How I Survived Blacksmithing In The Heat Wave 2023, Secrets From Our Ancestors Tips And Tricks

Working in the heat? Here's a tip to help.
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[@VirginiaBronson]

North Texas here, and 110F as I type this, I tend to add it to my food rather than my water. I've always loved extra sour stuff, though. It definitely helps digestion along and allows you to process the water faster. I notice my salt intake goes way up in summer, also.

[@minnesotatomcat]

Might have to try that. Coffee and Marlboro reds has kept me going the last 40 years so I figured why change 🤣

[@Semerich_Knives]

Brother, I love watching your videos, I'm from Russia🤝

[@tyduschl5976]

Lots of foundries and metal forming places did pouring and molding over the evenings. I work in a foundry but we rarely shut down. Stay cool and hydrated. They make vests that have gel packs and other vests hook up to your air line.

[@robertjohnson9832]

Southeast Arizona here. I have used the ACV with mother for a while now since it helps control blood sugar for the diabetes crew. I have not used the ginger, but do sweeten with local honey. The local honey helps with the allegies from working outside. Thanks for the information an history lesson.

[@travisrall]

Was still 113 at my house today in N TX but I hear it gets cooler from here.

[@reeseromine2140]

One of the most tepid summers in Colorado I can remember. Didn't even rig up the swamp cooler this year.

[@FireCreekForge]

No fair!

[@reeseromine2140]

@@FireCreekForge Sorry haha but still going to try the acv!

[@thejudge51]

You know it’s hot when the rain makes it worse. Thanks a lot humidity

[@jamesspry3294]

Or you could work at night... (Not always possible, but there are options) Thanks for the video. Keep 'em coming!

[@cameronturner5082]

I think traditionally for switchel they’d use black strap molasses for the magnesium and calcium and potassium and then also add some salt

[@T_B]

Man!! I wish I would have known this for the past 20 years. It's ALWAYS hot here, in the summer. -Houston, Tx.

[@tincansailor9437]

...and this is why we moved back to the PNW after 2.5 years in Dallas... the weather here does not work so hard to kill us.

[@chaspruitt2610]

Great tip about the ACV, thanks.

[@lowbudgetbob1155]

The human race has all but forgot how to take a holistic approach to life. I work in my garage that's attached to the house all summer long with a swamp cooler and 2 fans. I sweat like crazy but it feels good to sweat out the junk in your body from all of the junk in the food we eat these days. I've always felt better sweating all day over sitting in a/c all day long. I'll have to try the ACV in some water. Here in the deserts of Az it gets hot and when the monsoon season sets in...it's a sweat fest lol. I got the carving hatchet in the mail today...looks sweet. We'll try it out when we go camping after the weather cools off.

[@rvsbladesnthangs]

I'm at Wayland Baptist University in Plainview... living in my camper and burning up

[@CaptainTwitchy]

Brother, I lived in the Panhandle for 36 years and always equated summer heat to living in a convection oven-just hot, dry, and windy. Now I live in Houston and it is another level of hell with this heat and humidity. I have literally never been so hot or sweat so much.

[@dgundeadforge17]

I put some sea salt in mine to add the electrolytes. much healthier than gatorade. As a heart paitent of Boston childrens hospital, My first summer out of the hospital and during the summer heat I did not have enough salt and in the summer heat with minimal exercise my shirt gets soaked with sweat. I almost passed out a few times and had heart palpitations. I drank water but because i did not have enough salt in my body to hold onto the water(osmosis) I was just peeing and sweating out the water. Once I made sure to have enough salt I haven't had issues since. When its hot have extra salt, sea salt is better since it has some extra essential minerals. If you get cramps during forging you are dehydrated and don't have enough potassium if you have cramps at night you need magnesium which helps tell the muscles to relax(supplements help but both of these especially magnesium can be found in spinach and other greens.) Be safe and forge on.

[@jcubetube3778]

I’m in SW Michigan and I just take the summer off 😂 I’m soooo behind in orders 🤦🏽‍♂️🤷🏾‍♂️

[@ryanblystone5153]

Thank you

[@18deadmonkeys]

I think 125 would kill me. My shop was in the low 60s this morning and I was in shorts.

[@renepicard8113]

Mix up eight ounces of warm water one teaspoon honey four teaspoons of apple cider vinegar at night turns to posstassium great health advice engery level increases

[@_BLANK_BLANK]

Yeah. Forging this summer was super brutal. Forging in it was just terrible. I was hoping it would be even colder by now, since we Got a cool front in houston, but its still not cold.

[@FireCreekForge]

Yep it's pleasant - warm now

[@erikcourtney1834]

I work at an aluminum smelting plant. Nothing like physically working directly above or below a huge steel box full of molten aluminum (1500*F). No heat reflecting clothing either. It’s all about staying hydrated, don’t eat unhealthy, and getting acclimated to the heat. Get out in the heat early before it’s hot, being in the a/c and then going out while it’s hot…. Your not going to make it. I wear a long sleeve FR shirt all day even during breaks. Hydration and acclimation is key if you want to survive the heat

[@FireCreekForge]

Next level!

[@chickenmonger123]

I will also point out electrolytes are really good at restoring salts while sweating. To also keep and use that water more efficiently. I use a cup to keep dissolved iodine salt. I add that to water with those 0 sugar flavor packs. I’ve noticed since, that I am prepared for physical exertion if I stay drinking it before hand. If you try and hydrate after that, I think your body just ends up spilling every brought in, into sweat and piss. I had heard about the ginger and honey drink. It seems pretty good, but for me that wasn’t enough. It quiets the stomach and gives some fast carbs, it does not however stay inside them long.

[@billwoehl3051]

Am looking for advice on a canoe canister that i would like to try and as far as i can find, you're the only person who uploaded a canister that wasn't cubed or cylindrical, your ball bearing video. Am wanting to do something similar for Sam's bowie build off. I don't have a power hammer, but, I do have a press. My biggest question is does a shallow canoe need something round inside to put pressure horizontally? I don't plan on the sides of the top and bottom of the canister to overhang like you did, so I'll be able to put a small amount of pressure in the other plane. Type of demascus pattern i want won't work right in a square billet, its gotta be a shallow, wider canister and almost as long as the blade will be without measuring the tang and ricasso. Only forge welds ive done so far is one with mild on mild, 4-4 layer spring and grater blade jelly rolls, they still have a cold shunt in a few, but, think i can fix them and weld them together for another project.

[@FireCreekForge]

I haven't tried that specifically, but if you can get enough pressure on all four sides of the billet I expect it should be okay. The biggest thing to look out for is how thin it is, the thinner it is the shorter amount of time it holds heat and the more difficult it can be to forge weld.

[@billwoehl3051]

@@FireCreekForge oh, definitely, that's something I learned right off the bat, more mass holding the heat, better chance at welding. I plan on starting about 3/4" to 1" thick, about, 3" wide, and about 6" long.

[@hddm3]

I sweat like a faucet. When I bend over sweat pours off my nose and onto the floor like a water hose. What’s the remedy for me? Lol

[@JohnSmith-gs4lw]

If you’ll grant me an off-topic here, I bet you haven’t been asked this before. At least not in the last week. Do you have any issues or concerns wearing a respirator with that beard? I know a few years ago, there were some crazy snorkel solutions out there because everyone was insanely worried about a respirator sealing over a full beard. That seems to be completely gone now. I assume that’s because it was all hooey and you actually get an adequate seal, even with the beard. Thoughts?

[@FireCreekForge]

I use a full hood PAPR, because you're right, the face masks don't seal. I used to use the Resp-O-Rator which is a scuba style setup with a nose clip. Before that I didn't have much of a beard, for this reason.

[@JohnSmith-gs4lw]

@@FireCreekForge Yea, I looked into those back when Alec Steel started wearing them. Figured, “Meh. I can save up a couple hundred dollars and get me one of those.” Yea. Nearly filled my pants when I saw they were north of $1500. I get it. If I did that for a living, it would just be another tool investment like a good grinder or a set of Milwaukee cordless tools. But as a light hobbyist, it’s much more cost-effective for me to take a couple steps closer to the razor. Thanks, man.

[@chrismicklich7831]

So, do you smell like a pickle from sweating? Do you add some dill for fragrance?😊

[@FireCreekForge]

Haha, I don't know