Blacksmith Beginnings: Lesson 2
Ron Payne, Blacksmith, woodworker, all-around crafter
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Introduction
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Project and goals
1:17 -
Right angle bending
3:52 -
Laying out for drilling and cutting
2:47 -
Drilling steel
2:54 -
Cutting with a hacksaw
2:19 -
Forging on an anvil
5:03 -
Forging on a "bench anvil"
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Final thoughts
1:26
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About This Class
A blacksmith is one of the few craftsman who can make his own tools. From tongs to hammers to chisles and beyond, there is little a blacksmith needs that he can't make. This lesson is a start to making the tools you'll use to shape hot steel to your design.
The project for this lesson is a bending fork. A bending fork is a tool used to bend hot steel, it can be more precise and controllable than other methods.
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Another well done class. I really like the use of clay to explain the techquies of bending.
I am driven by a need to create. This has lead me down some interesting roads.
I know a bit about woodwork, metal work, leather, casting, and several other disciplines. I also enjoy passing along what I know to others.
Life is a continual path of improvement.
