Blacksmithing - Forging the spiral Scrolls - Yellin gate project part 3

These tight scrolls take a lot of fiddling to get right.
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[@candymountainforge]

I love fine scroll Work, this is the kind of blacksmithing I aspire towards! I'm so excited to be able to watch your journey on this project!!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thank you very much!

[@richardsurber8226]

Courageous fits in this description. Wish I were better with words. Thanks for the great video. Might be good to watch the longer version but I think you got a lot of frustration into this. DF in the shop sometimes will use the hammer and anvil to kind of sandwich the heat out of a part. Have you used that technique?

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@brianfalls5038]

The truly scary part isn't the very first one. I imagine the first one is the easy one. The hard part is making the other ones look like the first one. Great work though just the same!!!!!!!

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

Boy howdy! Its hard to imagine the amount of effort that must have gone into working that alone, given the length and spacial constraints. Definitely awesome content and great work Mr John. Thank you for sharing and daring to expand yourwork outside of the small work box. Blessings my friend Crawford out 🙏🏼🔥⚒️🧙🏼

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks

[@CausticPuffin]

1:08 The large spiral is extremely impressive. Great work!

[@jaydawg624]

I chuckled when you commented about your "small shop". I understand your struggle, my shop is 8 X 10.

[@olddawgdreaming5715]

Great video John, they look great. Thanks for sharing with us, stay safe and keep up the fine work you do. Fred.

[@glencrandall7051]

The amount of detail shown in this video is just about perfect. You demonstrated all the important steps. Any more is just unnecessary repition. 👍👍🙂🙂

[@TalRohan]

this is one of those projects where either a mobile anvil or forge would be really beneficial ...something very few of us actually have, having spent so long fastening everything down to make it quieter. That extension to your table is excellent for this kind of work though . That was a greast example of why bending forks and scroll tongs are so valuable too, on a bigger scroll iuts very common for the inner spirals to move through inertia and end up touching and you can't hammer them out. Scrolling tongs and forks can get in to adjust those wobbles ...very pleasing to watch.. thankyou for sharing

[@motd8931]

Excellent demonstration of problem solving at the forge! My favorite part was seeing the quench bucket 5 feet from the anvil - awesome! (My brain is strange...)

[@justingoodman5600]

As usual, your skill and patience amaze me. Replicating that would be the end of me 😂

[@dannoppe5468]

Been loving this series, awesome learning experiences for all of us wanting to step into larger works getting to see the challenges you're experiencing and finding solutions for.

[@GodschildinNC]

I like the forks, but you are so skilled with hammering scrolls, that looks easier to do.

[@danp3796]

Your project is looking awesome John. I admire how you were able to taper that long bar by yourself. I took on a handrail project that required me to taper a 10 foot long one inch diameter bar down to a fine point at both ends in my press. I had to get both my wife and daughter to hold the bar while I ran the press and hammer. Your determination is inspiring! 😀

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks 👍 Having lots of help on hand is how the old timer managed

[@Lev53420]

Excellent video can't wait to see finished project!!

[@BlackBearForge]

You and me both!

[@ErinPrice-n4u]

This is really beautiful I'm very impressed

[@steveRBForge]

John the scroll master. It is good day to go out a take a scroll.

[@timocsutube]

Love the series so far John!!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks, This is an enjoyable and challenging project.

[@RRINTHESHOP]

Well done John, lots of work there. Looks great.

[@skipthoming6241]

Seems that you must have the patience of Job, editing made that look simple but struggling with scrolling in the past I can really appreciate the amount of time and effort put into just one , not to mention the mirror image ,is not lost. Thank you John , can’t wait for the next video.

[@BlackBearForge]

Luckily, not having a paying customer with an expected delivery date, takes a lot of stress out of the project and makes it much easier to relax and have the patience needed.

[@springwoodcottage4248]

Such a delightful result & a fine example of ergonomics in a small shop: Every inch of needed space found & used. Thank you for sharing!

[@BlackBearForge]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@billchesser1475]

Are you going to sandblast the scrolls to clean them? Also, who made your diagonal peen hammer? Thank you again for such an informative video.

[@BlackBearForge]

Probably not. I want a more natural finish on the gate and sand blasting wouldn't fit the look. But they will require some additional cleanup.

[@erikcourtney1834]

Would it be easier to forge weld on a scroll to the long bar? It’s more calculating but surely it would be much faster

[@BlackBearForge]

Possibly, but managing the long bar that barely fits in the shop while trying to line up the scroll would have been pretty tough to get right. With a slightly larger working space and a few helper it may not be so bad.

[@MASI_forging]

Great work as always 👏👏

[@grandadz_forge]

Fiddle fiddle fiddle. It was worth it.

[@marcusmoralez8872]

Nice. I enjoyed the content.

[@brianfalls5038]

John, your attention to detail is absolutely mesmerizing. The gate project is turning out fantastic!!! You are a great teacher sir. Keep up the great videos!!!!!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thank you so much!

[@brianfalls5038]

@@BlackBearForge Thank YOU sir. You are a real inspiration for those of us that are just starting out.

[@BergenMotard]

Well done sir!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thanks

[@bigredbeard65]

I'm really enjoying this gate prject, from the initial mock up and design to making the bending forks to these scrolls, very inspirational. I'm just wondering after you finished drawing out the metal just how many times did you have to heat the metal to make those scrolls? Looks like you didn't have much working time and with all of the fiddling to make them just right it looks like it took an awful lot of heats to get just one done, nice seeing you get to use your new bending forks. Thank you for showing us this project!

[@BlackBearForge]

I wish I had kept count, but it was a lot.

[@bigredbeard65]

​@@BlackBearForgeI'd guess close to two dozen times, at least a dozen and a half just to make the scroll, lots of work and well worth it I'd say.

[@The_Smith]

Nice work John.

[@benjaminframe2533]

You know, a video idea might be wise on creating a safe and functional indoor forge. I’ve spent a lot of time trying to figure this one out.

[@billwoehl3051]

Perhaps toting a small anvil, the hero forge, and a few other tools outside would be worth the extra room and effort? My whole blacksmith shop is outside in the weather.

[@jeanpomerleau8416]

very nice

[@papapigdau.p]

Very nice!! It's a big piece! ** I noticed a new gas forge on this video. Could you do a video on it and introduce us??** What brand is it? Looks like a very well done forge! Thanks fir ALL you Good Kind Sir! Your an inspiration to us ALL!!

[@BlackBearForge]

Thats actually been in the shop for about a year and a half now. here is the video I did on the new forge kzbin.info/www/bejne/mGe3lWagq86tfcUsi=PdhnP7haaR5GMbiH

[@messylaura]

going to make a suggestion to get those scrolls even pretty quick, if you have a separate bar that will wrap around with the main work piece it will act like a spacer, you can heat and roll the metal alot quicker because you wont have to fart about getting the gap right because there will be no gap untill you finished the scroll then you can use a drift etc to knock the spacer scroll out of the main work piece. not tried it myself, just thought of it while watching the vid

[@BlackBearForge]

You're not the first to suggest that approach. Sounds like it should work. I'll need to give it a try.

[@djb341]

I think they would have made the scroll as a separate piece and welded it on afterwards. Nice work John.

[@BlackBearForge]

Managing a long bar during welding would be tough, but the old shops also had lots of help, so that may have been an option

[@DimasFajar-ns4vb]

wristwatch hair spring sir

[@tropifiori]

I have a hard time making scrolls without flats

[@BlackBearForge]

Same here. These are better than most of mine, but they still have their share of irregularities.

[@deryiousbarzee627]

Good morning

[@BlackBearForge]

Morning