It looks like your page on Facebook has been hacked?! It said it has changed name and only one upload.

Where do you source a piece of stock like that? Thanks

I watched a video where they showed the traditional way they made Iron Ore in the Country Called Burkina Faso in Africa. Very detailed, making the coal, getting the iron ore from the ground, getting the flux from the ground, making the tubes and bellows, amazing to watch! Rare to find a video that demonstrates something so well. I wonder if I'd be able to do something like this in a very nice neighborhood? I think that I'd have a Karen knocking on the front door saying there's too much smoke :)

Those r awesome ideas 👍👌💯💢💥

another important detail is that this setup is portable. it would be heavy in a backpack with the hammers in hand, but you could probably fit all of these materials into a typical home gardening wagon or wheelbarrow and transport them wherever you'd need to, possibly while out looking for usable scrap metal that's been abandoned.

For tempering what should be the best color? Straw? Do you have any advice? :)

Thank you for all your videos, I love what you are teaching and how you are helping people reach it under such a minimal budget. Just so you are aware, a rock which has water inside of it, can infact make the rock explode due to the water reaching a boiling tempature. I have seen multiple rock explosions made from river rock being used to make fire pits. This is of course natural stones not concrete. As a teenager my neighbors fire pit which I watched them build, exploded from the center. It had nothing in it other than the rocks that lined the bottom and the sides, and brush from our yards.

Those would make good tie off eyes for utility trailer sides

❤ Thank you great work

Turning your anvil into Mr T by putting chains on it. Of course your Winter traction will be improved too ...

Very nice John! I have several sizes of channel iron in my scrap buckets. I've been picking around them for too long... thanks for the inspiration!

Nice

Where the heck do you find 1/4 square bar?

I think the small one without the flair would look good with perpendicular straps going across the feet to hold it in place.

Great ideas! Thanks for sharing your creativity (again)!

The feet could be vine leaves and the arch of the handle could be a twisted vine.

Used this technique with the king of randoms micro forge and melted my crucible and cracked it up pretty bad. Made some good heat.

A word of advice John Buy some end mills and chuck them into your drill press to start a hole on a n angled piece of steel. Then proceed as normal. As usual your work is well achieved. Your pieces just get better with your age. Cheers

Thanks for sharing, instead of hook of the week, maybe handle of the week?

Cool!

Sorry if this is a noob question, but I am just beginning. What is the tool you used under the tongs when setting the rivet?

Have you twisted any of those just out of curiosity?

Love the simple projects videos . I use angle iron scrap to make hooks . Got that idea from you . Thanks again for teaching us

Nice project ideas. Wonder anout putting in a twist on the handle of the large one.

Looking at the European cathedral door hinges latches and ornamental iron work from centuries past. They were craftsmen who worked their way through the ranks of their guilds.

Great post! Good use of random scrap! I like all your ideas! Thanks for posting!!

Hello from french Guyana... Please what is channel iron? I love tour vidéos, so inspiring. Thank you

Thx for the idea. May come in handy.

John / Black bear forge You remind me of my pop, same eyes. His fam from new york, Titus. Love your work from Aus 👍🏼🤠

maybe let the caulk dry frst next time.. it would retain its height better

Thanks for this video. If I ever get to the stage when I'd like one, I'd probably go for the press just because it's quieter, and that'll help keep me on better terms with my neighbours, and happy neighbours are important. Also, you were wondering why your video's lighting (and later the focus) kept changing. The solution is to put the camera's exposure and focus settings on manual, because on automatic the camera isn't smart enough to know what to focus on and is easily confused. Set up using auto, and then switch to manual to lock the settings, until you move the camera and need it to focus on something else.