That is the best forged hummingbird I've seen on KZread. The few others are very rough. Thanks!

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Wow Thank you.

One of my favorite smithing tutorials I have ever watched. Thank you very much for the clear explanation and excellent display of techniques

Good to see you forging projects in 2023.

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Hope to do a bunch this year. Thank you

I watched the block video when it came out, and finally got around to cutting one to work on today. Got it fullered out, stared at it, and could not for the life of me figure out how to make a bird out of it. Wisely, I came inside and watched this video, which of course I should have done hours ago! Thanks for sharing your technique, and your measurements, which I remembered completely wrong. Need to go cut another block and start over. Will make something out of the one I have, but will stare at it for a while until it tells me what it wants to be when it grows up.

Great video sir thanks

..Aww man, i'm wondering about showing the wifey this. she's a Angel & Hummingbird nut. Yep a trip to the steel yard may be before long. The flower is a nice touch...Thanks!

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Your welcome. My wife likes to keep all my projects says she just can't part with em.. :)

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Excellent work! You do a great job explaining how to!!

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I've built several as the method for the Fredrick Cross and love your approach and will do your method 👍 Thanks

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

I like the Fredrick cross ones too. Bill Epps has a cool method too. There fun.

Thanks

Very nice sir keep up the good work

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you

I meant to add to my earlier comment that the camera work, particularly the zoom-in and close up shots really help to show how each fuller step shapes the piece. I assume the wife is the camera person...kudos to some great camera work!

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. She does a good job.

Super cool. Tried the one piece turtle with my teacher and broke 2 legs off so has to weld em back on. A learning process for sure. This is going to be a fun one to try and make!

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

That's the goal .. learn and have fun. I have several turtles in my shop that look like roadkill :) and some that are pretty dang good. The Hummingbird is a fun one. Glad you like em.

Just found your channel the other day, love what I have seen so far! Subbed after watching the Block #1 video. My wife is a hummingbird lover, so I think I will have to give this a shot! Really appreciate your explanation of the process!

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. The Hummingbirds are fun to make.

First Happy New Year Mr.Let's go 😉 Just found your fantastic channel WHOW Lest go for you Keep on going for me Ben fooling around with Blacksmithing for several decades Now +70 my joints aren't the way they use to be So let me tell you how happy I was discovering your channel where I've found a way to keep on going with your project little by little one day at a time it's a real life saver Thanks Wishing you the very best.

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. These smaller projects are fun. I started building them after I got in an accident and could not do much heavy work.. they kept me in the shop and busy. I played with lots of clay figuring out little projects.

Man, they keep getting better! I am endearingly calling you a blockhead. Or maybe you should be calling us all blockheads, lol Thanks for this, brother

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Blockheads I like it. 👍

Hi. I love your videos. I made the hummingbird and was wondering if you could do a flower video to accompany him. Thank you.

Really beautiful hummer! In one respect it's rough, but in another respect it's sufficiently detailed to be realistic!🙂 I find it amazing you worked out a way to make it from a single block of steel and that most of the forging work was done on the vise. I like the way you devised a way to mount the hummer in the loop on the flower. You are to be commended for an ingenious way to make the hummer...well done!👍 I have a close lady friend who is a hummer fan with feeders all over her place. I'd like to (try) make one for her. I have some 1" square stock... do you think that would be good to use for the block? (BTW, subscribed)

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you very much. Fun to get them from one piece. They are a great gift.

I really like the tongs that you're using in this project made out of old horseshoes that's pretty awesome do you happen to have a video of you making them or did you gain inspiration from somebody that I can look up I really enjoy your little block animals that you are making

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

I am making a video on the tongs. They are fun and functional. I get asked about my horseshoe tongs alot. Good project to make.

Would bringing the 2 initial cuts closer together, say 1/4" rather than 3/8", reduce the platform where the wings are elevated from the body? Or do you think that would leave too little metal connecting the 2 Y shapes (body and wings sections) and risk breaking them apart? Thanks.

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

You could reduce it. This one comes out pretty heavy bodied.

Love it.....How long would it take you to make from start to finish? can u make a flower from a block, or, just a flower.

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Thank you. About an hour or less.. if I got everything setup depends on detail. A flower from a block is a great idea.

Would it be worth drilling out the end with the wider cut? Then it'd be round on the bottom to start.

Fantastic work! What happened to your arm??

@letsgo6500

Жыл бұрын

Bad burn.. I had a project in vise and turned and put my arm right into it. Burned deep then got a little infected. It's getting better but doesn't look very good.

@joncody8344

Жыл бұрын

@@letsgo6500 oh man! I’m glad it’s getting better. Can’t imagine what that felt like…

What size fly press do you use