Clay Spencer Tire Hammer with Harold Frost of Hastings, Michigan

[@BrandonDickenson35]

How was the workpiece situated to that die/form (what have you terminology) when it started out? The hammer just hits hard enough in the first few strikes to start shaping the metal and they stay together because it fits the impression? Or is there more skill involved with keeping the workpiece aligned in the form until it's pressed out enough?

[@DaveVanAntwerp]

The die is cold steel. It will retain its shape when the hammer hits. The workpiece is hot steel. It will conform to the shape of the die when the hammer hits. The workpiece needs to be the correct volume of steel to fit the die when fully shaped, but it doesn't require special skills. Practice will yield a better result, like anything.

[@ardenartisticwroughtiron]

Nice👍

[@omarsedano4301]

I want to see more

[@malcolmbuehler5619]

What's the ram weight of the hammer?

[@DaveVanAntwerp]

Weight of the hammer is 65 pounds. It can strike as soft or as hard as you want, from a single strike up to 220 times per minute.

[@malcolmbuehler5619]

@@DaveVanAntwerp have you ever used it for damascus?

[@НиколайКостанда-ъ9т]

Здравствуйте я представитель кузни ,хотел бы предложить вам наш ассортимент штампов и другой прикладной кузнечный инструмент

[@KipshakForging]

Hello, Blacshmith..

[@markspc1]

Dave your shot is too close, I could not see the man's Tire Hammer, bummer.

[@DaveVanAntwerp]

You are correct - it's a close shot so you can see what the blacksmith is doing. Clay Spencer tire hammers are 7 feet tall - too tall to get in a shot and see the work piece. You might want to Google "Clay Spencer Tire Hammer" to see a picture of the entire tire hammer. The goal here is to show what he is doing. Thanks for taking time to touch base!

[@janicecrittenden9862]

Big deal why don’t you show the process of forging the die, if it was forged. Maybe it was machined,which is another craft not to much like forging by a smith.

[@BrandonDickenson35]

If you don't have anything nice to say, why say anything at all? Sounds like your looking for die machining videos, which was in no way described to be what you had here before watching.... Learn to use a search engine and have a stay at a southern mammies house so you'll learn better manners

[@paulorchard7960]

Forge your own dies, you just need to forge the plug first! I do it with high carbon steel forged to rough shape, use grinders, files and a Dremel to get the form I want then harden to shape a mild steel die. When the die is done I just make another, heat the steel, use the plug to shape the die, a bit of clean up and back in business! Hardened dies would be better but I rarely destroy mild steel dies so I don’t bother with the extra effort. I always have the plug to make another in a few hours.