How I punch a clean hole in metal #anvil #blacksmith #forging #shorts #blacksmithing #forged #asmr

[thejurassicgameroom]

my problem is I keep forgetting to cool my damn punches and end up needing to referb my punches/drifts bc I have bent them to hell and back

[zephyrstrife]

dude... this is such an awesome thing to learn! I'm probably never going to use it in real life, but I play TTRPGs and this is more research material I can use to make the game world feel more real when describing places like a smithing forge.

[addictionsucks]

Awesome video, but why on relatively low heat? Does it bend the surrounding metal if it's too hot?

[XavXavBoi]

As a beginner blacksmith, this video was a lot of help.

[WinslowMorgan]

Could be just the video, but I like to have a high localized heat when hot punching, I make punches out of whatever tool steel is around, and don’t harden or temper them…because tool steels are just Tuff, and will survive a limited run. If it’s a production item tooling will be created, to survive the production run multiple matching tools will be created to ensure that the run, runs!

[franciscole]

If you punch with the jaw hanging off the side of the anvil first. You can use the pritchel to punch out the biscuit. Nice clean lines.

[spoolsociety_nv]

Again! Your end results are so clean! You make it look so easy to! That's what a lifetime of this type of work will bless you with! Do you do individual projects? Say if I wanted to pay you to make me a Damascus knife. Solid peice no fold. Ir would be a side carry knife!: ) name a price and we will definitely see to making itnhappen

[yucatansuckaman]

I feel as if I will never feel the heat and thrill of the forge. 😮‍💨

[nateb.]

my first punch and drift was a hammer head lol. let me say I ended up with a very flat, one sided hammer.

[julianuffelmann]

Ok this is kind of cool.
I always have trouble getting clean and parallel holes in the right size, but I only use a punch. So I'm gonna try it with a drift...

[crowsivecrow]

Do you have a storefront where one can buy those blanks?

[cindersofcreation]

I only work in glass but I do see some similarities; though glass being far easier to work; I could imagine that if it was 10-50x harder at it's temperature we would use even more similar techniques.

[grigoriyefimovichrasputin]

I usually don't drift mine works alright.

[jakeawesome_usa]

It helps to use cold, asked to stop the metal from sticking to each other when you’re punching

[SwheatCents]

What's the difference between punching a hole and drilling a hole? Is there a structural difference?