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Blacksmithing - Forging a bell
Today I show how I make a bell inspired by bells made by Uri Hofi. Quite simple and not very scientific when it comes to sound... I made three of these and the first two that I didn't capture on video both sounded better than this one, so it's a bit of hit an miss... The geometry is probably really important and that both halves are tuned together for better resonance. Anyway a fun project.
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The guy who invented the knock knock joke deserves a no bell prize.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
:)
@DanielBerzinskas
Жыл бұрын
LOL :)
I liked the juxtaposition of the ancient craft of forging to the ultra-modern lawn-mowing robot!
Love the pitch and resonance of the bell. And the lawn robot was a nice touch as well as the garden "fly-through".
You never fail to impress. You are among my favorite here on youtube for overall quality of both blacksmithing and videography. Thank you!
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
Not to throw us all back a few hundred years but life would be so much more meaningful if we all used objects made by hand like this. Bring it back!
Very nice project! Your skills are well established at this point, so it's good to see some more of your personality in your videos. The calm nature of your videos and your personality really makes for a very enjoyable time watching!
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you Thomas!!
Very cool vid. I've never seen a bell like this. Glad to see the hole punched not drilled and the clapper forged not fabricated!
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks Jeff!
Excellent work. Your channel, your shop, your work, your family, your homestead honors our ancestors. You are an example for us all.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
So very kind! Thank you!
You are a great artist and your photography of flowers proves that you are an artist. Thank you, I liked your work
I don't see how anyone can give you a thumbs down. Another great video and the bell sounded good. I enjoy watching you make things.
This channel is just amazing. The product has a soul a very talented Thunder Bear made this from hot steel and a hammer. The most amazing part is the precision that you have with a hammer. I just enjoy watching watching not only the backsmithing but the total care put into everything.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Thank you so much Chuck!!
@user-js4co2pt2y
5 жыл бұрын
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The garden scene turned surreal. I felt as though I was watching a scene from Star Wars or another sci fi film. Colonist guy on another planet out checking his crops as a robot trundles by tending to the more mundane task of trimming the verge! The mix of your old world knowledge and skills mingling with the use of advanced technology, performing a menial chore, is kind of a minor mind blow! I love your videos.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
:) Thanks T B !
Beautiful forging and a robot lawnmower in the same video!? Pure genius.
You make it look so effortless, in blacksmithing and your grounds
Love the gardening break. It's a nice contrast to the forging, but also creating.
vous faites toujours de telles œuvres artistiques, cette cloche est le design le plus inhabituel que j’ai vu à ce jour, le plus impressionnant comme toujours M. Ahman.
10000 % man right here I'm adopting your plant planting after every successful and unsuccessful forging or woodworking etc
It must say something about the person who can make such a functional item into artwork,thanks for posting!
Really lovely job on that Thunderbear, what a lush garden too! Laughed out loud when you took a flight through the flowers! Good job!
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
He he, thanks! Should have added some swooshing sound fx and possibly star wars music...
My grandfather had a philosophy. Love what you do and do what you love and you'll be content. I see that in your videos.
The sound of metal is so pretty, and I love your garden
Beautifully done as always. Your flowers are beautiful as well.
Artfully forged, creatively documented. Another "saved" video in my growing TA archive.
As always, watching the process is a delight, and the finished product is beautiful.
Sono incantato da tanta maestria. Perfetto dominio del fuoco e della mano..... BRAVO
Aside from your skill, your choice of interests are reasons for enjoying your posts.
That has to be the most clever bell I’ve ever seen on YT.
Nice sound, great job, wonderful flowers
Beautiful flower bushes Sir. Also enjoyed watching the process of how to forge a bell.
Wow what a beautiful and simple bell
i like this person. without talking, a lot of work. Language that is easily understood by all nations of the world. Greetings from Bontang-East Kalimantan-Indonesia
@torbjornahman
4 жыл бұрын
Thank you very much!!!
@kohLeeDjocdja
4 жыл бұрын
@@torbjornahman keep creative and always sharing. This world needs people who inspire, like you.
Mr Thunderbear, I only recently found this channel and have been marathon watching as time allows. Please allow me to say the thing that most impresses me is your materials management skills. Unlike countless others I have watched you don't forge a huge billet of material and spend forever grinding over half of it away as waste.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Great, thank you!
Beautiful garden and a great project, thanks for sharing
It strikes me (See what I did there?) that a major skill in smithing is understanding the volume of metal you are working with. At an academic level I get that the volume is easily determined mathematically, but to have the sense of how much metal to leave on that bar on either side of the clanger, so that it can be drawn out without any waste is pretty amazing to me.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks, yes you get a feel for it after a while. It's surprising sometimes how little it takes to draw something small out.
Beautiful from start to finish and everything in between. Some of the finest production I've ever seen Thank you for a most enjoyably satisfying 20 mins of my day
@torbjornahman
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks Tommy!
@tommypetraglia4688
4 жыл бұрын
@@torbjornahman New to your channel about 3 weeks ago and very slowly I'm working thru your archive, one at a time (sometimes over again before the next) like savoring the mashed potatoes and gravy part of my meal... being careful not to binge and miss out on the full flavor. It's not the place But the journey... it's not the finished piece but the tap tap tap in between with the beauty being rooted in the process - watching how you think... so easily that comes across Each and every piece emanates some bit of soul as well the videos do themselves. You are leaving a fine library of work not just for your viewers but for your children and someday theirs as well. Fortune be to those friends and loved ones with you in their life
@torbjornahman
4 жыл бұрын
@@tommypetraglia4688 Very kind, thank you!!
I like the "flyover" over the flowers. It's the little things like that why I love your channel. Awesome bell
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
:) Thank you !!
What kickass badass garden you have. Last time tried to grow something i got arrested. Judge have 50 hours of free labor. At my own church. But my preacher friend just had me work two hours and signed me 50 hours. Lol.
@johnathangrey3463
4 жыл бұрын
All for a bell over his garden. This guy is a true kickass badass man of men.
this was so fun to see you have a beatiful garden
Another beautiful functioning work of art.. well done!
And here I thought you mowed the lawn with a scythe... robotic lawnmower. Busted. Skämt åsido, jävligt kul videos att titta på.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
:) Tack
what a man , an artist , I ENJOYED it very much , understood many things , never bored .thanks .
Just what you needed! Now, MORE COWBELL!
@davepelfrey3958
5 жыл бұрын
Loved that episode on SNL. Epic
@jimbermelon
5 жыл бұрын
*Oh the times have come.*
Very nice Torbjorn!!!! Never thought about one being made that way Enjoyed and gave a Thumbs Up
You are a wonderful craftsman and it's very soothing to watch you work, thank you
Chief Thunder Bear has done it again! Another amazing creation.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
:) Thanks Malcolm!
Why is it so pleasing to watch someone hammering hot metal? :D
Very unique design of a bell, made to perfection. Great detailing by the good craftsman !!! And the bell sounds soo sweet!!
Pretty job. You always use boiled linseed oil, is there any reason why? When I was at school the metalwork teacher usually went for dirty engine oil to give the steel a semi weather-proof blue finish. May I suggest that when you produce these videos you them a difficulty rating. Your anvil really is a credit to you, simple measures to prevent unnecessary damage. Thanks for posting.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Thanks! Linseed oil is nice to work with, natural and smells good!
Thank you for your channel and for showing it to people. Very interesting video, looking forward to new. Best regards from Russia.🤝
Excelente, muy buena estética de la campana, original. La forja de primera, felicitaciones.
Decent and quiet Form. Very nice design for a Bell.
I absolutely LOVE that. Thanks from Mississippi!
I just wonder who the hell watches this video and unlikes it? I dont know any blacksmith that would dislike this, and if youre not into blacksmithing why are you here to dislike it in the first place?
I had to add two tons of compost to my garden beds to get them to look like your soil did BEFORE you amended it. Some people have all the luck!
I really enjoyed watching this. Thank you!
Waw it has 2 notes.. one quick high pitch, the other a prolonged deep hum. Never heard such a bell. Very cool!
New word: “hm” means the damn plug didn’t shear. Great bell... and good bow tie! Excellent Thunder Bear!
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
No it means you didn't align the punch. It was off by at least 1,8°... :) Perfection.... Thanks!!!
what I wouldn't give to have a shop like yours... I am working on it. It may take a while haha. Hopefully I can make things well enough in the near future I can start turning some real profit. But I am happy to see that I am definitely making SOME money right now, and best of all, people are appreciating my work. I wanna try my hand at this style bell in the near future! Great build!
@torbjornahman
4 жыл бұрын
Cool, good luck!!
@ohmahgawdfilms
4 жыл бұрын
@@torbjornahman Thanks! I appreciate your channel greatly!
I love watching you work
Very cool! Never seen a bell made like that. Thanks for sharing!
Thanks for another OUTSTANDING video! much appreciated.
Very nice Bell. You are a good gardener too!!
Power hammers make everything look so easy!
@BrianDaleNeeley
5 жыл бұрын
Only when the smith has the *SKILL* to make it look easy... as Torbjörn surely does. But then again, he makes *EVERYTHING* look easy.
@whome6764
4 жыл бұрын
@@BrianDaleNeeley Almost what I was fixin' to say, talent goes a long way no matter what tools you're using.
Exquisite blacksmithing - a joy to watch!
Mr Blacksmith, you have made yet again, another very enjoyable video. Your shop is wonderful, the landscape of your home is beautiful and your craftsmanship is ever improving. I enjoyed the video very much and the boiled linseed oil at the end had given me a small laugh. It is a very good quality that one would have in them to make content which is so simple yet astoundingly good hearted. I enjoy your channel because it is one place where Good is and where there is only relaxation. My thanks and cheers to you, i look forward to the next video.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
That's very kind, thank you!!!
That was awesome you are a real Craftsmen thank you for uploading this video
Hey Thunder Bear it's amazing watching you worK and I like your Garden
I like your starting off with a growl, Thor BEAR! Love your style as well!
Your hand hammering is even musical in this video!
I love your videos. So calming. The bell looks very nice.
Interesting bell. Workmanship is about 5 levels above mine. I learn something new just about every time you post. Thank You!
Your garden and yard is beautiful! Oh and the bell came out cool too! 😂
Nice video, Torbjörn. It has become a beautiful bell.
Your videos are great cause of the variety of techniques and projects that you do. Keep up the good work.
Dude, you are amazing!! Forging, gardening, joking... thats a good lifestyle!
@torbjornahman
4 жыл бұрын
Thanks!
Un maestro, siempre un gusto ver tu trabajo, tu arte.- Saludos desde Uruguay - Sud América
a very skilful display of your art. You inspire! Enjoyable video.
WOW Torbjorn you done a amazing job on that bell. i love watching your Blacksmith Video's
Alec Steele has got a competitor Nice job👍
@MJ-nb1qn
5 жыл бұрын
A. S. Can’t hold a candle to this true craftsman.
You are a good man. Thank you.
Fascinating! Thanks for sharing, Thor!
Very beautiful design, thank you for sharing your story. God bless you and your family
Here's a cool project I did recently. Look up Skyrim horn candle. Or better yet play the game. I made a wall one from a water buffalo horn and forging a loop and wall mount. I also got a live flame light bulb and a wall socket with cord so I could plug it in. I can send you a picture in email or however other methods if you would like. It is very nice and a relaxing thing to have in like a room or shop or something. XX
I expect the temper to make a reasonable difference to the tone of the bell. It certainly does with bronze bells and cymbals.
I would find it interesting to see you make one out of a steel and hardening one side, would it make a difference? Or just making a small bell and have a before and after video after hardening to hear the difference in sound. Anyway thanks for the video, always enjoy them!
That clapper... amazing work.
What a beautiful bell sir. loved it.
And here I thought you were making a door pull for the new shop door, lol. I love the bell and watching you go through the process of shaping. You are a very multi-talented person. PS. that is the largest and nicest anvil I have ever seen. That must have cost you a lot.
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
:) Thanks. I was fortunate to find that anvil at a good price.
Awesome t-shirt design and Thunder Bear is a super cool name, I like it a lot. My last name is old Dutch/Germanic and translates as Odin's oak. I always thought it to be really cool as well. Enjoyed your video as always
@torbjornahman
5 жыл бұрын
Ha ha that is not bad either! Thanks
Exemplary, Exceptional, Excellent, Exquisite, Expertise
I never thought of a design like that before. I am going to try that and see how it sounds. See what metals ring the best.
Such a keen eye for symmetry. Amazing!!! Ding Dong
la verdad me encantan ver esos tipos de videos muy buenos y el que lo realiza un verdadero maestro
one of the best welders and also one of my favs
Sounds like a tuning fork. wonderful!
"Boiled Linseed Oil: The Return"
Forging Robotic mowing And Azelias 101 in one video. Now I really feel lazy. Awesome forging skills
Nice T shirt. Bell look awesome. I enjoyed full forging process. Not to miss flowers are beautiful
Yeahhh, always use the Legendary boiled linseed oil. 😂
Interesting bell design! Sievi shoes spotted. Torilla tavataan.