ABANA National Curriculum 1.1 - Safety (part 1/2)

[@Javaman92]

I'll be buying a leather apron asap. Before I do anything!

[@MarkAspery]

I thoroughly enjoyed your video. I’d be more than happy to sign off on this section of your journey to ABANA Level-1 instructorhood. Well done!

[@WatersIronworks]

Thanks Mark! I've got part 2 of the safety material coming out later this week and will keep documenting my progress here.

[@MarkAspery]

@@WatersIronworks I’ll be following along. Let’s work together to get this done.

[@flyingmonkies5813]

Something else you may want to test, if you're going to continue the series, is fabric softener on natural materials. Had an incident at a forge where a person had a cotton shirt burst into flames, the assumption was the fabric softener they used impregnating the materials worked as a flash source.

[@WatersIronworks]

I'll check that out. It was pretty fun burning clothes and that's a good idea for a future video.

[@y-notforge8913]

..ABANA needs to add this video to the course. Well done sir. You see some of these "smiths" with shorts, a surfing shirt and flip flops on, idgitz...!

[@WatersIronworks]

Thanks! I'm with you on the proper attire. It's easy to wear the right stuff and can really save you a world of hurt.

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

Howdy from Sequim, Wa. There are no instructors by me either, but this old lady is determined to walk herself through the program. I won’t have anyone able to certify me… but my works will be on the wall of my shop as I complete each phase. I will keep my checklist available and have a fellow who is a machinist and heavy machinery repair tech do my QC till a zoom opens up with ABANA

[@WatersIronworks]

You might check with the ABANA education lead Becky. If you e-mail [e-mail] they can help you out. If there really isn't anyone local I'm happy to work with you and we can approve via photos and such.

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

Wow. How awesome are you?@@WatersIronworks ! Merry Christmas- or respect to whatever flavor of celebration you follow. Peace on earth, goodwill to all.

[@vedamaritabullockashley2770]

Really great information. Well done! I have seen far too many blacksmithing videos were the smiths are in sneakers and shorts. Not good.

[@WatersIronworks]

No kidding. If you want to be a healthy old smith you've got to take care of yourself.

[@bhaktapeter3501]

20:23 holy cow!

[@Javaman92]

OMG those synthetic shorts were shocking, even though I expected just what happened. Yeah no. Wow, that made an impression....

[@shadetreeforge]

I'm curious> what about steel toe foot wear, it's obvious that they wouldn't save your foot from an anvil drop! because I used to wear steel toes for a living, it seems anything that landed on the foot never landed on the toe area! And work boots with metatarsal guards are cumbersome to work in.

[@vedamaritabullockashley2770]

I wear safety toe boots all the time. It has saved my toes twice! Had to buy new boots but I'll take that over the alternative. The non- steel boots are very comfortable and don't make your feet cold.

[@WatersIronworks]

I think steel toe boots are fine. You're a lot more likely to drop something under the 75 pound range steel toe boots protect against than over that range. I've certainly had hammers fall off of tables or anvils onto my toes and wished I was wearing steel toed boots. The composite toe boots are also a good option.

[@jeffreydustin5303]

How about a pair of thick leather pants as thick as your apron and a pair of leather shoes with rubber soles and cotton shoelaces and some safety glasses with side shields?

[@WatersIronworks]

I think with an apron on the thick leather pants is overkill. Especially in Texas where I'm forging in 100+ degree weather sometimes.

[@foodananda]

talking aboput security- all the exhaust emissions from the forge are in the ambient air you people breath all the time while working. no facility to remove the emissions... I see noone wearing a mask. why is that?

[@WatersIronworks]

Masks are encouraged but not required. There are some fans we run but honestly ventilation is a huge issue. It's high on the list but we're a volunteer run blacksmith shop attached to a non-profit without a ton of funds. It's always a struggle to get improvements made.