Simple tools work best! Making ball swages for 1930" gate restoration!

In this video I will be making a balling up swage as part of a gate restoration I'm currently working through. The gate is a 1930's wrought iron gate and need some major work to make it fit for purposes.
hope you enjoy?
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[@expatconn7242]

Nice work dan .

[@brianfalls5894]

Very nice job on the swages Dan! This way now you can punch out as many of those ball screws as you can in short order and they should all be the same size. Well done sir! Well done!

[@kensmapleleafretirement]

Well done... Thanks for the great videography. Some pretty sweet tools you have there. Hope life is treating you well. Thanks for the fun...

[@PaulFontaniniArtist]

Awesome swages mate. Great stuff.

[@danielmoss2089]

Much appreciated

[@pablofederico1978]

Hope that you can make a video for the ppl that are not patreon when you end the gate project, at least some sort of round up video of the entire project. Like always, Great work!

[@everettschmidt8234]

Hey Daniel I really enjoy your videos.

[@humanityisouressence3114]

perfect

[@fernandoviana2958]

Friends 👍👍👍

[@homemadetools]

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

[@chrislawrence6015]

Awesome video mate love the tooling worked great

[@johnherndon3777]

Just an idea but check out filip ponseele collar weld video. Creates a nice ball with the point your looking for

[@techronmattic5876]

Amazing work mate

[@tokolosh11]

Awesome video as always Dan. Thanks for sharing.

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

What can you say. That was a learn experiance. Had seen ball swedges b4... But not made like that. Very interesting and whole lot handier than true ball impression. Awesome 🙏 Well wishes and Blessed days brother Crawford out 🔥⚒️🧙🏼‍♂️

[@danielmoss2089]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@Zogg1281]

I have so many jokes about steel balls going through my head at the moment ahhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!😂🤣😂🤣😂🤣 That is a really clever way to make the swage blocks to forge the balls 👍👍👍

[@hannemannironworks1651]

Quite interesting way to make a ball swage thanks for sharing!

[@marcerivest6204]

I have seen Tim make balls this way. He is quite creative. Nice job with the video, it's all about the leaning process.

[@mtyson9004]

Great video Dan! Thanks for sharing and God Bless you sir!

[@stevesyncox9893]

Awesome stuff Dan, I’m going to build them and use in a newly built press. No hammer...yet.

[@jimmysblacksmithing462]

Hey good day or evening, great job! Thanks for sharing that with us. Personally I hand forge the balls. Have a cheesy video of it on my channel. But it does take some time to make balls, as you know. May have to make a tool like yours. Especially If there is ever a need to crank out a large quantity of them for a large project. Please excuse some of the grammatical errors and such using the Siri microphone. Maybe my speech is impaired🤪! Thanks again for sharing and teaching everyone your awesome techniques. Keep up the great work. And have a beautiful day. Jim

[@NickandMildred]

Another great video Daniel , thanks ... :-)

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Hey dan, nice balls! The swages worked out great!

[@JimQuinn0170]

I love watching you work. You commentary and videography are top notch! Thank you!

[@danielmoss2089]

Wow, thank you!

[@brettphillips3091]

I've been contemplating a ball swage, this is such a great concept, expelling volume out the top as it does. I can't wait to make one. Thanks for your content.

[@SchysCraftCo.]

Turned out very well there Dan. Very helpful tool. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. God Bless.

[@davidlong3824]

Another great video there always so interesting.

[@wayneheitz8390]

Great video as always. 👏

[@mossyhollow3732]

This gate project is great. Because H13 is air hardening it should drill fine if you anneal it in the forge overnight. Normalizing in vermiculite is still too fast.

[@ericanderson2400]

Fantastic tooling, Dan. I’m probably showing my level of “novice”, but I never would have expected a cross channel like that to create a ball so beautifully. Another lesson to tuck away for the future. Keep up the great work, and I will see about being able to support on Patreon.

[@danielmoss2089]

It works very well im stocked with the out come.

[@ericanderson2400]

@@danielmoss2089 That’s the “artwork” in your craft that some just don’t get because they think it’s all about bladesmithing and Forged in Fire. Can’t wait to see what you do next. Thank you.

[@dadegroot]

Intrigueing tooling, definitely solves the issue of splash too if you were to drop forge using a dye.

[@carlrockaway1696]

that was awsome, nice job

[@threeriversforge1997]

Good work, as always. Still enjoying that heavy-duty brush I got from you some time back. Wonderful piece of kit!

[@michaelrobertson8795]

A lot quicker than using the lathe👍👍

[@Larks01]

Another really interesting vid Dan’, thanks mate. Some of this stuff that might seem quite simple to you is a bit if an eye opener to others if us, I’d not have expected that ball to form from the two crossed “trenches" so well like that.

[@bentoombs]

Epic Tooling dude. That was sweet👍 Thanks bro. ..... You said balls😜🤟 Couldn't handle it sorry😂🤣🤣

[@stuffbywoody5497]

Awesome! I want to make some of these, but adapt them to be used without a power hammer or fly press or a second person 👍💪

[@danielmoss2089]

Go for it!

[@absoluteforging]

Hi Dan the tooling great but why don't you use mild steel and case harden it a lot cheaper then using H13 use that for the tools you need .just a suggestion as we make lots of swages form mild steel good video dan

[@michaelrobertson8795]

Man I love that power hammer it ain't no joke the ones over here in the US are rather expensive when you can find them.👍✌

[@danielmoss2089]

I feel you pain glad I brought it about 10 years ago and not now cause it would have cost double.

[@stanervin6108]

I remember when you rebuilt the top part (packing?).

[@danielmoss2089]

@@stanervin6108 it's been singing ever since. Good job. Thanks for the comment.

[@stoneinthefield1]

I just ordered an anvil from Holland Anvil. They make their anvils out of H13. My guess is it will last longer than I will. Lol

[@drew6436]

I bet the hs13 would be easier to drill if it was hot like 600-800 degrees Fahrenheit or 300-450 normal degrees haha .

[@billwoehl3051]

Daniel, this isn't related to the video, but, it's your most recent video and your more likely to see this: Question: for pattern welded damascus, after seeing many failures on the show "forged in fire", and then seeing Joey Vanderseeg(sp?) Forge weld miniature anvils, (really shows what's going on with the metal during the welding) seems like it would be less likely for the welds to fail if the starting material is thick, say 16mm or more each layer, never forged past half before rewelded back to the original combined thickness, until the number of layers achieved. The metal seems like itwould retain it's heat better than a bunch of thin layers stacked at the start, is this correct? Or is it such a small difference it doesn't matter? Or is it those on the show are to pressed for time to get good welds on their damascus?

[@danielmoss2089]

The issue is the make up of the show not the Smith. Fif doesn't give a realistic presentation of what is involved in blacksmithing or even knife making. Also joey is using wrought iron most of the time and welds steel face on. This is a completely different to making Damascus. Different skills.

[@stokermeister3]

Would you know if cromoly steel good for making blacksmith tools 🤔

[@charliebecker9391]

Daniel: I am repairing a steel fence at a Historic Site in Philadelphia, PA. I've completed making new hinges for the double gate and several other parts successfully. My last task is to straighten a number of upright 3/4" Square Stock, 6 ft Uprights, in the fence, that have been bent by vandals. They want me to straighten then on site and without Heating the steel. I will have to cold bend the uprights back to "Straight" where they stand. I'd send a photo, however; this media does not facilitate sending photos. I'm looking for recommendations on a process to straighten the uprights in place. It appears that the vandals placed an object between the uprights and applied pressure, bending and bowing the uprights. Any suggestions???? Best Wishes, Charlie

[@danielmoss2089]

The issues you will find is holding every thing in place. Also most of the time bending the rials cold requires over bending them. Generally holding the rails in a fixed position and some well placed blows with a sledge should do it. Ratchet straps and a bottle jack go a long way as well. No quick fix just time and stress sadly.

[@charliebecker9391]

Thank you for the suggestions Daniel.

[@dragonstonegemironworkscra4740]

Woo hoo. 1st. Let's watch

[@TP-xi7ri]

Why wouldn't you just weld a ball bearing to a rod and use that for your positive to make the tool. TP

[@danielmoss2089]

Cause I wouldn't have a nice transition that won't snap off whilst making the swage. I mean you could but experience tells me that would be a shit job.

[@TP-xi7ri]

@@danielmoss2089 Daniel, thanks for that information

[@fouledanchorforge5223]

@@danielmoss2089 Ok that's what I was thinking too, now I know why not

[@stuffbywoody5497]

I don't have easy access to vermiculite, though I do have quite a bit of perlite. Would perlite do just as good a job as vermiculite?

[@danielmoss2089]

I have no idea but ill look into it give me a day or two

[@stuffbywoody5497]

@@danielmoss2089 , cool. Thank you. I have heard of other Blacksmiths using it, but I'm just a Journeyman and don't have the experience or knowledge just yet to know.

[@DavidWJoyce]

@@stuffbywoody5497 Well I'm just an old fart and do things as simply as I can.. I just push things into my ash bucket and let them cool over night. Now doesn't mean it will anneal first go if it is really thick steal but a second go round if needed usually does the trick. The whole idea is to tool slowly. Before vermiculite/perlite or all the other modern crap out there, the old blacksmiths used sand and or ash.

[@stuffbywoody5497]

@@DavidWJoyce , thank you David. Ash from my burnt coke is what I have been using. I guess I was doing something right without realizing 😂 👍

[@stanervin6108]

Have been using spent sand blast sand (smooth and too fine to blast) several years with good results.

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Dang my phones jacked up. It wont load

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

Theres somethin goin on with my service, after 20 mins it still wont load the video. So i guess im not watchin it tonight

[@danielmoss2089]

sorry dude problems your end i think

[@NeilGraham.I.M.F]

@@danielmoss2089 it's definitely my end. for whatever reason my phone signal is worse than it's ever been tonight. I did get to watch it finally. just very grainy like it was an old 80s movie. Lol

[@Mobisonline]

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