Wow, that's a cool story! Yes, much the same principle!

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 6 ай бұрын

Some specialized bolts in aircraft engines have a more pronounced fillet between the transition from bolt head to shank, and require specific washers with a beveled hole to match the fillet. Use the wrong washer, or the right washer upside down, and you could easily have a failure of the bolt.

@Madlintelf 7 ай бұрын

After seeing what the application of the tool you forged was for, it makes perfect sense to go for maximum strength. Tools that last a lifetime are hard to come by, the cheap ones that last a year are just a waste of time and money. Thanks for doing it right all the time, your work never ceases to impress me, have a great day!

@bikeridernz6169 7 ай бұрын

Dear Torbjørn - today I did my second ever forging - made a small hole in the garden with fire proof bricks and used coal and charcoal and a DeWalt blower with an old length of tube, bought a length of 16mm plain steel and made a cats foot bench dog! And it worked! Thank you so much!

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Perfect! A very good start, and you're over that initial threshold that many struggle with - just do it!

@matthewables2378 7 ай бұрын

I very much enjoy these last few videos forging tools for workers and artisans. The engineering discussion was wonderful as well!

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Cool, thanks

@Alfaldr 7 ай бұрын

May the forge be with you Torbjörn, always.

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 7 ай бұрын

Yes. It is.

@PapaDan 7 ай бұрын

Thunder Bear has done it again. Great job!

@KRGraphicsCG 7 ай бұрын

I always get such joy whenever I see your videos. I admire your craftsmanship

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Thank you very much!

@CrinosAD 7 ай бұрын

@@torbjornahman craftsmanship and video editing.

@Prander5x5 7 ай бұрын

that short and simple answer, answered everything. I've thought that for some time 'why not just machine it?' :D now I know. this channel is awesome.

@marcsenteney3160 7 ай бұрын

Nicely done sir!

@bangjock 7 ай бұрын

The concentricity of that forged part is very impressive and testament to your skills!

@RobertFay 7 ай бұрын

*- Thank you for the metallurgy tutorial, Torbjörn.* *- I did not know that extruded metal produced grain lines and forging bent those lines to hammered shape...most informative and detailed practicum in inorganic physical chemistry physics.*

@johngullotti 7 ай бұрын

Manipulating the grain structure not only improves strength but dramatically improves fatigue resistance and fracture toughness. Nicely done, sir.

@jimday6244 7 ай бұрын

Wow. I learned a lot from this particular video. Metallurgy, machining, production. It has it all. Well done.

@KoiMan_ 7 ай бұрын

Love the talking and explaining In this video 🙏

@macbilling6410 7 ай бұрын

Really interesting to watch. Couldn't guess what it was till the end. Brilliant

@donaldasayers 7 ай бұрын

I can't say that I am surprised the original one broke, given the sharp stress concentrations you pointed out. A long time ago someone asked me to fix a kickstart shaft off a Harley Davidson, it had sheared exactly where you would expect at the sharp edge transition where they had ground a driving square on the shaft. I couldn't fix it of course. More surprising was the bad design, engineers have known about stress concentration for the best part of a hundred years.

@housegoth 7 ай бұрын

I think all of your reasons for forging vs. machining are great, the most important one is the third.

@dennismitchell4836 7 ай бұрын

I have to say I really like hearing you speak and explain things to us.

@marks7502 7 ай бұрын

I WAS thinking why not just lathe it! thank you for explaining it. very interesting 🙂

@OlneyaTesota 7 ай бұрын

Another smile put on my face by Torbjorn. Yes he is the best !!👍👍👍. JC🌵

@matthewmarting3623 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for the lesson! I think you’re a good speaker. Your explanation of why forged parts are stronger is exactly the same way my great uncle (who helped build the Gemini capsule) explained it.

@kamalkhadra8838 7 ай бұрын

Good work 👍 and well done.. greetings from Syria 👋🇸🇾

@jskjsk3986 7 ай бұрын

I use a rod driver often and thought that you made an error removing the hex shaped shaft. Glad I was wrong! Making a tool that gets a lot of use is very rewarding. Great job⚒

@brandongraham3509 7 ай бұрын

I appreciated this format of video with some instructions on the theory of blacksmithing, why you did something a certain way, and the pros and cons. I'm always fascinated to learn about the grain structure and how the different processes, such as the different temperatures and times used in the normalization, quench and temper affect the properties of different alloys.

@AnargiT-2.23 7 ай бұрын

Greetings to all from Yerevan, Armenia 🇦🇲

@johnnydingo8680 7 ай бұрын

Tools made in Sweden are well made. You just proved the point. 👍😊 Great video. Thanks for sharing.

@mlctrez 7 ай бұрын

It is much more fun to forge is the reason for this channel! Thanks for the explanation!

@douglowe3693 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Torbjo-rn.. just brilliant and inspiring! cheers

@BlueSOF 7 ай бұрын

I am very impressed by the precision of your forging. Though that piece of metal was beaten into shape by tons of force, it barely needed any shaping on the lathe to reach the final form. The only thing I missed was you adding your touchmark to this piece of industrial art!

@Skinflaps_Meatslapper 6 ай бұрын

Sometimes that touch mark will create stress risers of its own, so it's understandable why he didn't add it.

@SchmackyJoel 7 ай бұрын

Cool to see surveyors in the vid having been a land surveyor for the past 13 years myself!

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Cool!

@geoffreynewton5839 7 ай бұрын

Once again you have shown what a highly skilled “metal worker” you are, but your forging skill and knowledge is amazing. Well done!

@kentcostello5286 7 ай бұрын

Man i wish i had you as a shop teacher. You are awesome with old to the new .👍

@user-zk4sm9vt8t 7 ай бұрын

I really like your vids when you speak and explain your work, your English is great!

@stanleyjones6705 7 ай бұрын

I love his drafting table.

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

It's a bit low and has a odd shape....

@TheDistur 7 ай бұрын

Fun to see old ways making parts for new tools.

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

You would be surprised to know how many parts that are still forged today!

@TheDistur 7 ай бұрын

@@torbjornahman There are many, but not made by hand like this!

@5isalivegaming72 6 ай бұрын

The little hollar when the powerhammer struck the center by accident, i felt that on a personal level 😂

@petercowell2051 7 ай бұрын

What a great video, thank you. The explanation of forged V turned opened my eyes, I had never thought of that.

@ahorseman4ever1 7 ай бұрын

Very cool! I like the discussion on the crystalline structure of steel. In a future video will you discuss the heat treatment process and discuss the differences in quenching with water or oil and their different applications. Always love watching you work.

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Thanks! I have an old video covering some parts here - kzfaq.info/get/bejne/fMufl8Jonpu3f4E.html

@ahorseman4ever1 7 ай бұрын

@@torbjornahman thank you! I will watch.

@andreaspagnatosquit3844 7 ай бұрын

beautiful work and very useful for the workers who will manage their pain

@avenuex3731 7 ай бұрын

3:35 dang, you are really smooth with that camera trick

@Hans-Yolo 7 ай бұрын

The problem with the old part was not design alone, somebody made a notch in it, you can see it where the crack startet. Seeing this often with chisels, when they got stuck they smack another chisel beside it to get it free and make a small nick or notch in it and thats the point where it will break after some time. The Sharp edges are doing the rest.

@UnitSe7en 7 ай бұрын

I was wondering how one even develops a fracture to break in the first place. Cold steel doesn't really just, er, snap. I couldn't imagine the scenario in which they broke it. You are probably right.

@jackthompson6296 7 ай бұрын

⁠⁠@@UnitSe7eneven smooth looking surfaces have microfractures. Add poor quality steel and poor/no heat treat and a stress concentration and heavy loading (especially shear) and a microfracture quickly becomes a crack

@UnitSe7en 7 ай бұрын

@@jackthompson6296 No.

@DH-xw6jp 7 ай бұрын

@@UnitSe7enyes.

@UnitSe7en 7 ай бұрын

@@DH-xw6jp Not that anything he said was particularly _incorrect._ I know what a stress fracture is, and in that vibratory application it's clear that any weakness will quickly develop into full failure. But the question about how a fracture first developed is already best answered by the OP. Jack's reply actually answered nothing and included uncontextual information such as shear stress which this part does not experience, just as one example of the several. That's why OP's comment is good, and Jack's was just masturbatory, existing only to show everyone how much he thinks he knows.

@fern6114 7 ай бұрын

Great skills, reflections explaining and phantastic heatings….best blacksmith in sweden 🇸🇪

@sjtonic 7 ай бұрын

Forging and machining in the same video, awesome episode!

@waltervonoer9190 7 ай бұрын

Great job and ... learned something again, thanks.

@paulregner5335 7 ай бұрын

That looks like a Pionjar rock-breaker jackhammer. I've more time than I care to think about on the dumb end of one of those. They're a beast of a machine, to be sure!

@billwoehl3051 7 ай бұрын

Finally got to hear your voice, should talk more often in your videos.👍

@joaoalbertodosanjosgomes1536 7 ай бұрын

👍

@G-man45444 7 ай бұрын

I loved this video. The precise hammer strikes ... I love the look and feel of a forged piece of metal and the process.

@c.smythe3022 7 ай бұрын

My compliments! You have the 'Knack' of the 'Old Timers' I used to watch on my coffee break. You have knowledge that is rapidly disappearing. This EXCELLENTLY crafted video (and most of your work in video) could serve as a back-up to conserve and protect for future generations of Metal Worker. thanx for sharing, Marcel

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Thanks Marcel!

@sohaim2720 7 ай бұрын

أنت حرفي ماهر ومبدع، أيضاً فنان في مونتاج الفيديو، وشارح ومبسط أفكار جيد، شكراً لك على هذا العمل الجميل. تحياتي من ليبيا 🇱🇾.

@highdarktemplar 7 ай бұрын

That was a very simple but effective way to explain why forging the piece was better than just turning it. It was very instructive and interesting, thanks for that !!

@84com83 7 ай бұрын

Reflections after many years of watching Your excellent videos. The big machine to the left: "As You decided, Sir." The old machine to the right: "Let`s wait for the result".

@84com83 7 ай бұрын

But the "old one" really has the charm!

@gregwaters944 7 ай бұрын

Always enjoy your videos and seeing your craftsmanship.

@janeycole3327 7 ай бұрын

well!! if your work stands up to heavy industrial use, that's as good as it gets. Blacksmithing's no dead ancient craft. Success to your trade, mate. John Warner. Aust.

@MyishiMan 7 ай бұрын

Thankful for the extra explanations and narration in this episode.

@gtbkts 7 ай бұрын

Thank you for all the awesome content and great videos!!!!

@marien20 7 ай бұрын

Great video! I also appreciate the ‘lessons’ you teach, nice to learn from you!

@wolfparty4234 5 ай бұрын

Nice to get out of the shop and see your work in action…! Bravo 👏🏼

@bobross5580 7 ай бұрын

The editing just gets better and better!! I love what you do!

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!

@ginoplsm8 7 ай бұрын

love watching your vids man glad you’re starting to talk and educate us in them now

@LinearNetworking 7 ай бұрын

Wow awesome to hear you talk in one of your videos and the context that it added was quite nice! Keep it up!

@gilbertmckown6161 7 ай бұрын

Forging is the best way of conserving material and gaining/keep strength of your parts.

@colleenscorfield3505 7 ай бұрын

love the work you do, at times it looks simple but the process is fascinating. 👏👏👏👏

@bentoombs 7 ай бұрын

Thank you. That's a Great short and sweet of it. Forged is always better

@penchant4 7 ай бұрын

Always a joy to watch your videos, and appreciated the explanation. Thank you.

@mpm165 7 ай бұрын

seeing you use the tool on the job site was a super cool!

@Rustinox 7 ай бұрын

"Because it's fun to do" is indeed the main reason. All the other reasons come behind :)

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

@ShogunMura 7 ай бұрын

Well done, your input is very educational. Thanks!

@raymondhorvatin1050 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing your knowledge

@josefburian2145 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful! Thank you

@PeterSmith-rc9ve 7 ай бұрын

Beautiful work

@gregkieser1157 7 ай бұрын

That was fantastic.

@redrover1565 2 ай бұрын

I really like your explanation and teaching. Thank you. You contributed to not just visual learning but auditory learning as well.

@jerrellkull5347 7 ай бұрын

Well done. Thanks for the lesson. Take care.

@plainnpretty 7 ай бұрын

Your a man of many skills thanks for sharing what you do. I liked your crazy little laugh when you broke the round stock

@SB-hv2yh 7 ай бұрын

perfect work! it's always a pleasure to watch your videos

@harryvanniekerk7269 7 ай бұрын

Most entertaining, most interesting. Thank you!😀

@thedasroach7743 7 ай бұрын

Most informative, thank you!

@N-A674 7 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation about the grain and showing how this tool is used!

@alasdairmunro1953 3 ай бұрын

A fine piece of forging indeed!👍🏼😀

@homemadetools 7 ай бұрын

This is a rare forged tool build; nice work. We shared this video on our homemade tool forum this week 😎

@ryanp9223 7 ай бұрын

This is rad dude! I love seeing the "old world" techniques used to improve modern machines. =D

@Detailing_And_Rust_Repair 7 ай бұрын

Very nice job!

@HydroSnips 7 ай бұрын

Thankyou for the explanation at the start and also later about the steel grain. Did not realise how important that was before, but now have learnt something new so thankyou. I do like your videos, the detail and precision is quite something and they’re always great to watch.

@carlosguardado2850 6 ай бұрын

I second you explaining your thoughts. Thanks

@user-th4bo2td5m 5 күн бұрын

You are an artist !!!

@jacklondonblacksmithing194 7 ай бұрын

I love the talking style of vido! Please make more!

@stg6186 7 ай бұрын

Nice job and nice explanation!

@poornachandra3447 7 ай бұрын

Well done 👍

@TimBielawa 7 ай бұрын

That's my sticker! What a cool build from forge to machine. Must have been satisfying seeing it put to good use 🎉

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

🎉 Thanks! :)

@petehendry4756 7 ай бұрын

I enjoyed the lesson on grain structure and material estimates, your a good teacher .

@JimG31547 7 ай бұрын

Really enjoyed the combining of forging and milling. You explanation of why the forging was better than all milling was a great help in understanding why you did what you did. Thanks for sharing

@eliprice138 7 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏. You sir are a master!!

@andreacrashe9894 7 ай бұрын

*AWESOME thanks for explaining it simply too 🙂.*

@lovejcdc 7 ай бұрын

Great video and great job, thank you for the educational experience in this video as well. I really enjoyed learning more.

@oldandbroken 7 ай бұрын

You are a very clever bloke. Love watching your skills and attention to all the detail. Thank you.

@e.a.deetssr.3253 7 ай бұрын

Blessings from the great state of Texas! I love your videos and this one was very informative. You should talk more. You know how to cut to the chase.

@torbjornahman 7 ай бұрын

Thanks!