Making Tooling To Forge YOUR Hammers! Blacksmithing

Getting the press ready to forge hammers.

#forginghammers #forgingpress #blacksmithinghammer

[erikcourtney]

Ah you finally got geared up for hammers👏 life will be so much easier now.
One tip though, keep that punch super cool and lubed. If it sticks in the hammer any at all, you’ll bend your pins that lock in the die plates. 😉

[andrewneilson]

Time to add a welder’s third hand to the swage block!

[Roachimusmaximus]

I don't know what's more exciting, watching you progress into a successful business/ side business or watching the raw process where you make mistakes and refine your skill along the way!?! Super stoked for you, brother!! Also, I'm sure you could just finish that hammer and sell it.. one of my first thoughts was to buy it with its imperfections. It's literally a landmark in this quest of yours and I'm positive one of your fans would gladly buy it.

[armadilloforge]

Fuch's FORGE EASE 3512 Hot Forging Lubricant. Great stuff..

[Canadiansasquatchbrewery]

Great stuff! Excited to see these hammers progress for you! Cheers!

[richardbryant]

Great video thanks for sharing, I wouldn’t scrap it. I think i seen someone else do that with a hammer and used a die grinder to get out the cracks, if you don’t want to mess with it I’ll take it off your hands.

[breakawaybooks]

There's something oddly satisfying about watching the scale crumble away in the press.

[HeavyForge]

Right on! I was just reading about a hot work tool steel which is supposedly way better than H13. W360 interesting stuff.

[breakawaybooks]

I've seen other smiths use bees wax on their press punches.

[mollettforge]

You can get some graphite, mix with the water, it what I use, works great. Or get a professional made punch lube. Helps big time with punching the eyes

[jimq]

Thank you for leaving in the drops and troubles. Let's us non-pro's know it happens to everyone.

[wolfparty]

Ah, as long as I get my 5 lb hammer first it’s game on after that...
E, sorry I was there to help you with taking down the work bench but you live like 2500 miles away 🤣🤣
Love the intro, 2019🤣🤣🤣💪🏼💪🏼🔥

[garyhuston]

What sort of heat treatment did you do? I’m told H13 is a bitch to get right!

[astormofwrenches]

Yeah thats like $75k worth of hammers. So I hope you like making them. Like, alot. Lol.

[wolfparty]

Ps. I want you to watch Brian Brazil videos on how he makes a hammer.
He really explains a lot on how to by hand thou also there’s Brent Bailey how you have mentioned, he uses his little giant power hammer as a press to make his hammers. He’s the most amazing and informative smith I learn from. then liem Halfman. He uses all presses to make his axes.
Maybe by watching all of these smiths you can help you put together your own program with some more ideas to help make each step calculate a purpose.
Pps. One more MOST IMPORTANTLY.
your fist hammer you made “by hand”
Has a AWESOME look that’s different from everyone else and that’s why I fell in love with it. I hope that you will stick to your original design.
Another one more thing, thinning the sides of the cheeks will help push the faces out more to have more clearance from the handle and face.
Just thinking but look at the distance when your holding the hammer, from your knuckles to the face of the hammer. If the cheeks or thinner it will give you more metal to push out the faces.
I hate texting and trying to explain what I’m feeling to put into words 🤦🏻‍♂️
I wish I could come visit and help you with the set ups and fab work!!!
Sorry so long. Don’t mind me!!
💪🏼💪🏼🔥🔥🔥❤️👍🏻🤣🤦🏻‍♂️

[stagecoachfarmforge]

How did you make the foot pedal for your press? Needing to build one and have the same controls.

[scottjerome]

If H13 is so tough and durable why not make blades from it and not just tooling?

[Marc-qogz]

Do you have a website to order hammers?

[isaiahwilliams]

"This is horrible, don't look at that". Okay I won't.

[dungeonmetalworks]

Super interesting, thanks for sharing!
How many metric tons of pressure does your press have? Im asking because i was always afraid ob buying H13 and cant work it properly, even though i would love to make a punch like you did. Would you attempt the making with a 20 metric tons flypress?
Im just a hobby blacksmith and only made 10 hammers so far, but in my experience with punchlube it wont get stuck as easily. Because its not available where im from i made my own, with petroleum jelly/vaseline, lots of charcoalpowder and a bit of molten wax. Other people use just charcoalpowder but it doesnt work as well i think.