Blacksmithing! Things I wish I knew when I started! Dirty Shed Collaboration!

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3 жыл бұрын

Lets go over some of the things I wish I knew when I first started Blacksmithing. I will be going over these tips trick dos and don'ts as I make a reaction video to the ‪@DirtyShedCreations‬ video. Just like uncle Al I will be making a small key rack. As I make it i will go over some pointer and tips to help improve your own work as a beginner.
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@derekfish7768 3 жыл бұрын

I've been doing traditional blacksmithing and medieval armor making for 8 years now and I must say the hardest thing about the job is definitely holding the material . That's why I'm so glad this channel is focused on making the right tongs for the job and also the best tongs the most versatility etc. Holding the work steady and in a tight grip to me is the most difficult part of blacksmithing

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

Well said!

@kdrbawbw9934 3 жыл бұрын

Another great video dan..... keep up the great work

@waveman0 9 ай бұрын

holding your work firm and steady, getting a good hold is paramount, and a good set of tongs specific to the job is my biggest thing. This makes or breaks my ability to finish a project properly. I like how you said thinking through how you are going to do your next bit, you only have a window of when the heat lasts and you must know what you need to achieve during that time.

@michaelrobertson8795 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool👍✌

@GStone-jl1ov 3 жыл бұрын

Great work

@paulwilliams5800 3 жыл бұрын

I love my 7oz. Driving hammer ! Horses love it too. Much less Concussion while driving the nail

@davteunfeun3737 3 жыл бұрын

Much useful Information in yet another great video... Thanks Dan. Take care

@turso362 3 жыл бұрын

Hello I really appreciate all you do showing on how to do things. I live in Virginia in the United States .I really liked this project.

@expatconn7242 3 жыл бұрын

Dares always a dropsy . Those hammers you think are to light .. still can be used for tack work or other light duty work. Never a waste dan . Ty great vid .

@qshed 3 жыл бұрын

This was one of the most informative productions I have seen. Many thanks Dan so glad your videos are so informative.

@bentoombs 3 жыл бұрын

5:54 DROP DRINK!! 🍺🍺 Cheers brother. I need to make one of these for our truck keys at work. We rearranged. Thanks for the callback knowledge as always.

@hannemannironworks1651 3 жыл бұрын

Very cool dan! The day you stop learning is the day your mind starts to decay never stop learning and thanks for showing your mistakes Dan

@andyc750 3 жыл бұрын

like the channel and tips, I am a beginer and learning at home due to unemployment and injury, keep doing what you are as most useful to us beginers

@RayFromTheHayclan 3 жыл бұрын

One of the first things I had to learn was to plan ahead. Once I did, my smithing game improved. Love the key holder. I think I will make one today.

@benjamin_griffin 3 жыл бұрын

Good stuff here. Thinking through the process is something that’s been coming up in my forging lately. I get caught up in the individual steps and forget the project as a whole. It leads to undoing some steps to do them in the right order. Thanks for the video!

@jasonmacpherson936 3 жыл бұрын

Great video. Got a kick out of you growl while talking about the knife course

@aussiebushcraft5565 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks from Oz ! Yea I’ve found planning makes all the difference , if I go into a job without prior planning and setting out of tools and equipment , it breaks the flow , and mistakes become more likely :) . I jumped into a job a bit quick yesterday , and nearly forged a tool into the piece I was working :) . “ PRIOR PLANNING PREVENTS PISS POOR PERFORMANCE “

@billwoehl3051 3 жыл бұрын

About 4 minutes in "being able to grab your hammer...", LOL in the words of Alec Steele "WHERE'S MY HAMMER?"😜😂🤣

@ataarjomand 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot. Had useful advices

@carsemonkey1 3 жыл бұрын

I am putting together my first blacksmithing workspace. I have added lots of your videos to watch later to help me on my way.

@mtyson9004 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome work! As always a great video Dan! Thanks and God Bless you sir!

@picklesnoutpenobscott3165 3 жыл бұрын

Key items I am finding - knowing where to apply the force, how hot to do the work or stop work, and the workholding itself. Sounds easy or basic - juggling act for a newbie. I find I plan the step, get excited with red hot steel and time a-wastin' - and forget entirely what I just planned to execute. The other thing that happens - plan the step - tongs shift and I spend the heat just trying to grip the workpiece... then it is so cold all I can do is go back to the fire. It really is a bit more difficult than you make it look. Wish this old lady me was as strong as the young lady me used to be, I think that would help some too. AH well, ya work with what you've got. Hammer on!

@tokolosh11 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video Dan. Thanks for sharing.

@marcerivest6204 3 жыл бұрын

Great video Dan, lots of great content. I still struggle with the basics. Also love your style of smithing.

@stefanmierke4801 3 жыл бұрын

I really like the part where you explain to plan ahead. It is a so important skill, to focus on the workpiece, plan the next heat. Also Nils Ogren mentioned that when he forged the hammer with Torbjörn Ahman, too. Perhaps my german roots to like efficient things, don't know :) But If I master all basic ways to form steel, I will try such a nice key rack, too.

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

Hey Stefan, @Daniel Moss makes it look easy, but there's a tonne of techniques to master in there, great little project for blacksmiths starting out. Best of luck with your endeavours.

@stefanmierke4801 3 жыл бұрын

@@DirtyShedCreations I know, I still only straightened a piece of spring steel. Was a hard 30 minutes fight. Put a point on it, and flattened a piece of ST37 (mild steel) in my forge. But so far I like forging, it is so creative and you can shape steel in almost any figure, shape or purpose. And in combination with leather and wood, you can make literally anything that pops out of your mind. It takes only time, practice and skill. And this is the journey.

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

@@stefanmierke4801 Great attitude - thanks for the sub, really appreciate it!

@mikeywatts322 3 жыл бұрын

nice work Big Fellah, and another good video topic. I'm not exactly an expert Blacksmith, but nor am i a beginner, so i couldn't agree more with this stuff. especially regarding keeping everything nice n straight as you forge, the right tongs and having all the stages thought about and tools ready for each heat etc. but the best practice i've had and keep having is taking the time to make more tools, and tongs tongs tongs! i had no idea of the amount of tooling I'd be using to bash away on hot steel, but making all these things is where i've done all my learning.

@ajwhittlebang6977 3 жыл бұрын

Dan in my younger days when I actively shod horses I found the sweetest hammer was a square ended rather light job as short and sharp blows get the best turn on a nail.. It was super easy to get a good drive and turn on the nail and then wringing the turn off was easy too with just a flip of the wrist.. I think i t was a Diamond hammer (long time ago). Still have it if you want pics. I was shoeing horses with chalky white feet and a quick turn on the nail was essential. Cheers and thanks for the video.

@travismurphy762 2 жыл бұрын

I love your videos. Keep up the good work! Your videos on ting making upped my game as a beginner! I made a huge set of knife tongs for leaf spring stock using your process and it solved a lot of mysteries for me! Thanks so much for what you do!!!

@traceymoss7550 3 жыл бұрын

great job Dan xx

@honthirty_ 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting to watch you re-produce another's project. Parts I like, & some parts I think I will change. Nicely done.

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

What would you change @HON Thirty?

@honthirty_ 3 жыл бұрын

@@DirtyShedCreations Just watched your original version with the copper. My comment was not intended as critical or fault finding. I'm still working to translate the commentary since English is not my first language. Likewise, duplicating your project will make understanding the design challenges more clear.

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

@@honthirty_ No, no offence or critique, just interested to hear your interpretation of our project. Thanks for watching!

@wadestewart9891 3 жыл бұрын

Dan you are a exceptional smith with mad skills, and are not afraid to try new things, so thanks for the content you put out. Still have and use the hammer you made me,and I won't let anyone else use it. Stay safe and healthy ,see you on the next video

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you wade your epic

@davephillips7550 3 жыл бұрын

Nice job dan. Still here😎

@jockejansson1413 3 жыл бұрын

Interesting video as usual.

@nicholaskillmeier4895 2 жыл бұрын

Great stuff Daniel. Do you have a video of making the claw hammer?

@drason69 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, with excellent advice....I must share this, with a couple of budding Smith's. ⚒️⚒️👍👍♥️♥️🍺🍺

@drason69 3 жыл бұрын

Btw, have you seen my punch lube video? Worth a quick watch.

@jeffdwyer3554 3 жыл бұрын

Gday Love the channel Dan!! Wish I could do a course but bit far from down under! Maybe film the courses and sell the video on Etsy to go with the stock you sell! Keep up the great work!!

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

@Daniel Moss - we could chat about Jeff's idea of filming the courses for your overseas fans?

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

Hey, hey, hey - be gentle with us Danny boy!

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

I know how you like it xx

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

@@danielmoss2089 Looking forward to chief, we have our own premiere at 8pm - bit of silversmithing tool restoration and chat - might be up your alley?

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

@@DirtyShedCreations kindly leave my ally alone. Thank you.

@DirtyShedCreations 3 жыл бұрын

@@danielmoss2089 We'll be probing that alley in your premiere, looking forward to it!

@shawncarlile2610 3 жыл бұрын

Awesome video, Dan! It is a great bit of information that for a beginner like myself. I was curious, though. With your experience, how do you decide when to drill a hole rather than punch a hole while forging?

@davidhillman7004 3 жыл бұрын

I see you drop forge as well lol

@Larks01 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great vid’ Dan. What did you make the curving jig/saddle thing from - at about the 7.30 minute mark in the vid? 'Looks very useful for a few projects that I want to do myself.

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

It was just laying around on the farm no idea what it's from sorry

@newtsleatherandmetalsmithy1827 3 жыл бұрын

Dan I have a huge favor to ask of you. I dont know if you have seen but a few of us have decided to make a blacksmiths family tree with a leaf from every smith we can find with their touch mark on the back. And we need a centralized collection point over there would you be open to being that collection point in your part of the world

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

I sure can do something email me dude and we can have a chat.

@billwoehl3051 2 жыл бұрын

Recently got a few scraps from the guys scrapping about 8 old railroad engines, one is a large piece of 2" (guessing) thick, about a foot deep and about 4ft long, another is a coil spring the coils are 2-1/4" thick stock and a foot wide, about 4-5 coils. Thinking axes and hammers, big flat piece for swage blocks, I would like as much function in the design of the hammers as possible, the Brien Brazeal style seems to have more than just two, when combined with his technique, is there any improvements you could add? And anything I could do to get it more uniquely artistic in looks without engraving?

@Santos-oc2no 3 жыл бұрын

thank you very much for your videos, love to see your work, I've already follow your instagram acount

@mensterhillforge1644 3 жыл бұрын

Great video! Very interesting seeing some of your process for making that nailing hammer. I would love to be able to take one of your classes one day! Maybe I can make it over to the UK in the future.

@Tinkering4Time 3 жыл бұрын

Ha. The language of success has a vocabulary of failures. Thanks for adding to the available vocabulary from your experiences.

@TRINITY-ks6nw 3 жыл бұрын

Amen

@glenhoward7858 Жыл бұрын

couldnt you rotate your rivet tool 90 degrees and hang rack over side of anvil

@grandadz_forge 3 жыл бұрын

Poop. Missed you live.

@danielmoss2089 3 жыл бұрын

Always next time hehe

@killianmcfadden9808 3 жыл бұрын

The 7 oz hammer is not to light at all Daniel

@daveadams4128 3 жыл бұрын

Just don't turn into a bloody knife maker, keep keeping it real! ATB Dave

@teodormajewski3566 3 жыл бұрын

If you know this things, yo wouldnt learn. Screwed projects are the most precious projects :-) Also things I wish I knew is good clickbait ;-) I got even better for you: YO DAWG I HERD DAT YO LIKE SCREWING THINGS SO I PUT A SCREW THING IN DA THING DAT YO SCREW SO YO CAN SCREW WHILE YO SCREWIN.