There are 3 main tools you need to start blacksmithing, this is the list.
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@billybenson3834 Жыл бұрын
You need a village, a chestnut tree, and arms like steel bands
@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 Жыл бұрын
Those can come with time.
@realist896710 ай бұрын
The Village Smithy
@alexsnow33196 ай бұрын
Yo...is this a reference to the poem, The Village Blacksmith by Longfellow??
@one4320Ай бұрын
And be 30kg overweight.
@joshuahogue2042 Жыл бұрын
These really are great videos… I’m just getting into Blacksmithing and really appreciate the tips! Your fuxking rock
@VooDooTennessee Жыл бұрын
Thanks Joshua!
@Tidy_Mantis4 ай бұрын
no offence, but we know you know what you're doing because you look like a dwarf from Lord Of The Rings@@VooDooTennessee
@VehicleLivesMatter7 күн бұрын
What about his rock?
@boboften9952 Жыл бұрын
Good Video Time to upgrade my 1 Pizza oven ( forge ) 2 Kitchen table ( anvil ) 3 Mallett ( Hammer )
@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer Жыл бұрын
Lemme ask you something: do you live in a pizzeria
@Kitcash_10 ай бұрын
Lmao
@EmpressOfExile2062 ай бұрын
@@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozerlmao you've never heard of a backyard brick oven?
@Friendly_Neighborhood_Dozer2 ай бұрын
@@EmpressOfExile206 here in Germany, we usually don't have a back yard, and even in America (aka the most common place referred to on the Internet), the usual thing in the backyard isn't a pizza oven. So a backyard brick pizza oven isn't what comes to mind.
@AlexanderRM100027 күн бұрын
Why is your kitchen table a solid, sturdy piece of metal?
@tonixgaming15995 ай бұрын
here in my place where blacksmithing is common, we use cinder blocks and leaf blower to build a forge and fuel it with coconut shell cuz it barely produce ashes not as good as propane but good enough to make the blacksmithing industry thrive because of cheap investment
@muntthedubious_9308 Жыл бұрын
I was intimidated by the prospect of blacksmithing until i realized i already had everything i needed
@kameljoe21 Жыл бұрын
I seen a primitive guy use a really nice rock and make a blower. I did my share of it for a while. It was a great learning experience and sold everything I had for a nice, very nice profit. I also made several dozen tongs which is why I made a very large profit. Toungs are a great start which gives you most of the basic skills. Once you can make a set of tongs you can BS your way in to making anything.
@CetMM6 ай бұрын
this short brought me to your channel and i'm already subscribed, so i can come back and look at your longer videos, once i finish what i was doing. thanks for this.
@VooDooTennessee6 ай бұрын
Awesome, thank you!
@samlaine3315 Жыл бұрын
thanks blacksmith internet dad ur awesome!
@AlossFS Жыл бұрын
I'm not even a blacksmith, but I can tell you with authority that you missed the beard and meaty hands.
@greerbriggs8421 Жыл бұрын
also optional, I have no beard and soft hands and still make all manner of handy little things, whatever I need (lot of very specific tools I'll probably only use once tbh) still never made a nail tho
@michaelsorensen75673 ай бұрын
You develop those over time. No blacksmith in history was born with the beard.
@horplesmoff Жыл бұрын
Me who's never going to start blacksmithing in my life: "Fascinating."
@Joe___R3 ай бұрын
If you break down a couple of old microwaves, you can build an induction forge real cheap. They can heat your metal up in just seconds.
@TwinShards23 күн бұрын
As long it's a ferrous metal* Non-ferrous barely heat up.
@fozzybear7255Ай бұрын
You forgot the epic beard, great voice and mittens the size of a grizzly bear.
@evakozma2099 Жыл бұрын
The ONE main thing anyone needs in order to start blacksmithing is to STOP PROCRASTINATING.
@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 Жыл бұрын
But I don't have any space to make a forge. I live in town way to close to the neighbors.
@carpediemarts7056 ай бұрын
And put away the KZbin
@oceanbytez8475 ай бұрын
@@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 it doesn't take much space. unless you literally do not have a yard you should be ok. If you don't have a yard it isn't hard to make a mobile forging station and just carry it to any undeveloped piece of land. You can literally make a tiny forge with a piece of carbide fire brick you cut in half and use long bolts to tighten it down on itself, and get a handheld propane torch and it will insulate well enough to get stuff hot enough to work. Grab a small log and a decent piece of steel and bolt it to the log and you have an anvil. grab a hammer. all 3 items are easily movable, and store in minimal space once cool. Biggest challenge is taking it home after work as it isn't safe for sedan trunks or SUV trunks, but a truck bed or small trailer will work fine, or you can just loosen up the bolts to open the bricks to air and let them cool off over 20-30 minutes while playing on your phone, tighten it back up and your good to go. Source: some of my earliest craft escapades happened when me and my wife were newlyweds living in a 600 sq ft apartment and the complex had rules against crafts and projects so i had to get creative.
@arthurmoore9488Ай бұрын
@@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 There's often "Makerspaces" or other hobby organizations you can join.
@lvl76hobo11 Жыл бұрын
Earplugs coming in at # 4
@VooDooTennessee Жыл бұрын
not a bad #4
@MooKau_7 ай бұрын
WHAT?
@mrkikyАй бұрын
Nope, a pair of tongs is #4 so you can continue forging after you're done with that end. Earplugs come after power hammer.
@Tavrinth_11 ай бұрын
Always trust a man’s forging skills if he’s got the beginnings of, or full Dwarven style beard
@oceanbytez8475 ай бұрын
unless your smith is in the military active or reserve component. Met a couple in the reserve, and yeah can't have a beard then but they make great smiths. They also tend to host the biggest beards post military hahaha.
@thomasbrown84684 ай бұрын
Alabama here. Got a peice of track from my pawpaw last weekend he said he’s had it longer than his big blacksmith anvil like the one you got on the stump. Anyway it’s off an old track from Lawrenceburg Tennessee. It’s wore down on top from the train. Badass I would never get rid of it. About a foot and a half. Heavy as heck though. Alright love videos. Robots lol
@user-will_b.6421 күн бұрын
Just bought all three of those things and today started on my first forged knife since I have in the past made some with old saw blades
@unionpride525Ай бұрын
Built a brake drum and fart fan forge years ago and it is still working strong!
@Ivanhoe526 ай бұрын
Pure, and simple. Wasn't sure of wood, but thanx for confirmation. 😊
@The_DB9223 Жыл бұрын
I’ve been cold forging on an old vice that has a flat part with a claw hammer. I’ll only start hot gorging when I have an anvil and coal, I’ll use an old grill as my forge body.
@imtryingalright85555 ай бұрын
Very informative for beginners.
@psi9000 Жыл бұрын
Hey, nice looping short!
@TnT_F0X8 ай бұрын
I got all this stuff, but I also got scrap wood and needed an image of how to secure my anvil... Just a Jewler's but I am hammering silver so... gonna be coin or straw sized metal
@jacobopstad54834 ай бұрын
For a simple anvil I have a small piece of leaf spring about 3 inches by 7 inches or so. I mostly use it on its side for straightening nails
@diraltmcallister3523Ай бұрын
Induction furnaces are also super neat
@gabrielkohler3106 ай бұрын
Thank you man this is so dope
@VooDooTennessee6 ай бұрын
Glad you like it!
@jasentonguepowersaws42063 ай бұрын
Something to heat, something to beat with, snd something to beat on
@hoofarted11 ай бұрын
Bear In mind with cast anvils (like harbor freight ones) they will dent with errant blows and you'll need to maintain the face, the horn will also be damaged if you're off on your strikes. Take it slow. Make sure you get an accurate hit. Speed will come with time. Look up Alec Steele's video on making leaves and follow his instructions for some goof practice
@reaper1470007 ай бұрын
I made a mound of dirt with some 3" storm water pipe running from the side straight out the top and put the top of an old keg on top that my fil used to use as a fire pit. An old clapped out leafblower went in the other end of the pipe and it worked pretty well. Just concentrated the airflow too much to the center but it got me started.
@khironkinney1667Ай бұрын
Ride on man I prefer a good old charcoal Forge myself set from that point you got the forge,an anvil and Hammer you can make the rest of the tools you will ever need cuz that's the most amazing thing about blacksmithing
@tiberiuskurisake11 ай бұрын
That's and gloves with some good protective glasses. It gets old getting metal shavings in your eye XD
@jarrettowen41932 ай бұрын
That’s great I have all that random stuff! I saved it for a reason.
@holdenedits66077 ай бұрын
Appreciate the bit of knowledge
@eastindiaVАй бұрын
Coal and steam powered blast furnace would be nice. Probably about as simple as a brake rotor and a bathroom fan
@neolithicnobody8184Ай бұрын
I like my rail chunks. I hired a guy to do some yard work and he spied them one day and asked what they were. I tried to explain it to him, but I'm not quite sure he understood. I say that because he thought he could move them with ease like I did. They range from 12 to 24 inches long, but some are taller and others are wider. Some flat, some rounded. They each have their purpose. Just don't underestimate something being small for being lightweight. I make it look easy because I'm used to handling them. After using them for all these years, I can't help but laugh when I see someone in the movies pick up a big brick of Gold and toss it like it was nothing. Trust me, bricks that size are NOT light at all. It'll give you a hernia, though. lol
@MASI.forging11 ай бұрын
Nice short for today 😊
@xXMACEMANXx8 ай бұрын
As a smith that started out on those Horrible Fright (Harbor Freight) anvils, I can definitely say that you CAN forge on one, but you'd be much better off with a sledge head or something that's actually hard steel! You'd probably get similar, if not better results from a big rock than one of those blue paper weights
@nathanjohnson99696 күн бұрын
"You're anvil doesn't need to look like an anvil, it can even look like this!" (pulls out another anvil)
@antiwoke75622 ай бұрын
I like this guy.
@CoffeeMania-uq7ifАй бұрын
I would love a foundry instead, to work with copper and bronze. Steel never interested me personally. But bronze is just gorgeous
@Intentionaltia9 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@lolescrub06911 ай бұрын
Just got a cast iron anvil! My pops and I mounted it to some wood and I'm ready work!
@Max_Randolph_Studios Жыл бұрын
Great tips! 🙌
@VooDooTennessee Жыл бұрын
Thanks Max!
@ClintsHobbiesDIY6 ай бұрын
OMG! Another Blacksmithing channel to sub.
@McbrideStudios8 ай бұрын
You can also go magnetic with your forge.
@cholulahotsauce6166 Жыл бұрын
Great video.
@VooDooTennessee Жыл бұрын
Glad you enjoyed it
@punklyrics17 ай бұрын
Seeing the costs of many knives i have gotten into the idea of making my own (forged in fire isnt helping) im surprised to see its way cheaper to start than i honestly expected just going to the route of hand tools. Time to finish my winter woodworking projects and build myself a forge once spring breaks
@varun0099 ай бұрын
The only use I've found for a large working surface has been in flattening longer pieces. For something that isn't going to take a huge beating, a 1 inch thick plate burnt into a stump works pretty well.
@carlosavalos7145 Жыл бұрын
Subscribed!!!!
@joeofnotrades10 ай бұрын
Nice loop technique
@najroeАй бұрын
a windy day with a regular fire that has wind directed into a funnel "works", I have shown it multiple times. then anvil, I have used a rock (it will crumble, but hey, easy to replace). for hammer I have used another rock. true, no fine delicate things can be made, but making a slitting chissel and a drift was possible to then make a cross peen hammer from a piece of steel, even mild steel will work for a while, yes it will take damage, but that can be filed away, that then used to make better tools...
@user-it8nr9uw5l3 күн бұрын
This is how I made my first spear. Me my uncle and my cousin a wood fire in a pit some bricks that needed to be frequently replaced and whatever ball peen peice of Garbo we found in my dads garage and they weren’t pretty but they definitely looked like spears and definitely enough to make me and my cousin happy😂😂
@Bangalangs8 ай бұрын
Harbor Freight recently stepped up their anvil game. The blue cast iron ones are getting tough to find in my area, but now they’re carrying cast steel ones made by Doyle.
@miltonknowlestheinsanewitc4996 Жыл бұрын
You forgot to mention the spectacular fuzzy beard without which no job is possible
@bradleytaylor80093 ай бұрын
Me with a forge, an anvil, and a hammer but no metal: 👁️👄👁️
@burntbeansoup14 күн бұрын
Thats a cool ass anvil
@Really-KnowАй бұрын
A large hard thing, a smaller hard thing on the end of a stick, and a really hot thing. Gloves are a 4th if holding things is a skill issue.
@DumbFishes7 ай бұрын
Thanks, now I'm going to become a legendary sword Smith!
@teaborgat95894 ай бұрын
Yeah. Almost forgot to mention about having one of those Heatproof hands, to grab and hold pieces of metal straight from a furnace, with a temperature over 500°c
@ruebenllongoria8369 ай бұрын
4: epic 13th century blacksmith beard
@CT-uz3bf Жыл бұрын
Anyone got a video on how to make that rotor forge? I was gonna try making a brick/charcoal/hairdryer forge lmao
@RandallColvin24-78 ай бұрын
Brake drum model called a devil's hot seat...... Mine was excellent
@MooKau_7 ай бұрын
tried googling that term... nothing up sports articles came up :/
@alone_musk_338 ай бұрын
Forgot to mention the barrel chest, arms like a monster, and a beard longer than your lifespan after 20 years inhaling the fumes from the dwarven village forge.
@idkwhatmyusernameshouldbe5345Ай бұрын
i started smithing with 2 map gas torches, and an old broken rusty vise i found in my backyard😂 unless you count the countless melted plastic spoons and the stick i would use while camping as a kid😂
@boydmcree90854 ай бұрын
a back, a arm, a fire
@killer99whale Жыл бұрын
I would stick with a railroad tie before I use a harbor freight in anvil. They work but after buying a vice from harbor freight and it breaking on me when I was beating on it, no thank you. For all you starting blacksmiths out there I would highly recommend getting a leg vise.
@VooDooTennessee Жыл бұрын
I think I covered that, kzbin.infoAVc__C_nO-g
@leviathanak5 ай бұрын
material, something to hit it with, and a rason. everything else is just a tool, hopefully to make life easier.
@potatohamlin52429 ай бұрын
i used bricks and a hair dryer and wood for my forge
@ukonrautaironworks2541 Жыл бұрын
And tongs cheap channel locks work or lock jaws
@MakermookАй бұрын
I started with a #10 tin can and a hair dryer.
@ExaltedDuckАй бұрын
Oh that kind of forging... I was a little confused when it wasn't a pen, a document, and a false identity as the three things you need
@alexsnow33196 ай бұрын
Ooga booga fire, hard smacky, and el smacko hardo.
@Dhalin7 ай бұрын
Blacksmithing is a very old art, started way back in ancient times. If bronze age people could do it with a hammer, and a stone stove, you should be able to do it too. Heck, when they first started, their hammers were made of stone until they could make ones made out of metal.
@johndavis17216 ай бұрын
Can you show us how to make the homemade forge
@smoker3183 ай бұрын
So great video but isn’t ur anvil a little short is that a preference thing
@WolvenworksАй бұрын
Unfortunately i don’t have a budget for anything except the hammer 😂
@kyleheins9 күн бұрын
Sledge hammer heads in antique/thrift shops go for 5 to 25 bucks, same at garage sales. Forges can be made with a steel tube or brick tunnel, leaf blower or hair dryer (larger ones work better than fast ones), and some scrap pallets in a hole. No more than 50 if you spend alot to get them. 8 generic red bricks cost 16 or so, at most, and the blowers cost 15 to 50 depending on what you choose to buy, and used ones can be even cheaper (same places as the sledge hammer head). Scrap wood can be found at processing plants and factories all over, such as lumber milling scrap, shipping facilities, factories and farms often have scrp pallets you can take for free just to get it off their land, and now all you need to do is find scrap iron. Also easy.
@Wolvenworks8 күн бұрын
@@kyleheins you do realize that not everyone is in a dollar-based country, right? And that $5-25 is a large price gap?
@kyleheins7 күн бұрын
@Wolvenworks prices will vary depending somewhat on currency, but mostly based availability. I can assure you most industrialized nations will have VERY affordable options for the roles a blacksmiths tools must fill. Example: bricks can be replaced with river rock except for the ones directly against the fire, and technically the whole thing can be a dirt tunnel if you practice a bit. Essentially, if you can afford a hammer you shouldn't have a hard time getting the basic equipment needed.
@kyleheins7 күн бұрын
Scrap can fill alot of these roles too.
@Wolvenworks7 күн бұрын
@@kyleheins yes i suppose i could build the forge at half the price since i’m in indonesia…but i still don’t have a place for it, and i doubt i can just stick one on my backyard in the middle of a residential area in the city. Not to mention, I have no idea how to forge! Nearest blacksmith is in Buttfuck Nowhere, Central Java. I’d have to go abroad to learn the skill, and that costs money. In dollars, because Australia or Singapore uses dollars. So yeah, I’m currently not in a good position to start learning how to bang some metal. All i can do i watch other ppl have fun in this case.
@MaxanArchyRandomXenic10 ай бұрын
I have a question about the forge part. Would an electric one work? I've seen those heat up stuff very fast
@VooDooTennessee10 ай бұрын
Beginning blacksmith induction forge
@zackdexter82854 ай бұрын
you made me instantly laugh at the end
@katelights Жыл бұрын
ok then. once you have those 3 things, what is the first tool you should make to expand your capabilities?
@mebibyte9347 Жыл бұрын
Yo the real question right here
@jmoneyjoshkinion4576 Жыл бұрын
Tongs, according to what I have read/watched, so far as tools go.
@tristonball6432 ай бұрын
2 anvils railroad trac thank you
@ericbryant836 ай бұрын
Need space to make noise and/or fire. That space has been hard for me to find
@salvatorecorleone10084 ай бұрын
I feel like you should add health insurance to that list because especially if you’re new… you’re probably gonna get burned at least a little.
@spoot88358 ай бұрын
I have a brake rotor or 4 LoL and a bouncy house fan...can you show how to set that up?
@keillorchristoph10 ай бұрын
Need a fort a good source of metal to work with! Scrap metal is cheap what is good scrap metals to work with?
@RJ-wx3fh Жыл бұрын
I've seen induction heaters getting cheaper and more readily available (usually sold for mechanics to efficiently heat a stuck faster without putting too much heat into the surrounding metal) have you ever tried those as a substitute for a small forge?
@ryanwalker1825 Жыл бұрын
Do homemade Forges plz
@djjaysky9071 Жыл бұрын
I started out using a really shitty pan forge with a hand crank fan
@paperboatcanfloat34246 ай бұрын
Not to be a smart alloc, but I believe having a way to hold onto the metal without getting 10th degree burns all over is a requirement
@VooDooTennessee6 ай бұрын
Well I would agree with you eventually, but read the title of this short. "What are the three main things you need to START blacksmithing". Start being the key there. There are several projects you don't need tongs for, like tongs for instance. I always start my students, yes I teach blacksmithing, on projects that don't require tongs. Tongs add a unneeded complexity to learning basic temp control and hammer technique. By the way it's spelled "aleck". Why use a comma if you're not going to use a period?
@oceanbytez8475 ай бұрын
the irony is, you don't need tongs to make tongs. tongs are the first craft i made, and i used welding gloves to hold the far end of my rebar and when i felt it was getting too warm even for the gloves i had a large set of pliers as a backup option. It wasn't perfect by any means, but it got me by long enough to complete the tongs project and after that guess what... i had tongs! I will say i did end up buying two particularly long pieces of rebar for the tongs project so it would be able to hold the rebar from further if need be, and i had to cut some off later. However, i'm planning on making a set of short tongs to go with my long tongs out of the scraps from the first project. why not right? Also making my own tongs taught me a LOT about smithing. I had to learn about punches and how to use them as well as how to flatten and bend steel rebar to make the gripping surfaces. I also had to learn how to insert a bearing into a tool in order to enable actuation of said tool. I did all of the above following a youtube guide from someone similar to the guy above. Also, i have a old book about smithing, and it has a lot of useful hints and tricks i've yet to try but what little i have used it has proved insanely useful. Here's hoping that by the end of this year i will be a competent smith with the help of real skilled tradesman, a variety of resources, and most importantly practice.
@chloet926310 ай бұрын
I wanna get into blacksmithing so I can make my own things, but where do I start?
@VooDooTennessee10 ай бұрын
What is the best way to get started Blacksmithing?
@PHEONYX7923 күн бұрын
So hey how you build that brake rotor and bathroom fan forge?
@donatoeufemia60292 ай бұрын
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@thisguy414877 ай бұрын
You also need some significant upper body strength. It is DEMANDING.
@Dhalin7 ай бұрын
If you don't have upper body strength yet, you will have if you keep at it, lol.
@mattnobody_cru197710 ай бұрын
Wouldnt it be better to also atleast have a set of tongs. So maybe 4 items needed to start smithing
@ulischmidt039 күн бұрын
I almost feel obligated to get into some sort of smithing, it almost feels like it's in my blood to do so...
@VS-ff4ez11 ай бұрын
How high do you set your anvil?
@plopolip018 ай бұрын
Hammer , heat , metal
@idiotwithasolderingiron11 ай бұрын
Clay in a freezer and a hammer will give you the feel for smithing if you're not sure it's something you want to invest money into.
@tylerwascom3647 ай бұрын
So what would be something you would advise someone just starting out forging to make to really start getting the basic skills down?