That was a great video! Hope your are enjoying this warm Alberta fall - don't be deceived - winter is coming!

I have been checking the website religiously since i missed the .50 bmg center punch. I was super stoked to see it up last night!

Congratulations Tim! You made me want a hammer, Sign up with Square Space, and never attempt a pull-up! Lol! Thanks for sharing my brother, and God bless you! 💯🙏🏻😎👍🏻🔨🔥🔪

lol I love the outro good work

Great content as always. Keep up the great work 👍

Thank you for saving that until the end Lol hammers are looking good!!

Great video Tim!

Cool 😎 video and love it every bit of it big thumbs up 👍

Shoutout to all my vancouver people

Always good work!

Alright cool 😎 can't wait to watch 🙈 this video 👏👏😁

Yes i was waiting for that vid

Keep forge lit. Forge on. Keep Making. God bless.

I enjoy watching you make some really strange and good items. What I would like to know. Is how do you make any money? This is because we see you spending days on making something to re make it again. We do not see anybody else working in your shop. With all that power you use and running the forges heat and energy. It must cost you thousands of dollars $$$$ So, my question. It's an honest question and meant as a question only and not a dig. How do you make any money?

I'm in for a hammer. ✊🏻🇨🇦

I'm curious, might it make sense to use a form while punching, to constrain the sides while punching the exact handle hole size/shape you want? This way it doesn't need to have bulging sides pushed back in causing the eye hole to deform. I'm not a blacksmith, but just a viewer wondering if there's a reason not to do this. Love the vids, also you forgot your outro, keep the forge lit. (;

please excuse my ignorance, but couldn’t you drill a hole in the plate that the punch is welded too and plug weld on the back side? Causing the punch to be supported on the backside also, similar to a rivet.

Hello from Seattle WA 👊🦊👍 First comment

I’m not through the video yet but why not make a jig for the upsetter that makes the peen and punches the hole all in one action? Seems pretty simple to design something like that.

Whats you favorite hockey team??

I had a though as well. what if you made up a small drift the size of the handle eye you want and incorporate that into the upsetter die making the peen end. that way the eye could not deform as you press the peen into the hammer.

@Bobs-Wrigles5555

6 ай бұрын

If you watch at 4:30, the whole head moves backward away from the pinch for the peen, meaning you can't have a fixed eye punch in the same operation as the pinch.

@crazychupacabra4449

6 ай бұрын

@@Bobs-Wrigles5555 if you place the fixed eye punch at the point where it ends up after the squeeze and let the peen of the hammer move instead of the body moving it would work just fine. would it not?

@Bobs-Wrigles5555

6 ай бұрын

@@crazychupacabra4449 I don't think so, the top and bottom of the pieces that pinch the peen need to be fixed in alignment in the upsetter, otherwise the peen doesn't come out correctly, meaning the hammer head has to move away from the pinch and the eye can't be done at the same time. I believe Tim's first attempts had a back stop which didn't allow the head to move and the pinch didn't work right.

Dude, where'd you score that sweet corduroy jacket?

Low hydrogen root run when welding the punch?

@Labrador_Forge

6 ай бұрын

He just went tig all the way, so technically yes they are low hydrogen. Generally when referring to low hydrogen in welding it is for smaw or stick welding

And instead of making hammers. Make more appropriate sized tongs.

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Where did you get that jacket ? Sweater? You have good taste in clothes