Perfect Scrolls Every Time? How to make a scrolling Jig and Scrolls!

In this video I will be forging making a scrolling Jig and some scrolls. I really struggle with this aspect of blacksmithing. These is a great project for some one looking to improve there forge skills. If like me your struggling to make scrolls this video is for you.
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[@michaeledwards5954]

Hmmm, just re-watched this lesson and wishing I had looked at it yesterday. Made some decorative scrolled shelf brackets but did it freehand. After watching this I might chuck them and make a jig. Where are you Daniel, we miss your vids.

[@ValhallaIronworks]

Home again, home again, jiggedy jig! Loved the video, dan. Didn't even need a brick for this one, mate!

[@ianlowe4666]

Dan, you might try starting the tip of your scroll over the edge of the anvil first before you go to the jig to both avoid the flat spot (that then has to be tweaked later to look 'proper') and to help hook the scroll into the jig so it grabs, which can negate the need to use rat nose tongs to hold it in place. Nice looking hood/cover for that house by the way, I'm afraid I quite like scrolls :)

[@rogerhalliday7382]

I am learning something new. Thank you. A blacksmith from sri lanka

[@richardstewart1955]

When I compare your scrolling skills to mine, you are genius.

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

So in 2 weeks look for the video of Daniel making the world's first and finest scroll shaped hammer w a fish tail pien...... Oooooo hesgoing to cus me like a stepchild!!!!! 💜 You Daniel Moss 🙏 Blessed be Sir Crawford out ⚒️🧙‍♂️

[@stantilton2191]

One of the more fun ways I've done a scroll jig is to draw the scroll you want, then build the jig to fit. Thank you Dan for sharing again. Nicely done!

[@TheGamingmidnightsun]

like the advert for Hereford and the blacksmithing. love the video squire.

[@michaelrobertson8795]

Very good video, I understand not wanting to do. Things you hate to do, but you're exactly right.

[@donstephenson9474]

I always like watching you hammer on the anvil. Really enjoyed this vid. Keep on making them.

[@jodiaromatherapy]

Gorgeous and super helpful! Thanks for the video!

[@alicegory]

Those scrolls look great! 👍

[@joshjiggaa]

Thanks for this Dan, ill be forging a scroll panel soon for college! you're an inspiration!

[@homemadetools]

Nice work. We posted this video on our homemade tools forum last week :)

[@danielmoss2089]

I'm not sure what you guys do but I would like to ave a conversation with you about it. could you please email me? [e-mail]. Thank you for sharing the video

[@matttaimuty5397]

Dan. There isn't much I can teach you about smithing. Scrolls are an exception. Some tips. Your scrolls will look better if you tighten up the first part of the scroll and let the large end get bigger quicker. Think of a scroll as a wedge. It's the space inside the scroll that is a wedge all rolled up. Start your scrolls at the anvil. It's much easier to get the first part of the curl right before you go to the jig than to try to fix it later. When a bar comes out of a scroll to straight or a curve, blend the transition a bit more so it's hard to tell where the bar ends and the scroll begins. Better flow that way. Last tip. As you make the jig, hold it at arms length and rotate it right and left at a moderate speed. Flat spots will stand out that you can't easily see when the jig is still. I learned scrolling from a true master. His scrolls flowed like water. I get goose bumps remembering his work. I hope these tios help for future projects.

[@stanervin6108]

@ Matt Taimuty Yep. Golden ratio

[@matttaimuty5397]

Stan, not necessarily. The beauty of scrolls is that you can make them as tight or open as you wish.

[@DJ-fy4dk]

Yep, golden ratio

[@drewramsay6933]

What type of finish have you found that works best outdoors or in a shop that is moist??

[@DHVVLOG]

Hi, my friend dear. Great video, new friend is here . Full support, full watched. Thanks !!!

[@coastalweldinginnovations8952]

Hello Dan 🙏🇲🇽✊🏽💯💯✊🏽🇲🇽thanks for your help and time

[@danielmoss2089]

Pleasure thank you for your comment.

[@thomasarrey317]

Great job Mate✋🏽👍

[@picklesnoutpenobscott3165]

Thank you Dan, I am up tp this point now, and needed the info. You are my remote Professor.

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Good fun, thank you for put this together for our entertainment and education.

[@GibClark]

Good stuff👍👍👍👍 thanks!

[@eclecticneophyte2581]

I wish I could say "trust me, I'm a blacksmith", but since I'm not...I guess you can't. Rock and Scroll on! :) I loved watching that double (inverted?) taper technique.

[@forgeworxblacksmith6453]

Love the jig. Nice and simple. Thankyou😊

[@ethanphillips8637]

Nicely done Daniel

[@RayFromTheHayclan]

I agree mate. Any time at the anvil forging and trying something outside your comfort zone is time well spent regardless of success.

[@bentoombs]

Nice jig. That's going to look great on the house!! You rock boss

[@SSSmithing]

Great video dan

[@mtyson9004]

Love the jig Dan! Thanks again for sharing your knowledge! God Bless you sir!

[@qshed]

I was once told by a blacksmith at Stoke Bruerne that you can tell how old a piece of iron work is by the type of scrolls. For the life of me I can't remember the dates but Fashion changed from Fibonacci scrolls to archimedes scrolls.. Just in case you fancy doing some restoration work

[@andycamm6317]

Great video Dan thanks if you don't try you don't learn

[@michaelrobertson8795]

Jelly, rolls are my Nemesis. I hate doing spirals. LOL

[@glitched4070]

Great video , thank you

[@danielmoss2089]

Thank you too!

[@TGSguitars]

I have a small and large scrolling jigs and they save a ton of time! Thanks for the video!

[@brianpuntin7462]

As usual another fun video...

[@charminghollowforge1109]

Well done as always! Need to stretch to grow. Good stepping out on a new limb. Never know how you’ll do at something till you try. I put my jig on square stock to fit my anvil hardy lots of room around it as opposed to my vise

[@josephmaschari1073]

Yes I know, I need more practice on scroll making. Yours look great.

[@bc65925]

I've attached my jigs to a piece of 2" angle iron and actually have a C-(G) clamp that I can attach them to my anvil so that I don't have to deal with the stuff around my vice.

[@EduardoSVA]

That's a good idea! I did something like that: a base to fit the hardy hole, in this base I've attached a vise. Works pretty fine!

[@drason69]

Spot on Daniel! A thought, would it benefit, to add a square shank, for the hardie or swage block? Good mass, and less effort to reposition the tool, to get the most out of a heat.

[@istafeeddz3416]

thank you so mush ...

[@dadegroot]

Hell of a lot easier than trying to get consistent scrolls by hand at the anvil, although that too is a skill one should practice.

[@dragonwaterforge]

Mite be the best scroll jig I've seen

[@stevenlarsen1691]

Very good video. Have you ever made a jig for belly pickets? I think that's what they are called, They are usually on window railings. They look like a profile of a fat man. I use two different jigs to make it, and it takes a long time. There must be a better way.

[@philmenzies2477]

Nice Dan. Have you done a video on making the scrolling dogs?

[@joseronaldo3761]

Top de mais 👍🇧🇷

[@stefanmierke4801]

Is there a reason for choosing the vice as medium to hold the jigs? Or is it just better, instead of welding a T shaped mild steel block under it and use it in the hardy hole / or the vice? Or is the hardy hole not the best place to bend scrolls in a tool?

[@lenblacksmith8559]

Good one Dan, did you make the first bit higher didn't quite see it. I watched John from BB Forge and he made the first bit higher to start the scroll off. I"m talking about the Jig.

[@douglasfathers4848]

Thanks for this one scrolls are not one of my favorite items .maybe i'll make a jig it mite help .

[@shy1509]

Ngl im just using this to try to learn to make a scroll plate for a hand forged lathe chuck

[@hannemannironworks1651]

Scrolls with a jig look easier than by hand and eye

[@stevenlarsen1691]

The hardest part I have is painting a scroll. It seems I always miss a spot or two.

[@dadratsforge]

Alright Curlers?🤔👍😊

[@LostCrowsFilms]

You need a diacro bender dude

[@hamideljaouhari708]

السلام ورحمة الله لاباس متوحشتينيش😁👉

[@erikcourtney1834]

I bet for this operation, you wish your vise was mounted solid to the floor for 360* operation. 😜

[@killerkane1957]

I love it but you wore my ass out! ALWAYS take time to build a jig. Start scroll before you start...