From the thumbnail I could not imagine how you made this cross. I watched the whole video and not only did I get to see exactly how but you explain in terms that I fully understand. Thank you for the great vid
@timhooper15575 жыл бұрын
Focus you Fak! lol Thanks for sharing...I really enjoy your cool measured style of teaching! You take the time to explain the do's and don'ts So we understand why they are do's and don'ts Which leads to "Us" having a better understanding!
@heinoobermeyer75665 жыл бұрын
Camera's just aint skookum as frig nowadays
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Thats like blaming your car if you get a speeding ticket
@wallcarpentry20065 жыл бұрын
Ha, another AVE fan
@timhooper15575 жыл бұрын
@@wallcarpentry2006 Yes we are many... We are legion! lol
@victorwright48985 жыл бұрын
My Dad just passed away. A nice tribute for a Faithful Gospel preacher. He always showed an interest in blacksmithing. Thanks for the tutorial. It will be at his grave site.
@grandadz_forge5 жыл бұрын
This is one I'll be replaying AT the anvil
@1averageamerican5 жыл бұрын
My mother in law just showed me a picture of one of these a few days ago and asked if I could make her one. Perfect timing! Thanks John.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Hope it helps
@bc659255 жыл бұрын
There's a friend here close by in the IBA that does these in 3/16 for ear rings and such. I have yet to figure out how he cuts them. He also does the snow flakes which takes 3 splits. I have a picture of one of them next to a penny and the penny is actually bigger.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
I wonder if he uses a jewelers saw
@OmahaLasse5 жыл бұрын
Lovely to get to see a skilled blacksmith doing old school stuff. Each one teach one.
@escapehatch59985 жыл бұрын
I thought my eyesight was going for a second, I appreciate you pointing out it was the camera. Great project, thank you for your videos!
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Mostly it was the camera man not changing over to auto focus.
@mrdrangen15 жыл бұрын
Your videos really makes me wish I cud set up my shop to learn blacksmithing. Really good videos. Regards from Sweden
@deerjohn80415 жыл бұрын
Blovie I was wishing the same thing a few years ago. I had hammers and not much else. I started going to a local blacksmith club to take notes. I built a coal forge using a hair dryer and scrap metal. A friend found a piece of railroad track I could use for an anvil. Fast forward 3 years and now I have a real Peter Wright anvil, a hand crank forge blower, and I've made most of my necessary blacksmith tools from scrap metal. Long story short, you can do it. Start small and see if you really like it. The whole thing is slowly taking over my life, and I'm better off for it. BTY, my next addition will most likely be a home made gas forge!
@fortpecktim68465 жыл бұрын
Finally, a slit cross friedegg thingamadohicky that makes sense.
@David-dl4mu Жыл бұрын
Great job.
@shawnthetoolguruevans61655 жыл бұрын
The man knows his craft!
@andrewostrelczuk4065 жыл бұрын
It's raining here in Michigan too... flood watches til the 19th of March... Robins are here, red wing black bird has visited the feeder... thanks again. Now I really want to make up a holdfast to go in my pritcherd hole like you have used here! Keep up the great work!!!
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Holdfasts are one of those really useful items
@sunqwest15 жыл бұрын
thank you for sharing your knowledge of blacksmithing. awesome
@TufStockdogs5 жыл бұрын
Very good of you john to share this I thank you very much
@jamesmcmillen48285 жыл бұрын
18:01 R.I.P. headphone users. I've made quite a few of these. A lot of folks love having them made out of rail spikes. The spike head is flattened so the cross will stand on it's own. Nice little project. These were one of my first blacksmith projects.
@ryandavis46892 жыл бұрын
I love that "clamp" I was trying to figure out a way to hold something well and now I see a way, do you have a video on that clamp?
@lancerussell6665 жыл бұрын
I enjoy your vids i can have a cup of coffee and relax while you explain your work you are full of information i learn while you teach thanks nice work
@olivergroce42165 жыл бұрын
You might make a split cross, hook of the week. maybe. Love to watch you.
@mikemullenix6956 Жыл бұрын
The final exam, blacksmithing 101
@KingLoopie15 жыл бұрын
I often wondered how to make these crosses. Now I know, thanks to you! Thanks for the video(s)!! We got rain/wind and then snow/wind too in the NW Denver area. Made for an interesting trip yesterday to pick up a tool from a CL ad!
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Sounds like Denver was a real mess yesterday.
@paulcorrigan6495 жыл бұрын
Yes please for a base
@GWIRailroad5 жыл бұрын
That is a great project, nice job! Wayne Love to see the base!
@dakaraius5 жыл бұрын
For anyone that doesn't wear glasses......yes, that's what it looks like for us without our glasses.
@hearnjack5 жыл бұрын
Awesome
@ChristCenteredIronworks5 жыл бұрын
Comment #892 :-) yes I'm late today lol
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Thats OK, as long as you're in focus.
@trminer5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, I vote yes for the base video. :)
@arlenestanton99555 жыл бұрын
New tongs, nice
@shadetreeforge5 жыл бұрын
At SOFA QUAD STATE this past September, the Saturday night forging competition. The object was forge a hummingbird from precut cross blanks that opened up into an X shape, and then the head n beak, wings, and tail details were forged out of each arm of the cross...
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
That would be a fun followup
@hannemannironworks16515 жыл бұрын
I’ve made only a few small crosses and they didn’t come out as well as I hoped but you did a great job John!
@6969smurfy5 жыл бұрын
I would love to see a fancy base. Been trying to find a good plate design for my Castle door hardware...
@OuroborosArmory5 жыл бұрын
Hope you made it through the blizzard ok. Thanks for the video :)
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
We had a small amount of rain and almost no snow. Sounds like your area got hammered pretty hard.
@OuroborosArmory5 жыл бұрын
Glad to hear. Yea we got Over a foot, with an underlay of ice, and about 50mph winds at some points :). It was crazy
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Does that mean no classes for the rest of the week?
@OuroborosArmory5 жыл бұрын
Black Bear Forge yesterday and today was no classes. We will see about tomorrow (friday), but I am guessing class will be in session
@danielcrawford73155 жыл бұрын
One of my favorite ornamental pieces. Nicely instructed with a pleasant end result. Thankyou for having us out to the forge today. If you make the base/stand video...we will watch and learn. Appreciate all you do for us. Hahaha I feel like I need to send a check for Professor John tuitions 😁. Blessed days sirSir , Crawford out
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@larryking6065 жыл бұрын
Very Nice Project ! Also great instructions ! Keep them coming !
@guidodringenberg Жыл бұрын
Geile Nummer ! Echt .
@brettsayers77685 жыл бұрын
Great little project, fun to watch and i learned something as well
@andybyerly56294 жыл бұрын
Thanks that's great!
@zippitoff5 жыл бұрын
Very inspirational.. Love all your work.. You make it look so easy.. Millwright Carl.
@paulcorrigan6495 жыл бұрын
Yes please to the base
@steelpennyforge51525 жыл бұрын
I have made these before but never with the hot cut. I used a hack saw and you are right that the bevel looks good on them. Thanks for the tip!!
@TomokosEnterprize5 жыл бұрын
What an interesting piece John. Thanks for another one.
@timocsutube3 жыл бұрын
Well John...this is about the 5th time watching this one(wife wants a forged cross) and I just caught the line "cussing til the cows come home". and I had a chuckle at the idea of cussing while forging a cross, is that wise in the first place?
@johnjude26775 жыл бұрын
Got mine starting to open Thanks
@coreyshier75265 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the informative video, I now understand how this is done. However, I don't remember you explaining why you left a cube of material on the bottom; can I assume that is meant for a means of mounting in some sort of stand?
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Mostly because if you split clear to the end the upper arm would be as long as the base. But it also provides some material to forge a tenon out of for mounting.
@gurvinderkau1e5w185 жыл бұрын
Nice video sir
@lesagerous19925 жыл бұрын
Lol that focus
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Yep, when I'm rich and famous I'll hire a videographer.
@SamuelMcCunemusic5 жыл бұрын
Did the rain turn to snow? We got 16" up here in Lake George Colorado. Great project thanks for sharing!
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Mostly it just rained, but we did get about a 1/2" of snow over night last night.
@jackdawg45795 жыл бұрын
Good rain! - How are those rainwater tanks you put in last year working out?
@ilemjohn5 жыл бұрын
Fun
@AlexandreFoley5 жыл бұрын
Oh, it's on focus. On the black knob on the right...
@sesapex5 жыл бұрын
While i am well aware of where you were hammering with hands and fingers away from the danger, i couldn't help but be nervous with you flattening the cross on the face of the anvil with the cut off hardy in there.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Thats the reason the hardy is on the left well away from my hammer hand
@richardsolomon80765 жыл бұрын
Very nice job, might be a silly question bit will my cold chisels work as hot cuts or should I change the bevels on a couple and devote them to be hot chisels only? Thanks for sharing your videos I really appreciate the way you teach :-)
@BDensmore1845 жыл бұрын
Just curious... What set up are you using for your auto strike on your acetylene torch? Oh and by the way I really like all your videos.. They are so instructive and very well put together and you take time to explain different scenarios.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
It is a Smith gas saver or economizer valve. It has a pilot light on it. I'll show it briefly in tomorrows video and go into more detail perhaps next week once I am through reorganizing my torch set up.
@BDensmore1845 жыл бұрын
@@BlackBearForge thank you sir!! That is awesome!! I really appreciate that!! 😉 Thank you!!
@PeopleAlreadyDidThis5 жыл бұрын
It's not out of focus, that knob on the light stand is as sharp as can be! Isn't it amazing what the cameras can choose as a focus point sometimes? I make a lot of these crosses from 1/2" square bar for friends, family, folks at church. Eschewing certainty and risk, I go for pragmatism and efficiency: a tiny tip on the plasma cutter and a jig built from heavy flat bar lets me unzip these things quickly. Otherwise, it takes longer to slit them than to forge them.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
I'm impressed you can accurately split a 1/2" bar with a plasma cutter
@TBizzell684 жыл бұрын
Is the torch tip you use a mini rosebud or just a large welding tip?
@JarlSeamus5 жыл бұрын
I would have sworn you did a split cross once before. Was it back during the "Blacksmith's Challenge" series" 3 inches of 1/2 x 1/2 ? Maybe I'm just dreaming that up?
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
I did a split bar trivet earlier, but not the cross
@waldoman11275 жыл бұрын
I'm thinking splitting the 3 cross ends into thirds and bending the 2 outside peices to create a cross on each arm of the cross. Hope that makes sense?
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
That would be interesting
@MarkATrombley5 жыл бұрын
Now I am trying to think of how to do this with wood.
@tdemario37535 жыл бұрын
Awesome job John! What’s the dimensions of your anvil, if you don’t mind sharing
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
300 pounds about 33 inches long and 5 inches wide
@tdemario37535 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the reply! Do you ever or have you ever had to fix the edges on your or anyone else’s anvil? Do you just grind them?
@stanervin61085 жыл бұрын
You Tube been wanky lately. Haven't done a split cross in a hot minute. Used to do rr spikes with a different cut pattern to save the head for a base. Used the glass marbles from empty spray paint cans to sag into the diamond for a nice visual effect in a sun-filled window. 🐾🔥⚒
@bunyanforgings78495 жыл бұрын
I suppose you could do the splitting with a bandsaw? Of course then it would be more fabrication than smithing.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
I think if I were making a bunch of smaller ones for craft shows I would probably do that. But on the larger ones, I really like the look of the chisel cut.
@petepeterson45405 жыл бұрын
fastest forge in the west
@brianpuntin74625 жыл бұрын
What size tip do you use on your torches for heating the ends of the cross?
@willrombilus24915 жыл бұрын
You should put in a overhead camera above your anvil
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
I would like to add three or four dedicated camera position. But besides the extra cost, every camera added into the editing takes about an extra hour to edit. Hopefully someday I will have the ability to do that.
@RasorFPV175 жыл бұрын
Thanks for the video! I'll be having fun with this project. More importantly I've been watching you for a while and have been wondering every video if you know the love of Jesus Christ!?! Thanks again for the videos!
@pineywoods01865 жыл бұрын
How about a horse shoe trivet for a dutch oven?
@shadetreeforge5 жыл бұрын
Also at SOFA last year, imagine a cross made from a precut blank 27" long 2-1/2" x 2-1/2" weighing about 65lbs done by the Brotherhood of Friendly Hammermen
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Thats more than I want to wrestle
@shadetreeforge5 жыл бұрын
The Brtherhood is a large group of smiths and they all had a hand in it and they use special floor mounted jigs to open it
@deemedappropriate47905 жыл бұрын
I'd like to see the base, i am curious as to how to do a rock base.
@waldoman11275 жыл бұрын
Hammer drill a hole into a rock?
@deemedappropriate47905 жыл бұрын
That's what i figured, then i guess glue or epoxy?
@waldoman11275 жыл бұрын
@@deemedappropriate4790 I think a nice tight fit would be ok but you could epoxy but it might make a mess hard to clean epoxy of stone.
@stamperknives97835 жыл бұрын
I'm first😁
@Anonarchist5 жыл бұрын
If you have no cows, then the cows will never come home, so you're stuck forever. At least until you get some cows delivered.
@lenblacksmith85595 жыл бұрын
Bit blurry at the start John, just some feedback.
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Yep, I saw that and put some text over the video to acknowledge the fact that I knew about it. But its one of those things that doesn't become apparent until I edit and then it to late to re shoot that section without running into a second day.
@lenblacksmith85595 жыл бұрын
@@BlackBearForge Good John, glad u worked it out, a lot of things aren't seen till editing.
@jdod645 жыл бұрын
Lol, I thought I forgot my glasses at the start.
@jls1915 жыл бұрын
How was the epic bomb storm in your area?
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
A real non event for us, but in Pueblo 20 miles east it was a real mess due to the wind
@jls1915 жыл бұрын
@@BlackBearForge Glad you dodged that mess. Thanks for all you do for us.
@boclark29875 жыл бұрын
Can you mention the lay out measurements? I didn’t see it in the video. What are the lengths of the splits and what is the distance of overlap? Thanks
@trminer5 жыл бұрын
Also, here's a link to a cross template that seems to work pretty well: drive.google.com/file/d/0B4PML-47cH2LT1FFWTVjcXdDR3M/view
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Nice reference
@OrionsAnvil3 жыл бұрын
@@BlackBearForge just saw this, glad that template is still out there.
@stepanpetrov63005 жыл бұрын
Бля ты же видел, когда монтировал, что фокуса нет...минус на
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Заметили ли вы, что это исправлено в следующем кадре? Попробуй в следующий раз стать немного меньше жалобщиком
@stepanpetrov63005 жыл бұрын
@@BlackBearForge Отписался от канала
@BlackBearForge5 жыл бұрын
Спасибо, вы явно больше понимаете вопросы производства, чем образовательную ценность контента.
@stepanpetrov63005 жыл бұрын
@@BlackBearForge намного больше, даже больше чем ты можешь себе представить.
@CockatoobirdmanBill5 жыл бұрын
A small piece of angel iron say 1/2x1/2 through the center of the cross will help to stop it from slipping while upsetting in the vice... be well and be safe....