Good Evening , Sir I very much Enjoyed watching you Work at the Anvil ! You do Beautiful Work ! At 72 years Young , You are a Blessing to Watch ! I just turned 69 at the end of June , And I Pray that I can be doing just a fraction of what you are doing ! Take Care and Be Safe ! God Bless you ! KEEP HAMMERING !

Thank you for showing how to make a cross with 3/8's . As well as the 3 different textures. 👍👍👍

The woodgrain treatment was stunning. You really put the artist into your blacksmithing!

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, the wood grain is one of my favorites too!

BTW. I loved the results!!

As soon as I saw that wood grain texture I ran out the the shop and grabbed a old ball peen hammers and a angle grinder 😂

Absolutely wonderful video! I like your commentary and at 72 and a country boy I like the word catttywompus. Thanx for the video.

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

TINKER Glad you liked the video. I'm not much on trying to use fancy words. I use the ones I grew up with ;c)

Great vid I really like the why that you teach the process. As an amateur smith these are really helpful. Great idea on modifying a hammer to get texture.

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad you liked it!

Thanx for the video John! I too grew up with words like cattywompus and off cilter.

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

John, thanks for such a professional and informative video, even the reference chart alone is a massive help. I thought a little drift would be used to create the nice cross shape in the center at the end...but looks like it was created naturally during the process. Keep those videos coming, thanks again.

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Good to hear you like the videos! Yes the center is created by the overlap of the two cuts. Thanks for your feedback.

Again, good stuff john. I even made one from 1"X1" . Slow cutting on the long and short cuts. Nice watching a video from local talent such as yourself.

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Thanks, glad your finding them useful.

It is a real joy to watch you work

@johnbennett7772

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Very nice textures

Excellent work John!

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you liked it!

I like to make crosses using a rail road spike. It's the same technique as yours except the head of the spike is flattened so it can stand upright. The lengthwise cut from the head location is problematic so a small crosswise cut is made halfway thru then the head is heated and bent out of the way. After the lengthwise cut the head is heated and moved back into place. The rest goes just like yours. Thanks for all the videos you post.

Another excellent video!

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

Thanks John, I have an extra hammer that's going to get textured first thing in the morning.

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

Glad you got some good out of it.

Thanks!!!

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

you are welcome!

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Very clever sir! Telling my friends! AAR

@johnbennett7772

7 жыл бұрын

I can't take the credit. The technique was brought to the US by from europe by Cristoph Fredreichs I beleive. Glad you like it though.

Really fast heating you've for there! Got white hot in just a moment. What oven do you use? How much do you sell these crosses for?

So is catty whoopus the opposite of plumb neerly? Thank you very much for another great video. Very much enjoyed your tool modifications. I will be trying them. Thank you!

where can I get a copy of that Simple Reference chart, to make the cross?

Do you sell the crosses?