Blacksmithing - Forging a Railroad Spike Stocking Holder

[@georgelamplighter1814]

I honestly don't care what you make personally I just enjoy watching you problem solving as you design the end product

[@dijpdepijp2154]

Great to see that you got off of the chair Chandler! I wish you lots of strength

[@glennwiebe5128]

Hey Chandler, it's best to lay out lines at a black heat. That allows you to see precisely where your chisel is. Then, when it comes out of the fire, you don't have to waste any time trying to find the centre and to keep from burning your hand! I really appreciate your efforts to consistently try new things. Keep forging! We're all pulling for you. Merry Christmas!

[@ThatOneBlacksmithGuy]

this would be sweet in ma house!! great to see ya off the chair chandler!!!

[@chriseckola3995]

2 days is a row. awesome Chan glad to see the momentum. #commonmanshero

[@Lastprogramer]

Love all this railroad spike stuff, got an old condemned railroad a few hundred yards from my property and it's so good to give these spikes I've collected over the years some real use

[@wesking5600]

Awesome project! I would diffidently put a candle wax pan in the middle. It would add support weight mainly and then it could stay in place year round. Great video. Thanks for posting!!

[@yellowdeer7163]

Both projects were awesome. Not perfect, but that's how we learn to fix the flaws. And like you say lots of people like those because you don't want perfection. Thanks Chandler for the videos. Happy hammering!

[@dudeguy96585589]

This is like a smithing advent calendar.

[@oldmanwinter1405]

Thanks buddy. That was a clever little project. I wish I had 1% of your creative genes and the ability to see a finished project in raw material. Forge on.

[@johndoe4373]

Im really happy to see you back in action and making projects like this. You are quite possibly the largest reason i got into blacksmithing nearly 4 years ago now. Your videos are the greatest resource on youtube for a step by step projects for smiths. Forge on man and great project.

[@TheDecoyDude]

Another marketing idea: sell that as a purse hanger during the non-holiday season and market the hole as a place to place car keys/phone so that they are easily accessible!!!! Pretty sure you could sell that to make them worth your time! Happy to see you working hard and putting that problem solving brain of yours to good use! :)

[@purplealice]

Hey, that's a really clever idea! I've seen shiny brass mantlepiece hooks for holiday stockings, but they always look flimsy, and not heavy enough to hold the load. An honest iron railroad spike goes better with an old fireplace anyway. (And Santa's not going to put a lump of coal in your stocking, because you've got plenty of coal already.)

[@andrewsmith1606]

I'm in the rustic club, think it looks great. Would be nice addition to the mantle "for sure". It reminds me of the old English pub fireside furniture, chunky and beautifully functional. Great video, nice to see you up and at em Chandler :)

[@Lawyerboyleslie72]

constantly flummoxed why he doesn't have a half million subscribers. best channel on KZbin...

[@coryschatz8592]

thanks for all your videos enjoy them and and hope things are getting better for you

[@damnoldguy]

Hey Chandler, great idea, dig it. I would only change one thing, I would put a piece of thin flat stock across the bottom of the hole so when you set a candle in it, the candle will act as a weight to help hold the hook.

[@johnlouise1838]

great video Chandler a suggestion would be put the rams head on it but dont curl the horns but split the two horns again to make 4 and call them antlers love your work keep it up.

[@inframe-brooklyn993]

Great to see another video. Never would have thought about that as a design. the idea of putting a candle in the center makes it and excellent multi task item. Going to put that on my list.

[@MadDawg91108]

I've been worried sick about ya....it's sooo great to see ya outta the chair, Chandler. Keep your chin up buddy....your a good man. Nice job on the stocking hanger!

[@SharpWorks]

Yet another beautiful piece. Yeah it's not perfect, but I personally like the "forged" look. You can say it's perfection comes from its imperfections.

[@Deacon240]

Missed your videos my friend. Glad to see you back!

[@Dewman92tt]

13:50 "I wish i had a lot more length to work with" Dont we all Chandler... Dont we all....

[@miles11we]

Derek Dewey at a certain point you start cervix punching and have to be careful all the time, not all its cracked up to be. wait you were talking about metal... oh then nvm

[@lol49031]

+Miles11we hey some woman like getting their cervix gently punched

[@Dewman92tt]

If given the chance I would think most men on the earth would have a porn star size wanker. We are selfish individuals who are fixated on the size of our dongs. This was meant to be a "that's what she said" joke... I wast never meant to be taken with any seriously whatsoever.

[@dragontattooee]

great to see your back . great idea with the stocking hanger . like others I think etsy or eBay would be fantastic

[@bulldogg4]

I really enjoy your videos Chandler and was happy to see you'd posted two in a row. I'm also really liking these basic projects you're doing they're giving me ideas for things I can try too, keep up the good work sir :D

[@theagrariantexan1100]

Love the creativity! Paint it candy cane red.

[@sethstevens1314]

Second video in a week, I was pleasantly surprised when I got off of work. Keep movin Chandler!

[@philipprigmore8723]

As usual, you come up with an outstanding project. Thanks for another great idea.

[@jackdawg4579]

Thats cool. I also like you idea early on of turning the head in to a little tree.

[@Cadwaladr]

When my mom wants to hang stockings on the mantel, she just puts a nail in it, but our mantel is a 150 year old log from an old log cabin, so a nail hole here and there just gives it character.

[@alexhart3395]

I am Very Glad to see you back in action Chandler! The stocking holder was a pretty neat idea. Keep it up man!

[@jimanness4586]

12 videos of Christmas...:) nice work.. really enjoy

[@JonDurf]

Just a thought. Start with the tip and draw it out. Once it is thinned out, put in the bends. This would retain as much weight as possible up in the top and should make it easier to bend. Cool idea. Thanks for the video.

[@stevesartin3754]

how awesome would a pillar candle look in the split brother. that's an awesome idea. stocking /candle holder. love your videos.

[@beardedtrottgames1797]

I have been fallowing your work for a couple of months and I can tell your getting better I hope I'm pregressing with my black smithing to

[@TonyRiyat]

Welcome back Chandler.. great to see you as yourself..

[@msblades5382]

Chandler This piece came out almost perfect,like you said a bit of practice and you would have it. Buy the way IMO it would help the end product by forging the 90 first as you noticed after the fact it may help keep all a bit more centered as far as the slitting you know as well as me punch al ost threw and flip it you should have a visual reference of the slit on the opposite side. You know like punching a hole same thing. But you know all this. Thanks for the great ideas so close to Christmas it is a grand group of ideas .Looking forward to the third idea . May be some sort of candel sconce or something for candles just an idea.Anyway keep up the good work. Sincerely, Martin and Shannon

[@stevefriedlander7053]

Love the video. I like that you show mistakes and how to fix them.

[@tasatort9778]

Booger-Boo! I love it that we speak the same language!

[@callmecrazy1983]

great video chandler! I can't wait to see what else you come up with. I've been working on making yard decorations with round stock and forge welding the intersections. it's been a challenge, but if I ever got it right I could bang them out quickly.

[@TheHotEndChannel]

13:50 - don't we all wish we had a little extra length to work with lol

[@Lawyerboyleslie72]

Loving the momentum Chandler... good to see.

[@jeremyalauraschneider6819]

I love the videos, showing it can be done with manual force. I want to make my own forge sometime and try my own projects!

[@toffeeonsound]

Gotta agree with Brian Sheehan on the candle holder idea. Adding a candle and holder would also add some weight to the piece too

[@TufStockdogs]

I sure thank you buddy lol I got here I was in a bad(pissy) mood and you buddy got me in a much better mood. Thank you a bunch friend.

[@brett1245]

nice! you are on a roll this week... 👍👍

[@ns-ed5mf]

Mighty nice work, Chandler.

[@BornIn1500]

Awesome video again. Favorite channel on KZbin.

[@richparker7778]

Enjoyed the video Chandler. I want he'd a video from Gary Huston last week where he made a set of tongs for holding on to spikes. Looks like it could be helpful to you. Keep it up.

[@kagapeme]

Glad you're back, hope you're doing well!

[@bturnbough]

I really appreciate that youre back at it. Thank you!

[@danamaggiore1903]

I have learned a lot from you great to see you back

[@TufStockdogs]

Very nice thank you for taking us along on it

[@hepeteresen3178]

Very cool, never would have thought of that. Amazing!

[@dustindixon3423]

looking good dude. nice to see you back at it

[@nickwood7974]

that was pretty sweet actually man awesome how ur making more videos keep it up.if you can because their awesome even if u think it was a fail u definitely learnt something that u won't do next time have a good one

[@stevesartin3754]

Ken 's custom iron makes perfect rr spike tongs Chandler

[@brucejoneswt]

Chandler youre the man!!! thanks for the videos

[@darrengendron1116]

looks great Chandler!

[@garygirdner7634]

good Chandler keep up the good work and as your problem it will pass and you will be ok

[@studaddy5885]

Chandler, 1st, love the videos and the chats....please keep them coming! As for a way to even out the two "legs" of the circle, would it help to drill or punch holes at the to and bottom where you want to split, and then make your line between them? I also saw the comment about the round or pyramid mandrel...not sure if the holes would help, wondered what you thought, Sir! Also, as far as putting something in the circle, I know folks who love snow globes (though that would require finding a source for snow globes...though, I also believe if YOU set your mind to it, you could forge us one!) Thanks, man! You are always educational and inspirational!

[@Dieseltech-wh1lw]

chandler THIS IS AWESOME!

[@tsimmons4730]

Chandler 2 things, one Gary Huston posted a video the other day on making tongs to hold the head of a railroad spike. Second hope you get better sometime it takes a little bit of time don't give up.

[@rockthehouse2211]

Chandler! Next video should be new tongs!! :)) love your vids

[@rockthehouse2211]

Since we are in the holiday spirit...how about making a tree ornament?? Would be cool! Also, you really should consider opening up ur own online store...you would be able to reach soooo many more people than u do at your trade shows. And we can all potentially own something made by the great Chandler Dickinson and be proud of owning it ;))

[@lowellhurst9695]

great video man, love it!

[@auger8451]

that is a neat little project

[@popnsplat]

i bet you could easily sell a set of four of those for $200 or so. you answered your own question about the split - an inch off the head would have made things easier. the other idea i had was to draw out the spike for the hook first, maybe try keeping it square and thin, then put a twist in it where it becomes the hook, and then drift the hole and finally put the 90 in it (or the 90 and then the hole, not really sure what would be easier) i think they'd look damn good in anyone's cabin, maybe try making a set of four for next year of you can bang them out in 30 minutes to an hour, that's not a bad time to income rate!

[@rom65536]

Make four of those and put them on a post, with some cool feet at the bottom of the post so the whole thing stands up, and you've got a coat rack that you can put a couple hundred dollar price tag on.

[@swimminwitdafishes8059]

Like the headboard workbench legs.

[@shawnhennings217]

Making a rams head or something on the end would have made it really cool

[@josephkrug8579]

I liked that project :)

[@Fullthrottle375]

Anytime I see anything hit with a hammer that is recognizable after it's done I'm in awe. My creations look just like hammered steel, melted steel, or a car accident... Lol!

[@elijahtiner5691]

great video Chan

[@rayb4139]

Great idea

[@garygirdner7634]

good job Chandler

[@Sorestlor]

Next step. Forge a stocking.

[@SliceyMcBreadmaker]

^ This guy right here, he knows what's up.

[@KozacksPack]

Shouldn't be too hard, make a chain mail one

[@BernieFromTheInternet]

throwing on a twist before you split it may be somthing to cosider

[@goodgirl99us]

lol funny loved this vid so much went out and messed up like 20 railroad spike trying to get this one right.... lol guess Ill go mess up like 20 more.

[@KowboyUSA]

'Tis the season & Chandler's pounding the videos out!

[@dragontattooee]

after you split and spread the spike all I could picture was the idea of a candle holder

[@heelf5277]

I LOVE YOU... hang in there mate

[@azflecstower3943]

*voicecrack* "seconds" lol chandler you make me laugh thank you

[@garygsp3]

Oh...Chandler you went full on in accepting my challenge. 2 down 1 to go Sir. I look forward to tomorrow's video

[@carolinaprepper540]

loved it !

[@shawnhennings217]

I agree with the other comment....selling on eBay would be rad. I think you would slay it on eBay.

[@jonw3982]

If you had one of those large cone mandrels i think that would work to round the hole.

[@BH-rx3ue]

glad to see you back up and doing shit. hopefully youll find u a pretty little thing soon. just make sure you get out there. sometimes its best to make new mates first as new mates know people and can introduce you and you dont have to do the leg work on approaching a stranger

[@cuban9splat]

How difficult would it be to make a back scratcher out of a railroad spike? It would need to be about 18 to 20 inches from butt to toe and maybe have 3 scratching fingers curved toward the back to scratch with. Just trying to think of things that might be quickly and easily made from a spike. If you could only tease 12 inches out of the spike you could add a 6 to 8 inch wood handle on the end? Just a thought. Keep the great videos coming. Love them. Wish I was still young enough to make the anvil sing like you do. 8-)

[@adampierce1086]

I didn't even know stocking holders where a thing my family just stuck nails in the wall to hang them. Great idea though is there anything you can't make from a railroad spike? lol.

[@chimpaflimp]

Damn, first time I got here before the HD rendered. Also, where do you sell the things you make? Do you have an Ebay shop?

[@loul7239]

A Totally Ordinary Aubergine that's a sore spot. It's basically impossible for Chandler to build, make videos AND run an online shop and manage sales and shipping. The loss of his business partner kinda crushed his dream and left him scrambling to keep things together. What he needs is a young forties, 5'5", 115 pound woman who can manage him and his business.

[@chimpaflimp]

Louis Lestini I think we could all use one of those, though a little closer to my age, perhaps.

[@Lawyerboyleslie72]

I know .. wish we could help him with the online sales somehow. I think he could sell a ton of his items though Etsy. ....

[@themadsmith857]

+Louis Lestini that is litterally my mom right there except she's a little taller and weighs 9 pounds more XD

[@taylorp.2872]

hell as hard as he works louis, give him a woman in her early 30's

[@2001DestructionofLies]

nice job chandler, not bad at all !!!!!!! like you say practice makes better

[@greatgoogleymoogley9268]

love you!

[@RFAM05]

I like it.

[@travisrowe6039]

I work on garage doors and run into ALOT of spring steel my question is can you make a video of forge welding a torsion spring into a knife

[@nickyhughes2008]

Finin Liam Christie is the one in the group that makes the tongs

[@HelenaOfDetroit]

How to fix it? I don't know. How to prevent it? Perhaps after you are done with the cut, give it a heat right along the cut, cool the head and tip, then upset the piece and the two sides should flair out evenly. Then just clean it up from there.

[@10us101]

the hole is for a glass with the milk and cookies

[@scottdanley82]

Can you try a strait razor

[@beowulf26]

I think its unique but I tend to like things a little bit different than everything else, now just imagine a whole bunch of them in a row