Forged iron Jack-O-Lantern

[@IslandMetalForge]

Wow John! Firstly, thank you for the mentions! I don't mind at all if people do projects I also do... im just glad to inspire people! Like the Lizard before. Yeahman thems chisel lines were finicky as all get out, I've tried putting the lines in before the stem, but it crushed the pipe, I found though if you do the stem, then chisel the lines past the bottom, when you neck down the bottom they have a nice bit of flow. Hannemann Ironworks did a video and actually brought up grinding the lines in the whole pipe ahead of time and seemed to get a good result. You went all out going Jack-o-lantern with it! I wasn't gonna do that till I made one out of copper lol. Also you had me thinking here... if I made a thicker pipe gate fuller, I could get more stem! All in all, you rock John! Thank you for being you!

[@paulorchard7960]

Island Metal Forge On the ball there Yamez, just posted my side of the world! Iwill track down and view your video for sure, keep well mate!

[@randomgoat2272]

This video is very nicely made and the camera angles are really good. Well done John!

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@justinriley8651]

that is cool man looks like a decoration from back in the real old days.

[@521cjb]

That's some really healthy produce, very rich in iron. And that's the first time I ever saw anyone carve a Jack-O-Lantern with a drill press !

[@angelopedretti83]

Looks great! I grow a lot of pumpkins on my farm. Pumpkin stems are full creases and lines since it is a vine.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Really an impressive pumpkin John ! That took some time and engineering to figure out how to do this. Thanks for sharing with us.👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@Aco747lyte]

A wonderful video, well shot and edited. Thank you, John!

[@pjamestx]

So good! And that last shot with the flames coming out, love it! What a great project, I don't know if I would have had the patience to fuller in the lines down the sides with it squirming around like that, but the results were totally worth it.

[@tyfordawin2179]

Love the festivity! You are such a talented blacksmith

[@Boankofa]

I had several WOW moments during watching you today sir. I like the stem a lot. It matches the rustic theme nicely.

[@carstennelson4830]

Using the same idea for holiday candies.. The pepermint ones.. Drawn out stem to be flattened out on both ends for the wrapper and the fuller marks for the red and white stripes around. 2 points looks great

[@terrycarwile6499]

Really a neat idea, watched Yamez's video too! I wonder if it would be better to leave the pumpkin attached to the pipe while the finish work is completed, then cut the piece off. That way maybe you could hold it in the vise. Or maybe tack a little piece of square bar to the bottom and use that to hold it in the vise. Thanks to you and Yamez!

[@genesisdju7105]

Hey John! That's great that you finaly have a sponsor! I'am really happy for you! Great project and video as usual. Hello from France.

[@nppjbrown]

John, living in Australia we don’t get into Halloween quite as much although it is getting more popular. I made some gum nuts using a similar process using our eucalyptus trees as a model. They came up nicely and are being used as decoration on a table base. Love your work.

[@gurvinderkau1e5w18]

Beautiful pumpkin. Loved the detsils on it. Great collection of files👍👍👍👍

[@ErokowXiyze]

Gnarley! And it looks amazing. Solid craftsmanship.

[@3870TheDad]

Great project, John!!

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

Just revisiting your old 🎃 jack-o'-lantern friend! Still as kuul as it was Crawford out 🙏🔥⚒️🧙🏼‍♂️🎃

[@walterguan5036]

Neat! Going to forge one out of copper pipe which makes it easier and some cold work too for details

[@sunqwest1]

neat idea thanks. will have to try it and I think the stem turned out great

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Great Jack O'Lantern

[@jeffgrier8488]

That's a really neat project John, i might have to take a shot at making something like that.

[@Zogg1281]

17:25 I'm just wondering if you could have clamped a pair of tongs onto the stem of the pumpkin and held the tong reins between your legs to hold the pumpkin steady? That ended up looking AWESOME!!!! Especially with fire coming out of it's eyes, nose and mouth. I don't really like Halloween but that just looks to cool a project to miss 👍

[@deanplank2577]

Probably already posted but in case its not,,,, a couple wedges would hold your pumpkin and a magnet may also cure the problem. Good work all.

[@noahwilliams9118]

Im gonna have to give this a shot, I think it could make a nice apple for the top of a coat hook as a gift for a teacher family member

[@wedo4fun251]

Great videos, amazing work. Watched and liked all I think. Love the closing scene with the oil or wax burning of. How suiting. 👍

[@MrSanemon]

That stem briefly looked exactly like the state of Texas's silhouette. 6:58-6:59

[@SchysCraftCo.]

John those turned out very great. Love the videos. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend forge on

[@grifixed]

thanks for another great video

[@josephmaschari1073]

Good looking jack-o-lantern,

[@alexfullmer4707]

For some reason my teeth started hurting when you got that "Dremel tool" out.

[@douglasfathers4848]

`Hi John I remember watching you make the fuller tool . So I am going spend this next week watching your past videos on tools you have made. And make some that I don't have. The Jack _ O _Lantern is Spectacular. (:

[@BlackBearForge]

Have fun

[@alastairbrown5174]

Wow that looks amazing

[@Thegreenpig22]

I love it!

[@Vikingwerk]

Neat! I think it would look cool if you hit it with a brass or copper brush (or both!) while hot, with how that leaves color on the steel, could look neat.

[@1averageamerican]

Looks like a fun project. Turned out great. Your apron is starting to show some use. Looks like it got a little too hot on the front at some point. It happens. I nearly set my leather apron on fire a few days ago.

[@paulorchard7960]

Thanks John, looks easy they will say, bang that up in an hour or so! Yeh, right, done some pipe type forging before and, its not that simple. That damn pipe will do everything you are trying not to do every time! Yep, time, patience and holding your tongue between your teeth at exactly the right angle at the right time is the only way to succeed! Well done and thanks for the video, I will TRY, this weekend if I get time!

[@davidfogg922]

WATCHING THIS VIDEO GIVES ME THE IDEAR OF MAKINF A WINE GIBLET OUT OF A PIPE THIS I ASK OF YOU GIVE IT A SHOT

[@craigmoore7521]

Nice!!! Super cool!

[@frankgaletzka8477]

Hello John As you know i am living in Germany and here Halloween got more and more popular. So you work come to the right time And as always i have learned alot Form your work You Made a cute looking nice little pumpkin. So happy Halloween and all the best wishes to you Yours Frank

[@hannemannironworks1651]

Looks great John I was thinking about making a Jack o lantern but need larger pipe to do it 🤔 maybe an old fence post

[@Edwinthemountainman8454]

Great job watching your channel is like going to blacksmithing valhalla 👏👏👏👍👍

[@jackdawg4579]

I wonder if you could put the lines in the pipe before necking it? Could do it over a mandrel then. Also an idea with that left over bit that eventually broke off, rather than try and turn it in to a longer stem, if you split it you might be able to make part of it into a leaf?

[@phredd6070]

What about a round bar the size of the hole in the bottom chucked up in a vise. Then make the vertical lines with the fuller, at least till you get them defined.

[@stormyeffects4795]

The most important thing I got out of this video is that you can make tiny cups (look around the 4 min mark) 4:25 5:14 I love tiny cups

[@jcamisa50]

Ooooo. I like it. Very scary especially when it glowed orange !!!! LOVE YOUR VIDEOS, I DID SUBSCRIBE!!!!! HAPPY HALLOWEEN!!!!👍👍♥️👻🎃

[@ashfilip7813]

Awesome!!!

[@marcerivest6204]

This is a really cool project. For a minute l toth you were a dentist.

[@rogeradolfsson2682]

Nice work John. I just got an idea about the lines you chiseled on the pumpkin. What do you think about chiselling them lines on the pipe before you neck it of to pumpkin shape??? I love watching your videos, I’m a beginner blacksmith

[@IslandMetalForge]

I did try that, it ends up deforming the pipe pretty bad.

[@rogeradolfsson2682]

Ok, good to know👍🏼

[@NoLandMandi]

Nice!

[@bertiebassett7011]

a nice little pumpkin there! i think you could have continued to use the fuller to stretch out the stem without crushing so much, might give enough to be hung from the stem. looks great as is though

[@BlackBearForge]

You would need to start with that in mind. Once there is a neck, its hard to fuller on the transition area

[@bertiebassett7011]

@@BlackBearForge yes, that makes sense. if you widen the neck area from the start you could bring down a section maybe 2" long to then draw it out as desired.

[@johnjude2685]

Cute, Foresight tell me perhaps if you had flux inside the pipe could perhaps closed it up. Like your comment looks better in orange heat, I'm always like seeing your changes and explain of how your attempt as you know when you are seen challenge lots of ideas fires up in the students minds. I'm planning a new attempt at a great forge weld that I have failed at about 8 trys. Thanks for the teaching,Sir

[@garyjeffery9726]

Cool project, I don't know if fullering the pipe before useing the guillotine would be easier

[@clintkees6158]

so what about making a larger one and using some sheet metal like thinness? would be fun to rivet the parts together but try to randomize the rivets and texture the heads so it looks like the warts you find on pumpkins sometimes. love all you do bud keep up the great content! i want to get into this craft so bad. one of the few communities i have seen that is just open and kind.

[@BlackBearForge]

I think you could do that. Coming up with a good segmented pattern would be the hard part, but than the rest would be straight forward.

[@susanbarbier5053]

I don’t want to tell you what you should do but on the pinching device I would remove the nut, cross drill the bolt and put in a hitch pin.

[@susanbarbier5053]

By the way, this turned out great!

[@hosiercraft9675]

Hi again John, great video as usual. Really wish I could make videos as nice as you do. Always educational and inspiring. Over the years you've covered allot of blacksmithing things. Tools, art, useful home and garden items. A question, for a one man shop, what stock world you say is to huge to handle, and at what point is the stock to small? I'll say forging fish hooks from spring steel is very challenging.

[@BlackBearForge]

I don't use anything smaller than 3/16" for the most part (rarely some 1/8" welding rod for a pin). On the large size, with a power hammer, I would say 2" square. Without a power hammer I would probably never go larger than 1"

[@ReconJeep77]

Hi there! You do a lot of forgewelding mild steel to mild steel, or mild to high carbon, but can you do a video that covers high carbon to high carbon? Thx for what you do!

[@BlackBearForge]

It isn't any different other than a bit lower welding heat

[@yo.mama100]

how to make and end cap / and a jack o lantern

[@petepeterson4540]

looks more like a bell pepper at 20:23

[@ramirohernandez7483]

Love your show ! How much time Did it take to have a finish product. Just wondering. I'm a rookie And time I have a lot of.

[@BlackBearForge]

Probably about 6 hours including dealing with cameras and lights. I suspect it would be 2 hours otherwise

[@danshaw6759]

Just curious, do you wrap your elbow or shoulder to take the blows of the hammer? It seems like it would be hard on the joints, hammering for as long as you have to.

[@BlackBearForge]

With a proper loose grip it isn't as bad as you might think.

[@jamesbarisitz4794]

That's a new Classic in my book John. Where do I place my order?

[@BlackBearForge]

Unfortunately I don't have any plans to make them for sale

[@podolyanin9745]

It's not a pumpkin, it's a Chipolino... 👍😁

[@Anyarthropod]

Hello. I was wondering if you turn on your forge inbetween heats. I am looking for ways to save gas so it will last longer. Thankyou.

[@BlackBearForge]

I only turn it off to improve audio quality for the videos. I don't turn it off during normal production work. Keeping it hot seems more efficient.

[@Anyarthropod]

@@BlackBearForge thankyou!

[@65burnie]

Do you think starting with a larger pipe would of made the eyes, nose and mouth Easyer?

[@BlackBearForge]

yes, but it would be much harder to neck down. I'm not sure what the limit might be

[@65burnie]

Going to try one for sure !!!

[@65burnie]

@@BlackBearForge If I wanted to send you a pic of what I make where can I send it ?

[@elsasso]

I’m kinda new to blacksmithing...I have a question. What are those flakes that appear when he hits the pipe?

[@BlackBearForge]

Thats scale. Its an iron oxide that forms at high heat

[@elsasso]

@@BlackBearForge Thank You mister... I like your channel a lot!

[@codystillman1181]

You could have cut the pipe below the bottom fuller and it would have had a stand

[@BlackBearForge]

Or leave even more and flatten it out to form a body

[@richardsamuel1379]

Hey John I am Richard from Thor's Hammer Forg how often do you practice doing a thing before you put out a video? Ps I like your videos very much and have picked up some good ideas

[@BlackBearForge]

Projects like this generally are just shot as I try out something new. I would like to spend a few days figuring out the best approach, but never seem to have the time

[@richardsamuel1379]

@@BlackBearForge thank you I do love your vidos

[@Earthenfist]

Forging pipe is _weird_.

[@nofunclub]

thats pretty much like those apple forgings i saw some years ago kzbin.info/www/bejne/jnKcqIOqq8psg68

[@mathewmolk2089]

I would have never thought of plugging the pipe in a million years. Either you guys are getting smarter of more likely I'm gettin' dumber.

[@jenniferpurvis5441]

Wooow! 🌈👏