Blacksmithing project - Forging Rosehead Nails

[@lizardking3109]

This was one of the best, well explained videos on making headers and nails. Thank you!

[@tijlaerts]

I've noticed that if you drift from the other side with 1 very slight tap it can help a lot in preventing the nails from getting stuck. Great video as always Dennis!

[@rampanttricky17]

excellent detail on making the nail headers and i love the foot on the handle of the tongs! it takes repeated examples to keep myself open to modifying some types of tools. my woodworking experience "lets me" casually replace hammer and axe handle with ones i make to better meet my needs and to modify cutting tools significantly (e.g. axes, knives, chisels). i just started light blacksmithing but have significant experience with non ferrous metal forming -- where the forming tools you made here can be made entirely from mild steel. i found your video looking for info to pass on to a person wanting to make copper nails and rivets and i benefit GREATLY from you information as well.

[@brysonalden5414]

And lo, some years after you posted this, I finally found it and learned some tricks I haven't tried. Thanks!

[@453421abcdefg12345]

This is the very best video on hand forging nails that I have ever watched! Your nails have an excellent proportion head on them, so many just look like a cut nail with a burred head as they have been clenched rather than using a header.I think you tong foot idea is a brilliant idea, it solves an age old problem. Many thanks for posting this!

[@nightschoolblacksmith6219]

Incredibly informative video. I have been struggling for some time to both make a nail header and then make nails with it. I now know what I'm going to be doing tomorrow! The Pdf file is very welcome!

[@wincharter1]

Another great video, thanks for sharing with us.

[@johnjude2677]

Again this i wii setup in my shop. Thanks to you

[@SuperAWaC]

for the tacks instead of knocking them out with a hammer knock them out with a piece of wood- that's what i do for tacks, but i think my headers might have maybe a degree or two more draft angle to them, sticking hasn't been an issue for me.

[@meriahcameron2908]

what langh's are for 3/16, 3,8, and 1/4. i bought thoughs sizes. sorry for bad grammer, and i wanna learn

[@tldalton1622]

Question about the number of heats... They are nails. Why not do it in 1 heat and have it as a rough nail? The aesthetics matter? Maybe I'm thinking differently.. but as long as it's tapered and mostly straight, isn't that good enough since it's just a nail?

[@df-intheshop330]

This video is about how I make nails. It takes me several heats to get the results that I am looking for. I don't have any problem with you making a nail in one heat.

[@tldalton1622]

That's awesome and i love the video. I was just curious if you would do it differently if "production" was a thing. Sometimes i like to test of ways of doing things and seeing if i can get production numbers up there.

[@df-intheshop330]

The more you work at it the more ways you will find to get faster but the quality still needs to be there at the end otherwise being fast doesn't mean anything. Also don't forget that almost all nail making was a cottage industry where the whole family worked at it. So that workshop may have been able to produce a 1000 nails a day but that was not the work of one person.

[@jmtracker]

Great video thank you. I am unable to access the pdf. Is there another way you could make it available or maybe email it out? thank you gain

[@df-intheshop330]

No problem - send me an email to my gmail and I'll send you the PDF - [e-mail]

[@rrwestenberger]

Do you drift from the pilot hole side or the counter sunk side ?

[@df-intheshop330]

The tapered hole is from the countersunk side ( bottom) to the top face. I do run the drift from the top at the end just to put a slight bevel on the top face to prevent the top edge of the hole from peening over

[@expatconn7242]

dennis if you want to do copper or brass is it the same ? ty

[@df-intheshop330]

Same process but you can forge copper cold. It will work harden and become brittle but you can resoften it by heating it to a dull red. Some brasses can't be forged ( only cast ) so you will have to experiment with that.

[@niklass4762]

Where is the pdf?

[@df-intheshop330]

+Niklas Svevar I'm working on that. This video is leftover from when I had a website and the pdf files where available there. Tune into Week 2 this afternoon. I'll be discussing that. It is one of the problems of going totally to youtube.

[@df-intheshop330]

+Niklas Svevar I just added link to the file in the description. Let me know how it works. Thanks

[@EmileTheart]

Worked a treat. Thanks for a great video. I'm thinking of using forged nails to attach the oregon pine base boards in our house.

[@gelanghaarteweile3048]

@@df-intheshop330 I just want to let you know, download still working after 6 years :)

[@mr-x7689]

"It´s a squere nail that tapers down to a point" Almost correct. it´s suposed to be rectangular, and almost completly flat after the 2/3 of the nail. The idea is that you bend about 3-4mm of the tip after hammering it trough the wood, then bend it agein and hammering the flat part in to the wood agein so it locks in place. making it near impossible to remove trough movement. I made a few dozen of these a few years ago, when i made a chest.

[@MrGiXxEr]

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[@niklass4762]

Hi, thanx for the videos. I Think you can upload the files on your google drive drive.google.com/ and share it to anyone on internet and copy the url for the file in the comments field. There is KZbin videos showing how to do it😀

[@df-intheshop330]

+Niklas Svevar Thanks - I know there has to be a way of doing it. Dropbox was also suggested? I'l go with whatever is easiest. I know nothing about either one.