Blacksmith Makes Shelf Brackets

[@danpatch4751]

Very nice video, great project.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thanks very much. They are a good seller of mine.

[@nealthesmith]

Nice job as always, Tom. Great instructional video, and I *need* a bending tool like that.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thank you! Yeah that bender is good. Pretty reasonably priced too. The cast sections are as they need to be but the machined parts are a little flimsy and the tolerance isn't great in places. I had to get a new axle turned to reduce the play in one section. It'll happily bend 20x8mm cold.

[@douglasfathers4848]

Very nice brackets mate , Got to get me one of them fly press , There worth there wait in gold . Cheers . 👍🤠

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thanks for commenting! Yeah, after a forge and an anvil I'd say a fly press is absolutely essential and often overlooked. So so versatile, especially if you're on your own.

[@nabwanimhana4200]

I like it

[@lenblacksmith8559]

Very nice well done.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thank you very much!

[@EduardoSVA]

Great job, congratulations!

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thank you very much!

[@janekroing842]

Very nice video. Seems like a project I also might want to do.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thanks very much! Give it a go.

[@sjtaylor128]

As I watched you upsetting I was thinking you needed a Peddinghaus with an upsetting block. I took mental notes on how you riveted the braces inside your brackets. Thanks for a very entertaining video.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thanks for watching! Hope everything was clear, didn't mean to make anything mysterious so if there's anything you want to know about the riveting, let me know.

[@bartolomelovecchio3834]

Exelente trabajo estimado todo un artesano

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thank you!

[@juanacevedo3007]

Saludos desde Uruguay 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼💪💪💪

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪💪🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥👍👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@ianmcgougan1173]

I too love strong and relatively simple designs ('tho not simple to make). Can't help asking you Tom. What would 4 brackets cost?

[@rvb01]

Hey, Tom. What were you finishing with, beeswax?

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Yeah, my own concoction of mainly beeswax with some linseed oil and white spirit.

[@mountainwolf1]

May i ask what the stock sizes and thickness your materials are thanks and godbless.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

The straight, right angle section is 20x8mm and the curved piece is 20x5mm.

[@mountainwolf1]

​@TomFellBlacksmith, thank you very much for sharing your wisdom with us all I greatly appreciate it have a blessed day.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

@@mountainwolf1 you too!

[@threeriversforge1997]

Beautiful work. I wish I could upset that cleanly! My bender's a whole lot bigger, but I've been curious about smaller designs that take up less room. What make/model are you using there? Found it serviceable?

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

Thank you! Not sure of the make of bender but I have found it very useful. It has it's limits, I'd say this 20x8mm section is as big as it will bend cold, but it will go much bigger without issue if you get the work hot.

[@threeriversforge1997]

@@TomFellBlacksmith Thanks. I've been using a huge bender I found locally, but it's rather awkward to use so doing hot work in it is a non-starter. It'll bend up to 6" wide, which is nice, but I'd like to find something smaller and faster like what you've got. Even the "vintage" American or British designs are going for a pretty penny these days.

[@TomFellBlacksmith]

So in my experience the new benders you can buy online (like mine) are pretty good, and relatively cheap. The main cast sections are up to the job, but the machined parts often are made on the cheap so the tolerance is a bit off. I had to turn a new axle pin to reduce some of the wobble on the bending plate. If you are in a position to make these sort of adjustments if you need to then you'll probably find it does what you need.