Making a Blacksmithing Guillotine Tool

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4 жыл бұрын

A guillotine is a blacksmithing tool for pinching, mashing and whacking steel in controlled ways. In this video, blade smith Walter Sorrells demonstrates the making of a guillotine tool sized for knife makers. The tool is particularly useful for forging shoulders of the ricasso where it meets the tang of knives but the dies are replaceable and it can also be used to do a lot of other things, including forging fullers.
To see additional dies for this tool, see: • Forging Tools for Knif...
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@mikewhisky9605 4 жыл бұрын

Writting my congressman at the moment suggesting that every home in America be outfitted with a Bridgeport Miller.

@RedBeardOps 4 жыл бұрын

Heck Yeah! Thanks for this video. I'm probably going to need to make one of these now...

@jonadams4062 4 жыл бұрын

I've been wanting to make a tool like this, thank you Mr. Sorrells.

@ianmurphy9096 4 жыл бұрын

I always watch your videos and want to thank you for taking the time to teach others. Always great info and who knew that labelling things made it easier.....my common issue. Thanks again

@homemadetools 4 жыл бұрын

Good job! We posted this video on our homemade tools forum yesterday, credited to you of course :)

@multidimensionalexploratio3985 4 жыл бұрын

Wow! This opens up endless ideas! Great video thank you!

@davidmcminn1843 7 ай бұрын

I built one pretty much exactly like this a couple years ago. Eventually I had to add a small strap connecting the top of the two vertical pieces, as over time they started spreading away from one another. Still works great though, would never be without one again!

@mrblacktrh 3 жыл бұрын

I love the simple design.

@richardbryant7972 4 жыл бұрын

I made on in the c shape, I like your design also. Thanks for video

@jamesmcmillen4828 4 жыл бұрын

Love my guillotine tool and couldn't imagine working without one. It's no substitute for learning good hammer control, but it sure does keep set downs clean. Fullering dies, flat dies and butchering dies are must-haves that will do damn near anything you want. I'd like to make a set of tenoning dies just for good measure.

@toddellner5283 4 жыл бұрын

This is going to help a lot.

@RovingPunster 4 жыл бұрын

9:22 "After completing my FLAWLESS Nuclear Plant quality welds ..." (which actually resemble pigeon poop) 🤣🤗 And the Academy Award for non-chalant self-effacing sarcasm goes to Mr. Sorrel. 👍 We'll conveniently ignore the slight counter clockwise twist in the interface between the Hardy post and the base plate (see 9:44) - still 10x better fit n finish then any other homemade rig i've seen vids of. 😋🤗👍

@ThompsonJosh98 3 жыл бұрын

Never thought of that, thanks!

@kevg3320 2 жыл бұрын

Damn. Another bloody blacksmith channel I have to subscribe to!! ;)

@mje3055 4 жыл бұрын

Nice

@mikebrownell1271 3 жыл бұрын

I truly love what you say. Would love to hang out. Been shoeing horses over 30 years. Been doing doing doing dentistry about 20.

@sevenarchers5953 4 жыл бұрын

Very cool Walter; could this be adapted to punch small holes in thinner material? Thank you for another great video, and for the awesome example of welding! 😉

@michaelmartin9335 4 жыл бұрын

One suggestion, if you bevel the tang on all 4 sides 45°by about 3/8 to 1/4 inch for a 1 inch tang. Then weld the tang to the plate you will have more weld holding the tang to the plate and it will be easier to clean up the the welder and no pocket.

@thesickhorseranch 4 жыл бұрын

I have a feeling I'll be seeing those welds again on Instagram. :D

@psycho127 4 жыл бұрын

Also know as a blacksmith's helper or hand in the uk.

@BillWorden 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks for another great 'how-to' video, Mr. Sorrells. Wondering why you used TiG for part and MiG for the rest? Do you prefer Flux Core Wire for some reason? (Better in the wind is the only thing I can think of offhand....) Thanks, Again, Sir! Bill

@dreadthemadsmith 4 жыл бұрын

Viva La Forge.

@andrejabilicki8744 4 жыл бұрын

I've saw you on television in forge in fire

@maplebrew 4 жыл бұрын

Walt I’ve run into similar weld Clarence issues before and identified two options 1 drill a hole through the plate 1/4 smaller than the square bare and weld from the top or 2 chamfer heavily the square bar on the side to be welded on the plate like a 1/4” to 3/8 chamfer per side. Then the weld will fill out but not exceed the bar size

@SeraphX2 4 жыл бұрын

heh. i thought of both of these options but favored number 2. glad to know even though i dont do this kind of work, i have the problem solving skills if i wanted to. lol

@joshbelcher2755 4 жыл бұрын

Why go to the trouble of grinding the bar ends square when you could just face them in your mill?

@leeharveygriswold6160 3 жыл бұрын

Hi Walter, you make amazing stuff and I love your videos. I say this with love and admiration, can you please, please please get a decent welder and practice. You're hurting me. ; )

@darvad77frimml69 3 жыл бұрын

Man I thought the 2 LL's make a yuh sound?? As in Gui(yuh)tine??

@JacobvsRex 4 жыл бұрын

A welder you are not.....but makes me feel much better about my welding lol

@myownspiritlevel 4 жыл бұрын

Am I the only person who knows what splatter guard is?

@blainemarquise 4 жыл бұрын

myownspiritlevel statistically, probably not.

@masonjorgensen2258 4 жыл бұрын

You could of just beveled the edges instead of mulling out a square

@teun7923 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe get a stick welder ....

@michaelg1352 4 жыл бұрын

Not for nothing but it kinda looks like your tip on your gun is sticking out way too far. You’re nozzle should be trapping the gas. With your setup you have no gas making it to the tip, hence chicken droppings.

@garybower1824 4 жыл бұрын

It could be flux core wire nd thus no gas is used.

@michaelg1352 4 жыл бұрын

gary bower I agree, but his gun looks too big. You usually only go gasless with little 110s. Looking at the size of Walter’s gun, you can tell he has a 220 welder.