Forged skillet holder - Campfire cooking

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5 жыл бұрын

A skillet holder is the perfect camp fire cooking accessory to go with the fire irons we made previously. This skillet holder is forged from one piece and is adjustable for proper positioning over the campfire.
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@dirttdude 11 ай бұрын

Okay, buddy! i've got the grandson out in the shop whipping one of these up for me right now.

@andyroo4887 5 жыл бұрын

Love it! Anyone else notice the little spider buddy at toward the beginning in the vice?

@OrionsAnvil 5 жыл бұрын

Man that's pretty slick. These 100 degree days are really killing my shop time ;) At least I can still study up for when I won't have a heat stroke out there. Thanks for the video!

@page76metalcraft19 4 жыл бұрын

in Arizona?

@OrionsAnvil 4 жыл бұрын

@@page76metalcraft19 Mississippi

@tripd4949 4 жыл бұрын

Feels like A/C is on outside when I step out of my shop and it's 100 degrees outside lol.

@willtricks9432 4 жыл бұрын

Nice job mate.

@TardyTardigrade 5 жыл бұрын

By far the best smith on KZfaq (shhh don't tell the other smiths I sub to) 😉. Always showing every step of the process and always making things even a beginner like me can handle. You would make an excellent teacher John, I would pay to go to CO and take a class or 2. Much gratitude for all your hard work and time to share your craft with the rest of us. 👍

@sosteve9113 4 жыл бұрын

Lol

@michaelprue9024 Жыл бұрын

Absolutely love watching you make things out of raw stock. Best smith on KZfaq. Thanks for the content.

@BlackBearForge Жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoy it!

@rocklicker639 Жыл бұрын

Masterful egg flip sir.

@sonofbr 5 жыл бұрын

I make mine with an open spiral so they can be attached to the stake/leg from the side without pulling it out of the ground.Just make the gaps in the spiral equal to the diameter of the stake.

@Francois_Dupont 3 жыл бұрын

make a video please, i am about to build one.

@matthewwise5317 5 жыл бұрын

I have never seen bending around a pipe in that way. It's fun to see how something is obvious to one person but another person would have never thought of it. Thanks for the videos John!

@BlackBearForge 5 жыл бұрын

Just keep a bunch of assorted sizes around and you have lots of options.

@grandadz_forge 5 жыл бұрын

I hate to sound like a broken record John but I just love this kind of stuff it never gets old.

@jrocks1971 3 жыл бұрын

Every time I watch one of John's vids, I feel like I took a little vacation and arrive at the end refreshed and inspired.

@gabrielnavarro8721 5 жыл бұрын

Bon appétit ! I just came back from holydays in the USA, hiking and camping in the Yellowstone National Park and the Badlands, and I have to say that all the back country camping sitting by the fire or the river, enjoying these beautiful landscapes really was something... Amazing country, so much wildlife and great space, If that doens't make you want to cook on a camp fire I don't kow what does !

@BlackBearForge 5 жыл бұрын

Glad you had an enjoyable trip. Those are spectacular areas

@sosteve9113 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe one day I get there I'm just home from a trip trough the UK

@cwccharters 11 ай бұрын

Very cool and easy!

@danp3796 5 жыл бұрын

Nothing beats cooking over an open fire. Great video.

@ChileExpatFamily 4 жыл бұрын

Nice little set up. Thank you. Reminds me of the squirrel cookers we used to make demonstrating back in South Carolina in the 1990s. Jim in Chile

@CockatoobirdmanBill 5 жыл бұрын

Amazing how gravity and friction work neat deal like an upside down hold down . Cooking with John! Be well and be safe...........

@traildust55 3 жыл бұрын

Not sure how I missed this earlier. I enjoyed it. Thanks John!

@BubSands 3 жыл бұрын

Excellent!

@leontorkelson6246 5 жыл бұрын

Just last weekend I saw a skillet holder like this. Need to make one now.

@tommybigsexy676 5 жыл бұрын

That camp setup you created is Awesome.. I can't thank you enough for the education you have given me along with so many others. You are definitley one of The Worlds Most Interesting People! 👍😉🍻🍻🍻☕☕ Have a great weekend John!

@BlackBearForge 5 жыл бұрын

Thanks

@timk.1395 4 жыл бұрын

I enjoyed seeing you use those things you made. I would not mind seeing more of that. THX

@joehughes3664 5 жыл бұрын

Great video again John.

@brettsayers7768 5 жыл бұрын

Great little idea there, works a treat.

@jessegiese8861 5 жыл бұрын

Love the pipe and wrench bend.

@codybourdeau2288 5 жыл бұрын

Wife wants me to make one now👍

@user-cd8qv3zm9i 5 жыл бұрын

Simple and efficient. I'm going to make something like that too. Thanks for your time, it's always interesting to watch your work.

@shawndean4957 5 жыл бұрын

That's a fine time. 👍👍

@tobyjo57 5 жыл бұрын

Love the whole camp fire set up John

@stanervin6108 5 жыл бұрын

Excellent, John! 🐾🔥⚒🍳

@michaelstares1988 5 жыл бұрын

Great little project, love your outdoors stuff.

@shenanigansIRA 5 жыл бұрын

Outstanding video. Love this idea

@jamesbarisitz4794 5 жыл бұрын

Now I want fried eggs. Great pan holder John!👍

@rowanferguson 5 жыл бұрын

Appreciate the metric conversions, thanks for sharing.

@bobcaulkins2918 5 жыл бұрын

That's just slick as heck! I'm loving this. Thanks for sharing!

@clydebalcom8252 4 жыл бұрын

Sweet setup.

@ronthacker211 5 жыл бұрын

Great project. good job.

@somegoy4487 5 жыл бұрын

You are a great inspiration. Thank you for making all the videos.

@jjppres 5 жыл бұрын

Well done John! I really like that entire set up. Will have to get busy and see if I can make the set.

@sosteve9113 4 жыл бұрын

Nicely done

@donaldnaymon3270 2 жыл бұрын

Nice work. Great video. Thank you for sharing.

@ianryan5727 5 жыл бұрын

Very nice!

@richardsolomon8076 5 жыл бұрын

Very sensible solution, nice job John

@OldNorsebrewery 5 жыл бұрын

Nice project and easy to make

@steelpennyforge5152 5 жыл бұрын

Nice add on to the campfire set! Just got a little piece of land that is near a lake and we will be camping much more so this series is very timely for me, great stuff! Thanks for the video

@georgegriffiths2235 5 жыл бұрын

A nice lump of bread would have gone down well with those John I think I may make that set for my daughter she instructs Duke of Edinburgh awards (look it up it’s a UK thing) she wanted to be a welder at 14 and she was good but I convinced her to go into teaching now teaching special needs children proud dad

@pauls4708 4 жыл бұрын

we also have duke of edinburgh awards here in NZ

@clydebalcom8252 4 жыл бұрын

Congratulations. You gave her a great start and she is following your example.

@ronaldkirby9299 5 жыл бұрын

Great video!

@gurvinderkau1e5w18 5 жыл бұрын

Great video sir.

@TheOldaz1 4 жыл бұрын

Really enjoyed the whole video, thanks John. Also finished building my replacement coke forge today, ready to test drive when the weather breaks, forge is outside.

@sbjennings99 5 жыл бұрын

Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls

@joelkoonce8559 11 ай бұрын

Thank you for an excellent job well done 😊

@hannemannironworks1651 5 жыл бұрын

Very interesting my family uses the same concept but on a pulley system with a grate.

@TonyUrryMakes 5 жыл бұрын

Elegant design

@josephmaschari1073 5 жыл бұрын

I like your enjoy videos, that you give the measurement to your projects. Thanks

@tomayrscotland6890 2 жыл бұрын

Well Done Smith, a great project. I got my forge built and working but I have not got round to doing a video, That has yet to come. Merry Christmas.

@lenblacksmith8559 5 жыл бұрын

Good one John, eggs came out good.And using the weight of the skillet down on the rod, is such a good way to do this.

@nicolafagiolo7811 5 жыл бұрын

Great as always, thanks for metric

@random40s 5 жыл бұрын

Love it! 👍 Great project. I have to make some of those for my friends camp set, and my own. I've been wanting to for quite a while and out 13th annual group camping trip is about a month away, so this in on the front burner as far as things to get done (other than customer projects). The timing couldn't have been better on this! 👍 👍 Keep up the good work!

@HWPcville 4 жыл бұрын

Good looking skillet and eggs. Reminds me of my Navy days in the chow hall. We usually order our eggs as "two over greasy". :-) Thanks for posting.

@markhep 5 жыл бұрын

I liked that fun to watch 👍👍👍

@unityroad 4 жыл бұрын

So nice to see a master in disguise, man you make that look easy. Thanks for sharing.

@larryking606 5 жыл бұрын

Good Morning , John Great Video , I Really enjoyed the way you used the forging , Making the Skillet hold and the use of a real Camp Fire setup to demonstrate how the whole device would work in a real time Use ! Could 'nt have been a use of forging to USE ! Thank you for this Video ! Take Care and Be Safe ! Keep Hammering !

@josh-290 2 жыл бұрын

Love the bush hat mate, thought this was an Aussie video at first hahahaha

@BlackBearForge 2 жыл бұрын

😁

@garymyers4496 Жыл бұрын

Best eggs I've seen on utube.Makes me want to be in the woods hammock camping.grate work!.

@RayFromTheHayclan 5 жыл бұрын

That's a really cool concept. Looks like it has other practical applications.

@Big222Dog 5 жыл бұрын

Nice. I have round steel bars & a 1/2" hole in the skillet handle & holes great. I think that may give your holder more friction too. Worth a try.

@joeyself8839 5 жыл бұрын

Love it enjoy

@larryfetters212 5 жыл бұрын

Love it

@rahrah304 5 жыл бұрын

This dude is awesome

@onecrowingrooster2239 5 жыл бұрын

Great video. I like it. Think i would like to add a set screw to keep it in place

@BlackBearForge 5 жыл бұрын

You can, but it tends to force it to align only on the flats of the bar which really limits the positioning options

@honeybeezen 3 жыл бұрын

Okay, so you made me smile about this delightful adaptation every person should have at their campfire. You've done it now; I have to make a complete campfire set, including the skillet, turner, hooks, and, of course, the skillet holder. Nicely done!

@BlackBearForge 3 жыл бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it!

@douglasfathers4848 5 жыл бұрын

Camping out something I haven;t done for years mite have to make some cooking irons '

@jg2072 9 ай бұрын

You did better over a fire with over easy than I can do on a stove.

@brownpaul476 5 жыл бұрын

thats neat, cant wait till i can get back into forging

@abaddon2479 5 жыл бұрын

That’s cool sir thank you.

@goukir8299 5 жыл бұрын

Q maestro. La verdad q no entiendo lo q dice pero se entiende lo q hace por q es muy bueno en lo q hace

@davidleonel5033 5 жыл бұрын

Nice

@81MrKMan 5 жыл бұрын

At the 1 minute mark that spider is like, What the....?

@Face2theScr33n 3 жыл бұрын

Hahaha I was watching the thumbnail play before I just went ahead and clicked the video, and when he rolled up the measuring tape the subtitle was, [applause] because of the slapping sound of the tape! Then, when he started hacksawing, it said [music]! LOL ! ! ! Edit: don't watch the whole video thumbnail style, actually watch and like the vid, people!

@thomasarussellsr 5 жыл бұрын

Great, thanks, now I want some eggs. LOL I was thinking some sort of U-shaped bend to hang it from the camp-fire irons, but hey, this works too. The U-shaped holder could fall off sideways, but it could be added to a previously set up set of irons without disassembling everything. Food for thought.

@sosteve9113 4 жыл бұрын

Agreed I try to imagine something similar

@mattilindholm1941 5 жыл бұрын

Nice video 🤘😃🤘

@BigWillSD 5 жыл бұрын

That is awesome. I will definitely utilize this lesson. On a side note is the coffee mug a Dakota Stoneware mug? They are good people sell a lot at rendezvous.

@tomayrscotland6890 Жыл бұрын

Great Stuff Blacksmith, I am still learning to post a video on u Tube? But Patience has its own rewards they say.

@nauthisofmidguard6739 4 жыл бұрын

You traumatized the spider at 1:00 lol

@Res375 5 жыл бұрын

Thank you

@Cadwaladr 4 жыл бұрын

Never forged or used a forged skillet, but I have a carbon steel skillet that I use a lot. It's like made in China or whatever, but it's just mild steel, so that really doesn't matter, it's nice and thick and it heats up so well. It's way better than my cast iron, and a lot lighter, although I have some nonstick aluminum pans, and there's that difference, but I still love my steel pan the best.

@stoneinthefield1 3 жыл бұрын

I use concrete form stakes with holes . Put a pin in nail hole at the height you needs and it won’t slip down.

@Pushyhog 11 ай бұрын

thanks mister

@DUIMAZE 3 жыл бұрын

That was awesome! I had to laugh because I've done all this the very hard way.

@ravenbarsrepairs5594 Жыл бұрын

I"m more into the bushcrat/backpacking side of things. As of late, I've been thinking of making a "squirrel cooker" using a single straight upright, and the pigtail being in the center of as horizontal piece, having a skillet holder on one end and a pot hook on the other. The trick being that the horizontal bar needs to be flipped to change from one end to the other. I'd be losing the ability to adjust in and out over the fire, something which could be accomplished by swinging the pot/pan on the upright, will adding the ability to easily adjust up and down, which in my experience are more important. As I haven't fired my forge up in years, I've yet to create a proof of concept design.

@tomp577 5 жыл бұрын

Hi John. How about a video on when and why you use the flat or rounded side of the hammer. As a beginning smith I would appreciate your insight. Thanks for everything and you have the most educational channel on Blacksmithing. Keep it up.

@BlackBearForge 5 жыл бұрын

Seems like I have discussed that, but if I can't find the video I will add it to the list.

@jimhumphrey 5 жыл бұрын

The life of Riley! nice.......Two eggs frying in a pan...29K views in one week! 'Old Dan Tucker' washed his face in a frying pan just like that one. Hmmm Video Idea? :)

@mikechapple2363 5 жыл бұрын

Maybe extend the curly end to make a cold handle.....that is a handy piece of kit.

@matthewhall6087 5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking of this and squirrel cooker on the other end

@currajeperm8418 2 жыл бұрын

Super bravoooooooooo loveeeeeeeee

@tanglediver 5 жыл бұрын

I see a set screw in my vision of that project. Nice work, just need toast and O.J. :) ...and bacon, lots of bacon!

@mandycole21 5 жыл бұрын

Just make a long S hook and hook it to the top cross bar and then the other end on the skillet bar and then it wouldn't fall into the fire and the S hook can also be used on lower fires ....just an idea for you