Thank you! I wanted to talk more about the ideas that you need to execute upon, rather than giving you a step-by-step guide, because when I was starting out, I had to watch a bunch of step-by-step guides and try to discern the main concepts. Good luck on your blacksmithing journey!

​@@Anvil_knockerYou should split your fire wood down to 3/4" x 6"- 12" pieces I process drift wood washed up from a local river To my clay forge and it will get your steel up to temp quick.

Your grandfather knows his stuff! Sand is far better for this because it settles in a controlled manner, and insulated better. Also, those old hand crank blowers are worth their weight in gold! Wish I had one… or several.

Thank you! I have always thought it was a weird name for a hair blow dryer

The strategy of all fools is to wear down people until they are entertained Glad to see that it’s working

Thank you, I figured even things like that should be added to the video, lust to show the daily “chores” that you might need to do

Thank you! Are you interested in building your own forge or just watch things like this for fun?

@@Anvil_knocker I have built two foundries and have done a bunch of stuff in aluminum. I am only a little interested in forging , but if I ever do decide to, this video will be a huge help in making the endeavor as inexpensive as possible. Thank you for taking the time to make this video and you have a new subscriber 👌

Thank you so much, and you are very welcome! I wish you the best of luck on your forging journey :)

I always love hearing peoples first forging adventures, it sounds almost identical to what I made!

No worries, I actually have done this for so long that I have a layer of polymerized sticky linseed oil on every part of my body 24 seven.

It may have accidentally been left out of frame… but at least then people don’t get distracted from my graphics

Why, of course. Here’s a hint, there’s a lot of charcoal involved.

That’s a good point, I often change my hand position, like if I am doing heavier forging versus something where I need more precision

When you’re out in the shed working every day, sometimes your thumbs just get in the way!

Would you by chance happen to be located in Canada? Or do you love Maple syrup or something

Hell yeah! Like I said, an anvil is just a piece of metal you can whack on. I know that in some areas of Africa they just use old pieces of steel not even anchored to anything, but that seems too annoying for me

I’m glad that you found it useful! Hopefully you can make your own

@@Anvil_knocker with any luck! I've currently got my backyard set up to be a garden and I only have about 100 square feet to work with, but I have a forge layout for whatever our next place will be.

It’s already healed up! And thank you, it is a riot. A very calming riot, but it’s still very fun

Hopefully, you no longer have to wonder!

Fainting, do you work with glass?

@@Anvil_knocker I've drilled a bunch of bottles for bongs and hand cut a bunch of flat glass and mirrors, but havent blown any glass yet, can hand cut glass tube.

I made a lovely heart chain, that video is also up on my channel! It’s the one right after this video

That combo could protect you from a category 6 hurricane (the scale only goes up to five, but we will hold fast beyond that)

A hardened steel block is even better because you don’t get as many dents or mushrooming

@@Anvil_knocker the first thing i made in my brothers forge was a little knife out of rebar that i still have.

Thank you! If you’re curious about my thumb, I just accidentally hit it with a saw when I was working on the handle, but it was just a scratch, it was essentially all healed up the next day

I have seen those brake drum forges floating around, I have always wanted to try it. Plus, everyone already knows they work great. But I figured I should do something different if I am uploading a video about it. You know, add something new to the conversation :)

Thank you!

It was just the saw, it was basically just a scratch that bled more than it needed to, and thank you, I had a great time with it!

That’s the fun, you have to make it!

I hope you get to! It’s a very enjoyable process, not to mention the forging is always so fun. tell me if you get a forge up and running

Thank you, no subscriber goes unnoticed :)

Of course! I love sharing the simple and easy way to do things, I find that people feel like they need a lot to start any craft, when really you can get going with almost nothing

Definitely the one who could never sit still! As for the answer… depends on the subject

Ball peen hammers work great, especially for smaller forging and riveting. But, they only really go up to 24 oz and in my opinion the best weight for a forging hammer is 3 lbs. But do remember, in the equation that dictates the force of the hammer blow, the speed is more important. So just swing what you can swing!

It’s all right, I rubbed some dirt in it and it healed up real nice 👍🩸

Definitely, the only problem is that would be cool produces clinker when you burn it, which is the impurities of the cold that don’t combust, so that’s why most coal furnaces have what it’s called a clinker breaker. This is positioned right where your air meets your fire, and it is designed to break up the clinker and have it fall out, with this there’s no clinker breaker so I don’t know how you get rid of clinker, but if you just manually pick it out then you shouldn’t have any problems

@@Anvil_knocker Thank you. I was trying to think of ways to make the burn hotter, and recalled something about coal holding more potential energy than wood, but then if wood/charcoal burn hot enough for the forging of steel that's all that's really needed.