Fundamentals of Blacksmithing - Upsetting

Continuing our look at the basic skills of the blacksmith we look at upsetting. Or making a bar shorter and larger in cross section.

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[grandadz_forge]

Fundamentals are still interesting and relevant to folks like me

[tobyjo]

A short but Invaluable educational video from John who never fails us to learn his skills. Thank You John your knowledge is second to none and you never ask for anything in return. Your a true gentelman

[douglasfathers]

Love the short videos John, And talk about upsetting you make it look so easy but that just makes me try harder . Thank's John. :)

[SchysCraftCo.]

John very nice and very helpful and definitely useful video. Thanks so much John. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work John. Can wait to see more videos on this video seariss. Forge On. Keep Making. God Bless.

[mikechapple]

I've had a lot of trouble with upsetting. I've learned that a slight taper on the heated end of a bar helps keep the bulge concentric. My take away here is the upsetting plate. I'm gonna bolt one down to my anvil stump. Thank you!

[ChristCenteredIronworks]

You know what they say John "it's ok to get upset as long as you don't get All Bent about it" 😁😉

[chadcook]

I appreciate the explanations and information you provided. Thanks for what you are doing. Love the content

[hannemannironworks]

Very nice demonstration John thanks for sharing!

[olddawgdreaming]

Good morning John, great video even though it was upsetting. Sorry about that!🤗 . Great information though and it was interesting. Thanks for sharing with us.Fred.🙏🏻🙏🏻👍👍👏🏻👏🏻👋👋

[noryb]

One of my first purposeful forgings. Using a crackerjack propane torch, I upset some 1/4" rod on the ends to produce hinge pins. In spite of being upset and a wee bit bent, they still haven't fallen through the hinge blocks!

[Jasiuuu]

this channel is soooo underrated ! great content sir!

[georgegriffiths]

Hi John I’m a welding inspector and never have a problem upsetting welders hot or cold 😉

[travisbandy]

Thanks for the information. Very cool!

[JerroldM]

I guarantee if he was in forged in fire, he would be champion.

[joea]

Assuming the piece fits is there any reason I can't upset in a vice. I have a particular project in mind and it will either save a lot of time or ruin it so thought I'd ask here

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[monkipooman]

I found this video
*removes sunglasses*
Quite upsetting

[rudebwoyyyy]

Since this was a rather short video I took another dose of daily smith from Canada
(LA FORGE D'ILMARINEN Ferronnerie d'art.)