Blacksmithing - Decorative scroll forged from C channel - scrap iron challenge

[@robbjohnson7072]

John, I agree with your outro. Your videos are not only technically valuable, but also a wonderful platform for an idea exchange. I will be anxious to see what your viewers come up with for uses for an interesting scroll like that

[@BlackBearForge]

I appreciate that!

[@jhcc289]

I’ve got an idea for a possible application in a job I’m working on right now!

[@Phil_Cleaver]

I am there for “Scroll of the Week”.

[@josephtinsley7212]

it's crazy how good that scroll looks just using channel iron

[@Jim-Wade]

"I like that a lot" = ditto! Creative use of material. Great idea!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks!

[@NathanS__]

That looks a lot like that gothic scroll work you might see in the stonework of a church. I think it would be perfect for a gothic inspired gate or window grate

[@jeffreyjones6409]

Before you rolled it all of the way over it kind of reminded me of the old claw foot furniture that my Grandma had. On trying new things I have a "to be continued" bucket that has projects I started and got to a point where I wasn't sure how to continue. Sometimes taking a break from something and revisiting it later can be helpful. Awesome piece.

[@glebtcheslavski1085]

John, an excellent little project! This is another proof of the concept that there is no scrap in the shop! ;-) Thank you!!!

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you like it!

[@Vikingwerk]

It looks a lot like the kind of beading carving you see on antique tables and desks, I could see using these as a decorative element on the legs of a table, it has a sort of American Renaissance Revival woodworking style feel to it, with the fluted/scrolled look.

[@The_Smith]

that turned out OK, one of those pieces if I saw without knowing anything about it I'd be wondering how the Halifax it was made. Nice work John.

[@MrGiXxEr]

I really like this idea and think it would be a great trick for making lamb's tongues.

[@bjh4970]

Beautiful, now I’ll be looking for bits of small channel iron. Love the scrap projects ❤

[@davidsimons9132]

That is a great looking scroll. That design would look really good on the top of a gate. Thanks for the inspiration. You cause us to think outside of the box.

[@PogyForge]

That one was definitely a win.

[@paulregner5335]

Rare is the occasion where I don't learn something from one of your videos! It's good to see work in the small shop again as well!

[@JarlSeamus]

That would make one heck of a railing finial!

[@olofjansson9356]

Wow, positively magical!!!

[@mikepavelock596]

Nice idea with the channel iron! I see the start of a ram's head door knocker for the shop.

[@cwccharters]

John, Thank you for the idea of what to do with some small channel I have! I like your idea of scrap challenges! 👍

[@BlackBearForge]

Any time

[@traildust55]

I sure enjoyed it John. What a great idea. I have some channel on my rack. Hmm...

[@BlackBearForge]

Go for it!

[@snowstorm8180]

A cane handle is what I thought of as I sit here next to the one I use. Either cut off and fitted to a wooden body or turning the piece round about halfway down so you can get a rubber nonslip tip for it. Or maybe I'm just crazy. Love the channel. It makes me wish I could do some of the things I see on here. 3/4 crutch tips last longer on your cane than normal cane tips for those who use one all the time. If your cane is 3/4 lol.

[@davidoliver2826]

I really like how that turned out! Nice appearance! Always enjoyable seeing the process! Thanks John! Love the bits and pieces idea and like challenging myself to creating!

[@Lev53420]

Keep up the good work, john. I cant wait til i can forge as well as you. Thanks for all the info

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks 👍

[@ChristCenteredIronworks]

Great job John 🔥

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Lovely, reminded me of a lily leaf growing as you created it. Thank you for sharing!

[@richardnelson657]

Skill! Thanks for the example. 👍

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

That was amazing forge work! Lots of great instructions and video covering the welding and scroll work, the downfalls and how great it turns out with your working skills. Absolutely beautiful scroll work. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep up the fabulous work and videos. Fred.

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@billhatcher2984]

I can see that scroll on the end of a porch hand rail it would look good and I liked this video it seemed like you were enjoying making it too I think you like your coal forge

[@richardsurber8226]

Agree with lev. Thanks for the video. You keep us guys aspiring to be as courageous as John The Switzer.

[@MrMeat-pv3ni]

Great idea. Love your video's. My skill level is growing thanks to you.

[@BlackBearForge]

Excellent

[@kazan1510]

Great, looks like high-end piece!

[@Dominic.Minischetti]

Man that came out so cool! I definitely dig it!

[@carlcoco3851]

That is an amazing scroll. I could see pairs of them either side of a gate or added to an acanthus leaf design grating.

[@warrenclay7460]

John, this is a very nice scroll.

[@jovonrosen8417]

Thanks for the awesome video, real small and simple but turned out to be a great looking scroll!

[@joeryerson9295]

I love the scrap/ cut offs challenge videos. I think that scroll would look great as the corner pieces for a window grate.

[@erniebeswick7675]

This shop looks like mine but much cleaner 😂 love it

[@funwithmadness]

It reminds me of some sort of plant, like a fern. I think this would look good as a sculptural piece... A couple of these scrolls with some wider, "open" leaves. I would not, however, add a flower. I think flowers are over done. Nice work! It makes me want to be able to do stuff like this, but I already have too many hobbies.

[@kenbartlett3823]

Thank you sir, great work.

[@adavis8108]

They’d make cool claw feet for a table !

[@threeriversforge1997]

I really like that idea. I don't have any small channel in the scrap, and I'm sure not going to try this with that 5x2 that I do have, but I'll certainly keep it in mind. Great video, as always.

[@BlackBearForge]

But it would look so cool forged from 5 X 2 😜

[@unclejedsiron7618]

I really do enjoy your videos.

[@davidlynn7161]

That turned out really beautiful, so many things it could be used for.

[@edwarnock9884]

Gotta like that! I think there are a myriad of things that scroll would look great. One I have thought a lot about was large sconces for a large old-world style yard or porch light. Maybe also on a post mounted yard light.

[@chetjohnston7687]

Beautiful and inspiring! I have a use in mind for two of those!

[@Bangalangs]

Another excellent video sir.

[@toddcaldwell5614]

Great to see you back in the hand tool shop . Interesting scroll

[@hodekondrej]

I think I've floated the idea before, but I think that a good compromise between handcrank and electric blower might be a handcrank with flywheel. Would not require constant cranking and wouldn't make much noise

[@332mcdaniel]

Great job as usual!! Thanks for sharing John.

[@pjamestx]

What a clever idea, I never would have though of using a piece of channel to get results like that. Looks great!

[@jackburton9214]

That looks amazing. It would look great as a furniture leg also.

[@moreybandel5560]

That turned out very nice! I got that flux you used. I found it on Amazon for a good price. I have yet to use it as I've been working too much. I got to get out and try it! Thanks for the great video John!

[@triciam532]

scroll would make a nice plant hanger

[@jackharvey3760]

John, That is an awesome piece. I would think a couple of those would make some very nice shelf or mantle brackets.

[@rbaker1423]

What a cool idea, John. I haven't seen anybody do that. Great episode.

[@bunyanforgings7849]

Love that detail!

[@michaelgryder2204]

Great job loved the video.

[@hedbergforgemetalworks7783]

I have a project that I think I’m going to try this out on! I’m thinking multiple of these as a wizard staff topper.

[@JimmieCampbell-wn5sn]

you always amaze me with your ability and knowledge

[@Redbeards_Forge]

Wow, I really love that. Looks so fantastic and beautiful. Great use for channel iron

[@billykreger9765]

Splendid idea! I think they would make wonderful shelf brackets. At one point your scroll was a bit flat which is what made me think of that. Another project well done John

[@steveallen2681]

Thank you John , I love your videos and instructional talks, that scroll is beautiful and I also have a bit of that size channel iron, I’m going to try . Sure it won’t look like you’re but the trying will be fun. Thanks

[@justingoodman5600]

That came out great looking, completely different than what I had in my mind at the beginning. Your mind and skill are amazing. I agree window bars, gates and fences would all benefit from scrolls like that. Thanks for the inspiration

[@rbfcaf]

Love it

[@charityironworks1036]

I love it when you do things like this. It gives me lots of new ideas. I do things like this alot more than I actually make a finished product.😂 I like the coal forge videos best. I have both but I just like coal.

[@messylaura]

unusual and weird scrap stock thing of the month etc would be a great series

[@SouthernCrossForge]

Very creative! Have fun, make stuff - Southern Cross Forge

[@r3ngokuking]

That is REALLY cool. That would make for some really interesting detail on a gate.

[@paulmeyers4080]

Real nice!

[@tropifiori]

Looks great Jobn

[@danbreyfogle8486]

As a life long woodworker I have an issue with refusing to throw any wood away. So as you said, if it turns into something then it wasn't scrap. I once was working on a project in an apartment for a client and a guy from another apartment wanted to know if he could have a scrap of plywood. I asked how big. He said "oh about 2 foot by 4 foot." No, that is NOT scrap, grin.... I look forward to a scrap project series here on your channel.

[@Joe_for_real]

The scroll looks amazing. Great demonstration.

[@brysonalden5414]

Very nice scroll, nicely imagined from the channel iron. I have a piece of "scrap" steel in my shop someone gave me that's five feet of 4" round. Please, please find a similar piece in your shop and inspire us!

[@Habitphc69]

Love that new idea. Scrap iron challenge!!!!

[@DanSpeer-xb1cs]

Another great video John! Looks perfect for the end of a handrail, maybe with just a little less curl. Thanks for another instructive lesson.

[@jackdawg4579]

I think that was a real win, that looks really nice!

[@jeffgrier8488]

That's a good looking piece John, i could see that in so many applications. Thanks for the video!

[@russellsullivan8947]

I believe the idea behind borax is that it lowers the melting point of the scale, which then flows out of the weld

[@armageddontools]

I like it how uneven it is ,something thats missing from industrial made ones. If you have 1000 peacese made by machine every one of them will look the same.Some people like it some peoiple dont but for me thats what makes hand forged items special.

[@flatlander6734]

A flux idea. I take a magnet to the pile of stuff off the abrasive chop saw. It picks out the metal dust, and I mix it into the borax Seems to help.

[@bigredbeard65]

Nice idea and excellent execution of the idea, I wasn't sure about it at first but then it started taking shape and it turned out better than I expected it could. I really enjoyed seeing you back in the little shop using the coal forge. Using scrap materials is something I enjoy doing, I like being able to make use of scraps and junk. I am looking forward to your next video!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thank you very much!

[@carpetania47]

Very good idea and great work... Greetings from Toledo Spain! Thanks..

[@bobrees4363]

At the point you finished using the chisel, prior to completing the scroll; I thought "that would make a good poker handle. Maybe a set of fireplace tools with matching handles?

[@elchick8328]

John I loved this video so much I went to my metal supplier yesterday and bought a stick of that channel iron to try it myself! Please keep this scrap iron challenge series going! The more the better! Like the original hook of the week series, I find these videos to be the most inspirational ones you do! Thanks!

[@elchick8328]

Also, I can totally see two of those scrolls opposite each other on a bar topped with a finial and a couple acanthus leaves as decorative support under the scrolls... A gate or fence with a decorative bar like that every 2 or 3 bars would look amazing...

[@jamesbonnema1041]

Great idea, I love the look . Kind of art nouvo

[@donloughrey1615]

Good.👍

[@KipshakForging]

Great. 👍👍👍🖐

[@darrinrebagliati5365]

I might consider these as planter hangers for eave herb gardens! Wouldn't need to be as fancy, but could use something similar 'under the stairs' for indoor gardens!

[@GodschildinNC]

That is a really neat look. I was thinking that you could use it as an end scroll on a stair hand rails. Could just use a long piece of channel and eliminate the weld.

[@grunt89futtock890]

The foot of a table leg.

[@Cristo_Mario]

Great video, thank you. A drop the tongs weld will stress me out...

[@BlackBearForge]

It's just a matter of practice

[@magicfungi]

If “Dust on my chisel” isn’t the name of your memoir…you’re missing out!

[@TonyUrryMakes]

Excellent result!. I will use this

[@russellayton6408]

Splendid!

[@thecreekwalker0174]

on a metal or wooden shelving unit would be great for the scrool

[@glencrandall7051]

Nice.🙂🙂

[@willsouthdakota5153]

When you were beginning the scroll, I could really see a rams head possibility

[@treytonhillary9293]

I would use that as a door 🚪 handle it would be a beautiful door handle

[@MASI_forging]

How awesome bro 😄😄

[@paullambert965]

VERY cool!

[@joemitz5913]

I think it would make a nice coat rack. Or feet for a table.