What is the purpose of this hammer

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

I use this type for heeled tenons it has just the right curve and is far enough away from the work ( which is usually bigger sections) to keep the heat away from the hammer hand. It's a finishing hammer for me. I also use it for blending scarf welds when I want a localised hit that won't mess up the joining bars, so I can focus only on the weld then move to a larger hammer. I will explain it in a video as I made this for a project coming up soon.

@user-op8le8bv1u

3 жыл бұрын

当锤子用。。。

Beautiful design and forging. Thank you for posting this.

Really sweet looking hammer there Nathan :-) enjoyed the video

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

apprecciate that roy, Thanks a lot!

I was looking forward to this! Magnificent work and a beautiful hammer!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks luuk, finally finished it 😂

Now that is art ! Incredible looking, truly a Master !

Super clean work! Absolutely stunning!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks man! Really appreciate it!

Always impressed by your work. Glad to see another great video.

A work of art and beauty.

That Sir is an exceptional piece of craftsmanship. You are a great blacksmith.

Love these style of raw, natural sounding videos, 😍😍😍😍❤️

really nice to watch proper black smith with no show boating beautiful result thanks

Beautiful work

Great closeups. Perfect videography. Thanks for your sharing this with the community.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks tinman!!

@I-am-not-a-number

5 жыл бұрын

Clean your dirty lens

Now that is art, fantastic hammer!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Too kind Paul, Thank you!

That is outstandingly cool. Good job !

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you kindly!

Holy crap that's a beautiful hammer. You are a true artist Nathan. Love your videos

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much! Means a lot!! Glad you enjoyed the video!

How delicately you pull results from the power hammer is...inspiring. I love your work!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

that means a lot DBaca, appreciate the comment, hopefully can make some more soon for you to enjoy!

A beautiful masterpiece.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Too kind, Thank you!

Mighty fine hammer !!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much!

Beautiful!

totally cool video!! great talent!!

Videography and editing are very pleasing, as is the demonstration of the forging process. Thanks for this, I subscribed immediately!

Like this hammer, especially the “cubism” style, very different but just as functional, art just seeping its way in! Very nice!

Absolutely gorgeous!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Troll!

Sweet As , Work of Art ! :)

absolutely beautiful work my friend.well done.

That's insane!!😀 I love that hammer. The close up of the ball being forged was superb, as was the video overall. 2000 grit finish is going to leave a very clean forging. Thanks for taking the time to make and share the video, Nathan 👍

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

you are very welcome, i love making videos! Thanks a lot, glad you enjoyed it and like the hammer. the 2000 grit looks lovely i must say. i really dont want to use it so will see how it holds up.

Very nice work.

Great work! Roy sent me your way. I'm glad he did.

Well that's pretty frigging awesome!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

thanks Dave, you are awesome for leaving a comment!!

True Craftsmanship!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

appreciate that Doug!!

Brilliant work.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot mate!

No words, just straight pounding 🤤

Very nicely done. I also like what you did with the handle how you stiffened it up. GJ

Just found you glad to see you active ! Keep up the good work

Excellent work enjoyed it ,let's have more 😀

Um espetáculo de martelo.💪💪💪💥

Great turn out on the hammer 👍👍✌️

Just what the doctor ordered

Very cool hammer. Nice job.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks a lot James!

Beautiful hammer Nathan, that belongs in a shadow box under glass, hanging on the wall... Thanks for sharing.

Espetacular.Há muito tempo que assisto vídeos de ferreiros fazendo martelos,esse seu foi um dos melhores.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Gracia's amigo

A beautiful pean.

Wow that's your first ball peen hammer? You've got some extremely talented hands there, Nathan. That's quite impressive

I've found this way of driving in the wedge to be most effective. I'm also glad to see I'm not the only person who likes a dark char on handles.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

I have no idea if this is the correct way or not, i really hate putting handles on things as you can probably tell from how rough it looks. the dark handle looks great, never tried it before, but really needs a week in a bucket of oil, dried out so much heating it with a torch.

@dennisobrien3618

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron yes it will definitely benefit from a good soak. I think it turned out great; as good or better than many "tutorials" on how to fit handles I've seen.

@danilko1

4 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron I took a quick search on charing wood handles, and some say don't do it. Use acid instead, there are other ways to bring out grain and color. But I think it's all a matter of opinion. There's no agreement if it toughens the wood or not. I think, just like toasting bread you can under do it or over do it. What matters, is if you like the result.

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

@@danilko1 I like you. Instead of just taking my way as the way to do it, you went and did a bit of research before saying anything. That approach is a breath of fresh air so thank you!! I have no idea if this is good or bad but it is something new to me. I don't have a lot of experience with woodworking as I don't have the patience for it but its a start. I love the finish, but really dried out so have soaked in oil for a week which will hopefully do it some good. Thanks so much for commenting, I really appreciate it 👍. Have a great weekend!!

Very cool hammer... style’n’

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!

I’ll need to try this

This is one of the best pieces I have seen make on youtube. Congrats sir, that was fantastic... That said, is it just me, or did anyone else hear the "Little Caesars" pizza man at about 9:30 0f the video? I thought it was being added at first. :-)

Хорошая работа. Спасибо.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Спасибо, сэр

Really nice camera quality. You can really tell you put in the time. And O yeah!! Beautiful hammer too!! 🤣🤣❤️👍🏻👍🏻

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I put so much time into these videos so I'm glad you enjoyed it. It actually makes it worth while.

Very nice ball peen I really like the squared edges with the flowing taper great job sir

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Michael, very much appreciated 👍

Beautiful... you should also enable member so people can become a member 👍

Superb

Nice work!

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Curt!

Beautiful

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Christian

That is one nice setup you have Bro!

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

I wish it was mine, but I agree it's a dream setup for me.

What an odd looking hammer there. You did a fantastic job on it though just the same. Keep up the great work!

Perfect video for my lunch

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Awesome!! Hope it made lunch enjoyable!

Отличная работа! Жаль, что не показан процесс закалки. Всегда люблю эту часть :)

Great video as always , will we be getting any more hand forging of blacksmith tools ? I've followed along with all of them so far and in my opinion they're the best forging tutorials on KZread

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

When i get the workshop to myself i will go back to the old format but at the mo im not sure when that will be. Thanks for the great feedback, really appreciate it!!

I had another Smith make mine in 3 different weights, as well as 3 different size dogs head hammers. He was very reasonable. They've already paid for themselves

Thanks.

Beautiful hammer. With both ends polished what is it used for ?

nice

Great work and Roy sent me :)

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks you!

Really liked the camera word under the power hammer. You can see the metal moving on each stroke. But 2000 grit on the face... how can you ever bear to use the hammer in anger? :-)

that looks so yummy

Very nice job there Nath, wasn't sure if you'd left enough material for the ball at first when you punched the eye but it came together well in the end. Continually impressed with the work you're producing, hope someone's paying you by now ;)

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Ian, really appreciate the kind words. I didn't think I had enough with how blunt the dies are but seemed to just get away with it in the end. Wanted to do a ball but forged into a 'v' for getting toes firewelded nicely but couldn't get it. Never made a hammer before so was well chuffed how this came out. I gotta get this KZread kicking off now as I can't afford to be a blacksmith anymore, it's easier to go stack shelves in Tesco which I may have to do soon unfortunately. But gonna try and get some regular stuff up so I can keep at it.

@ianlowe4666

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron I've seen hundreds of guys at work over the years mate, big names and small, from all over the globe. I can tell in five minutes if someone has potential or not, as I'm sure can you. You've got more than potential, you've got a genuine talent and perhaps most importantly you've got the love for it. Be a shame to give that up even if it means doing something s**t just to keep the rain out. I've done it myself, worked four days a week being miserable to stay afloat, left three days for the hammer. Eventually the hammer started to pay. Where are you based now?

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

@@ianlowe4666 thanks for the kind words again. thats the thing though, ive kind of lost the passion for it as i cant do what i want as often as i used to when i was back home forging all day every day. and dfs course at college kind of killed it for me as i had to go back to being cattle again rather than how i did things. forgework was great but the theory was bullshit and i refused to do it. Still down terrences at the mo working with him on a few jobs which is cool. make a good team together.

@ianlowe4666

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron I'm not a Hereford boy myself, was too old when it bit so in the end I just packed up and went out and found blokes who were doing it. Went quite far considering :D There's nothing wrong with getting yourself something that's government recognised though, and the colleges are the only places that offer that really, good or bad. I might be able to help you out with some forge time for yourself. Depends on how close you are to London?

Man Nathan! That is one beautiful hammer!!! Once again your patience for perfection has been very inspirational! One question, does leaving the cheeks swelled vs. flattening like most folks do cause any balancing issues?

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you Jeff, means a lot! To answer your question... I have absolutely no idea, this is my first hammer i just forged it organically, i knew what faces i wanted so everything else just evolved from that. Its so well balanced and hits like a trooper. feels like nothing in the hand until it is swung on the downstroke and just comes alive. If i can give it some wellie thats all that matters to me personally. i may be able to tell you one day the difference but at the moment i have no idea.

@jeffsandling5981

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks, it's definitely a looker and I'd love to see how this design performs! Now I've got to go tell the Miss's that her honey-do list just got bumped another day...lol! Can't to see what you come up with next!

Good job my friend. Outstanding looking hammer and the art of it as well. Is that a foredom tool you are working with? and if it is what model is that?

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

It's just a die grinder on an airline. No idea of model. The stone was to get rid of grinding marks before reheating for scale finish. Thanks for the kind words

Nice Job! Is this c40 Steel? And hat you this Hammer a Air hardening?

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks. It actually says what it is at the beginning of the video. It is EN9 water hardening. 🙄

Well that's something else! Reminiscent of the dogs head pattern. I'm betting that this would work well as an armour's hammer as it has increased face reach w o the added wieght necessarily due to the concave construction. Nice video no doubt well made. 🙏Blessing abundant sir Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks Crawford! It would, I took inspiration from repousse hammers so could well work, and it is perfectly balanced for that purpose. I made it to do heel tenons and firewelds to blend toes of the weld in without smashing anything that doesn't need welding like most hammers do. I will demonstrate it soon as I gotta do some firewelding projects soon so will see what I mean 👍

@danielcrawford7315

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron awesome thank you

Absolutely spectacular, lovely looking hammer mate. Have you got a new forge, can you do a video on it one time and explain a bit about it. ??

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

thanks a lot Len! A new forge? the gas forge?

@lenblacksmith8559

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron Yeah the gas forge.

Excellent work and Video was the best I've ever seen for 1080 on my end. Surprised you don't use your power hammer to punch the holes, Using smaller dies. Brent Bailey comes to mind. Great work though.

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

thank you! can i ask what you watch it on? ive been using new software for editing and am trying to get it as crisp as possible, just wondering if the sharpness is too much as my screen is 144hz it can handle it but curious to know how it looks on other screens. The punching on the hammer is something ive never done as im not too good with power hammers yet, still learning with them.

I really like the style of the hammer. Do you use that beautiful polish for a mirror to shave now?

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks White beard, What is shaving??

@griseobarba7989

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron I'm not for sure, I just overheard someone say that they shaved and needed a mirror to do it.🤘

may i ask what you are treating the steel with at 12:48 ?

What procedure do you use with this steel for hardening and tempering?

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

as i have no heat treating oven yet, i usually heat up to orange, stick a magnet on it until the magnet sticks. take a mental picture of colour and reheat to just above that colour, keep it there for a while, as its EN9 i take out, and harden in water. depending on the tool i will harden the whole piece or just the cutting edge or hammer face. its a forgivable alloy but not the best, but i have access to a lot of it. tempering i would place it on a hot slab and let the heat travel through or if im hardening a small bit, i do it in one heat, like i show on the round punch video, and chisel video. Hope that helps!

Awesome work. I have a question though. Why did you punch and drift the eye by hand when you have a power hammer? Couldn't you have used it to drive a punch through?

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

I've never punched a hole on the power hammer as I'm not too good with them plus I'm not sure how soft the top die is so don't wanna dent it with tooling. I enjoy doing it by hand. Will be bringing a video out soon of why I enjoy and don't enjoy using power hammers soon.

@jimhumphrey

5 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron Like the PH or not you are very precise with it. Very good work sir!

I can’t for the world get past if we have a self contained power hammer why we would hand punch and drift the eye Why not hand hammer the entire build ,or use the power hammer the entire build 💰 Great work either way 🤔😉✌🏽

@workingwithiron

3 жыл бұрын

its a skillset thing for me. i can, like you say, do it fully by hand, or by power hammer but i like to practice punching by hand most of the time. ive found if i use the power hammer most of the time my skillset lowers overall and i like to go between the two to keep it balanced. Im never in a rush to make things fast, or for profit as these videos cost me more to make than what i get back anyway. its just process i love, i love the craft for what it is and have no joy in trying to be the quickest but i find joy in the moment. within each heat. Thanks for the comment James, much appreciated

Another great one!! What weight of hammer were you using? Matthew

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

The power hammer weight?

@gig1958

5 жыл бұрын

No,your kind of "go to hammer" that you seem to use in most of your videos.You started out with it in this one. Thanks.@@workingwithiron

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

@@gig1958 It is 1 3/4lb shoe turning hammer with a 14 inch handle. hope that helps!

@gig1958

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, it does. Thanks! Looking forward to your next project. Matthew @@workingwithiron

I want a bullet proof 'frying pan', please...😉

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

Coming soon!! Can I test the donk?

What alloy is your punch made out of? Don't think it is supposed to get hot like that and need reforming

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

En9 it's a low grade tool steel. H13 would be best but I have none yet so make do with what I got.

@Puppybreth242

4 жыл бұрын

@@workingwithiron I have some 4140 to make my punch and drift out of. Think that will work? I heard H13 is a nightmare to move by hand

Клин і паз ручки треба клеєм мастити. Але ковка суперова!

Почему такая разница в насаживании ?

How do I buy something like this

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Probably ask a blacksmith or tool maker

Bigger drift.

u heat this thing up in a coal fire ? how much have u to wait ?

@shopdoc

4 жыл бұрын

A coal forge heats very quickly so I suspect his wait was less than if using a propane forge.

@pumpy2728

4 жыл бұрын

@@shopdoc Amazing

Nathan, I'm a tool & die maker / machinist retired. I'm not a blacksmith nor do I have any of the associated tools and machinery to do that work. How much to make me a hammer like this one in this video???

@jonjohnson102

4 жыл бұрын

I feel like you could buy some hex stock, and round one end if you want a super simple version. Since your a retired machinist you might have a mill that you can slot it and even shape it. But if you have a lathe the. You can really make it look good.

@jonjohnson102

4 жыл бұрын

There are maker spaces that should have mills and lathes. Hope this helps! (Most youtubers wont sell stuff like this :/)

@workingwithiron

4 жыл бұрын

Hi Randell, I would love to be able to make you a hammer and many other people that would like hammers and tools etc but unfortunately I can't do it due to heat treatment issues. I couldn't get the heat treatment perfect in the current setup I have, it's not accurate enough and I can't bring myself to let anything go unless I know 100% it would last a lifetime and not cause any harm. Being a tool maker yourself I hope you can understand that way of thinking I have. Hopefully one day I can afford a heat treatment oven so I can offer tools up.for sale but until then, I really can't bring myself to do it. I'm all about quality and that comes first in everything I do. Maybe ask Jakob faram to make you one, he is capable and I would highly recommend him for hammers. It hurts me that I can't sale you one as I'd love to but I can't do it knowing it's not perfect heat treatment wise. Hope this helps.

🇪🇨👍🏻

@workingwithiron

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

you better hope that handle NEVER breaks...you are NOT going to get it out of that head lol

Nicely made hammer but burning the handle is just a silly modern fashion.

Calling yourself a blacksmith while using machines. HA. Blacksmiths all over the world rolling around in their graves