3:10 Will is a magnificent human being. “Steak anvil”

@danielcrawford7315

5 жыл бұрын

💜me some Will, just makes the show go round lol

@KevinSmith-gh5ze

5 жыл бұрын

Now I want to see a video where Will demonstrates cooking a steak on a block of red hot steel.

@RichardDurham

5 жыл бұрын

Will's joke forced me to hit the Thumbs up! I would have done it anyway, but that - really awful - joke got it from me only part way through the video! :)

@RedmarKerkhof

5 жыл бұрын

I saw it coming a mile away but the sheer joy Will gets from making these stupid jokes is just the best.

Some tips from someone who used to hot form titanium as a manufacturing engineer in an aerospace shop: 1) Look up the super-plastic forming temp for the Ti alloy you are using and forge at that temperature to prevent cracks; 2) make sure you grind the entire surface off past where you think the oxides stop. There is a case of brittle alpha phase titanium due to oxygen contamination which forms at elevated temperatures which I wouldn't think would stand up to use as an anvil. Also, don't wear any jewelry with gold or allow anything with gold in it to rub against the titanium. Upon heating, it forms a glassy substance that shatters easily. I'm guessing this is an anvil for use on backpacking trips because of the light weight and the spike to drive into the ground. Have fun forging your camp knife at the camp site.

@josereinaidosantos6954

5 жыл бұрын

😚

@josereinaidosantos6954

5 жыл бұрын

Laço Las Laço Laço Laço de boa p do GP 4ttffgerdl km na As

@terryducote

5 жыл бұрын

Yeah, I was an application engineer and I designed floats for level gauges and once Titanium reaches a certain temp it starts to only regain a certain % of strength based on its heat factor. Not sure what grade he is using, but grade 2 is the worst. Grade 9 is the best for high temp applications

@spunkyprep

5 жыл бұрын

Clever girl...

@willeveryday

5 жыл бұрын

Thanks for commenting. I love when people that know what they are talking about share info.

3:14 I like how Alec looked absolutely serious and intrigued when Will started to troll him. Only works with people you're very fond of :'D

I can't even believe how different hot titanium looks compared to hot steel!

@oldleatherhandsfriends4053

4 жыл бұрын

Titanium can can't fire too, it's a whacky metal.

Alec if you wanna forge butter that's fine with me but don't tell me it's titanium

@NemoConsequentae

5 жыл бұрын

I Can't Believe It's Not Butter!

@smartg27

5 жыл бұрын

Lets put some more butter straight on the power hammer!

@crazestyle83

5 жыл бұрын

Gotta be that new monster forge!

@matthewfeuerbach4088

5 жыл бұрын

Butter...ya sure it isn't cheese?

@SirShooty

5 жыл бұрын

I was guna say the same thing! haha

You really need someone off screen ready to throw tomatoes when Will makes jokes. It's the only way he'll learn.

@koshey245

5 жыл бұрын

Better yet they can make a bunch of styrofoam prototypes of these anvils for a more high stakes punishment

@ulrichkalber9039

5 жыл бұрын

@@koshey245 with the oxide it could be mistaken for foam.

@danielcrawford7315

5 жыл бұрын

Hey now! I like Will's jokes. Sometimes Alec's reaction is totally worth the cornyness of some of the jokes! Even Alex the intern ans Sam had jokes. Nope i like Will's jokes. Even the corney ones

@st0n3p0ny

5 жыл бұрын

@@danielcrawford7315 Oh, don't get me wrong. I love the jokes. Norm MacDonald has made a career out of telling so-bad-it's-funny jokes. I'm just saying Will needs to be punished.

@markoconnell804

5 жыл бұрын

lol, I like his jokes and yours is funny too.

10 years from now Alec steele: Welcome back to the shop, we're going to forge using DARK MATTER, take it away Will Will: Thanks Alec, we'll be forging using Dark matter on this anti-matter anvil we found while hiking

@matthewbarton5446

5 жыл бұрын

Best comment of the month!!

@ollie7070

4 жыл бұрын

Woah, the anti matter anvils slippin away! hold it still!

@alexander8492

4 жыл бұрын

Or better yet ...

@danieljonas6773

4 жыл бұрын

ANNNDDD TIME TO HAND SAND

@RustyDockLight

4 жыл бұрын

Need to get a billet of neutron star material. *Thor wants to know your location*

Couldn’t resist, saw it looked like cheese, paused, went to make me a grilled cheese and continued watching. Thanks Alec 🤦‍♂️

@LeatFingies954

3 жыл бұрын

Cheese grilled

@colemanburnette8796

3 жыл бұрын

Cheese that is indeed grilled

@alexbaker7722

3 жыл бұрын

Ah man, now I want a grilled cheese

@themessenger8656

3 жыл бұрын

Cheese

@jurilamprecht3643

3 жыл бұрын

Nice

That titanium looks BEAUTIFUL when it’s hot. Really excited to see you working with titanium. 😆

@talonjuel9486

5 жыл бұрын

The only reason I disagree is because it's so light

@b4hollow5

5 жыл бұрын

It's really cool to watch 10tons being forged in giant press. Very cool to watch on small scale.

@jonquinn11

4 жыл бұрын

Looks like any other metal when it’s hot. Just like when working with steel your eyes will learn to gauge the temperature of the workpiece by its color. It’s not that much different than steels when it’s 1600 or 2000F. Just doesn’t get as much scale as carbon steels. Although there are a couple Ti alloys that will scale up very heavily around 1900F and hotter.

7:56. Hacksaw level has increased to 1000

@ez_o_nator4736

5 жыл бұрын

Ahahahah I was just going to say that

It's funny how alec's arms progressively beefier throughout his KZread videos since he started

@Cody_Ramer

5 жыл бұрын

well there is a reason not many smart people wanted to start a fight with a smith back in the day

@ragnkja

2 жыл бұрын

Of course, some of that can be attributed to him growing up (he was just a kid when he started), but not all of it.

I love that you looked genuinely interested in what Will was saying about steak lol

@BradyT918

3 жыл бұрын

We all love steak. But what else can be assumed when the board says steak instead of stake.

6:24 did... did you just use the block, that never gets used?! What did you do to Alec, you imposter? lol

Lightweight anvil designed to be driven into the ground... Alec are you making a backpacking anvil?

@stevenschmelling5597

5 жыл бұрын

I agree, I think the question is what he will be using as a forge? An active volcanic fissure? Or just a campfire with a set of billows?

@KnightsWithoutATable

5 жыл бұрын

@@stevenschmelling5597 Charcoal in a fire pit with some bellows. Charcoal is pretty light to pack into a place as fuel.

@8ank3r

5 жыл бұрын

@@KnightsWithoutATable or make onsite with natural materials found while in the wild.

@ArthurEKing8472

5 жыл бұрын

DIY Forging on the go! Bushcraft Anvils R' US!

@KnightsWithoutATable

5 жыл бұрын

@@8ank3r I don't recall that area of Montana having iron deposits. Now, old mines with lots of scrap iron pieces around them, that is another story.

Am I the only 1 that finds the flaking of the metal coming off satisfying

@thememeiseur8646

4 жыл бұрын

opposite

@darthbuzz1

4 жыл бұрын

No, I want some.

“I’m the type person who makes 3 bad decisions a day,. Means I’ve got 2 more bad decisions to make” good quote.

Grind the top and bottom of your spring fuller flat, just leave the insides round. Then it won't wobble and keep falling off the power hammer.

@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion

5 жыл бұрын

no, the cylindrical shape is necessary to guarantee non-deformability. if it were made in a semicircle it would be easely deformed in u-shape under the force of the hammer. In fact pressure vessels are made cylindrical.

@jorickm2377

5 жыл бұрын

@@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion Pressure vessels are just that pressure vessels. They are designed to withstand force from all sides. This just had 2 points of contact of the force. Grinding them flat would work just fine.

@MyNotSoHumbleOpinion

5 жыл бұрын

@@jorickm2377 pressure from inside or outside is the same! If you don't hammer the grinded side perfectly flat, it will get rounded after few stroke! (Btw it will work for a while)...

WOW, I haven't seen titanium move so easily! Looking forward to the next part! It reminds of when we made that damascus mini anvil!

I like his idea of a "Steak" anvil, Love Ribeyes! LMAO

Challenge: Make a Tiara. You've been putting the time in to make wonderful blacksmithing projects with gems. now, do a gem project with a little black smithing involved?

@vladolkhovetsky1070

5 жыл бұрын

Darren Baxter or a cool looking fantasy crown

@darktheslayer420

5 жыл бұрын

@@vladolkhovetsky1070 I agree even more than the Tiara.

Dude, feed him. He's basically telling us you're starving him 😂

make an anvil that goes into a hardy hole and then progressivley smaller hardy hole anvils... anvilseption.

1:51 Titanium Justice is totally Alec’s superhero alter-ego.

Always fun to see not just the item being made but also the tools created in the process!

I was a titanium fabricator for McDonnel Douglas about 30 years ago, very cool stuff but, like magnesium dust and particles from cutting and grinding it are flammable and regular fire extinguishers will not put out the fire

Alright man, I'm gonna need a troll video after this where you pretend to forge cheese

@Katzztar

5 жыл бұрын

I'm not alone! I was hoping I wasn't the only one to think it looked like cheese

@Eluderatnight

5 жыл бұрын

My 4y/o daugher walked in on me watching Alec Steele and the proceeded to "forge" playdough with a small wood mallet.

@or-what

5 жыл бұрын

@@Eluderatnight honestly not far off from actual forging. Heck you can even "forge weld" play dough.

@theamazingkelly1

5 жыл бұрын

This chedda cuts like butta!

@jhorn64

5 жыл бұрын

@@Katzztar that was my very first thought as well

Working with a similar medium is never boring, but every once in a while, something cool and different is really nice to see.

It always amazes me how much force people have in their arms. Look at this boslter plate, it's almost flying after every hit of Alec or Will. Even if I run my forge it's actualy quite rare to see this, you have to watch other blacksmith to notice such things. Nice video guys, enjoyable to watch. Best regards from Poland ☺️ Greg

@6:22 - They are using that block they never use, again. :-)

@luuk341

5 жыл бұрын

And the hydraulic press too!

7:56 I feel like the fact that he used a hacksaw to cut through 3 inches of titanium is being extremely overlooked.

@nooneyouknowhere6148

5 жыл бұрын

A bit of this old Tony trickery at work there

@jacoblimbaugh9220

4 жыл бұрын

Stockz_1- -Vainglory thank you!!!!!

@asteroidvonryker4359

2 жыл бұрын

Yeah that's kinda what I was thinking

7:55 Have you been watching This Old Tony?

I really like the way that titanium looked when it was heated up. It had a beautiful even yellow color all around. Even when you squeezed it I didn't see it lose as much heat as the steel did.

T-shirt idea: I still have 2 stupid decisions to make today...

@TestkanaalPOC

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe a velcro patch instead of printing a fixed number? Some of us need a higher amount of stupid decisions.

@Michael-wo2lv

5 жыл бұрын

T shirt idea Ok, the bleeding stopped, only 2 stupid decisions left to make!

Deranged Englishman attempts to forge cheese wheel

Loved the little play on words with stake & steak. And there's an old adage that states: There is nothing like the right tool for the job. And sometimes the tools you make are nothing like the right tool for the job ;)

The color of that when it was glowing was something else. What a soft orange tone it had.

Knew it was going to be titanium from the grinds on your Instagram. Saw the white sparks and I was Like "titanium. Something titanium"

@fitnessandfirearms7503

5 жыл бұрын

Thats how i know when ive polished off all the titanium on the dies at work. As we forge parts, strips of it become imbedded in the steel die. As you grind off the titanium the spark color changes from white to yellow

The number of times this man has dropped red hot steel the past several years and narrowly avoided serious injury. My goodness!

@scotland2256

5 жыл бұрын

Live and learn lol how many times have you dropped stuff over the years

@xenonram

5 жыл бұрын

"Serious injury" that's a bit hyperbolic.

@isaac2990

5 жыл бұрын

@@xenonram when you're talking about steel that's several hundred degrees hot flying off an anvil or power hammer, serious injury is probably an understatement if anything

A blacksmith forging a block of cheese while joyously exclaiming “Oh, what a material!”. That’s what madness looks like.

love how the titanium looks, such a cool orange/yellow.

Holy moly! Didn’t expect to be this early! Looks interesting and amazed at what you guys do!

@BarbershopCustoms

5 жыл бұрын

Neither did I ;)

Silly Alec, hardmode anvils are made from Mythril/Orichalcum, not Titanium!

@LeftyRedd

5 жыл бұрын

You right. XD

@beanstuff2825

5 жыл бұрын

Oof

@Derpinator-uz2vc

5 жыл бұрын

Lol 😂

Man, that stuffs glows amazingly, what a beautiful material to forge! I am amazed!

Hi, Alec i am Owen from washington i am 10 years old iv been into blacksmithing for 1 month and run my forge on charcoal i was inspired by watching your vids

@atomicwinter31

4 жыл бұрын

Great work! If you ever want to get better at forging, alec is a great reference in his tutorials!

Nice to meet u Alec.What do you think about making a crowbar!?

@AlphaMachina

5 жыл бұрын

hehe, this question is so endearing.

@Gasket1338

5 жыл бұрын

Damascus crowbar 😀

@markeforsman

5 жыл бұрын

Gordon Freeman: *Heavy Breathing*

@AxiomIndustries

5 жыл бұрын

Prepare for unforeseen consciences

@kikomansoysauceman

5 жыл бұрын

World's nicest crowbar!

"Wrong kind of steak Will" i died 😂😂😂😂

btw, I always watch your videos on double the speed and I have to say it makes them a whole heck load more enjoyable. Kinda makes me think of a crazed chipmunk making a nest.

I straight up love when yall work together with the sledges, it makes for an amazing and energetic shot

Pretty sure that isn't Titanium its just a piece of chedder cheese :)

@AngDavies

5 жыл бұрын

I was thinking more bath sponge XD

Been watching for a few years now and i would like to take a moment to congratulate Alec on finally using the swage block that he never uses

@hazonku

5 жыл бұрын

Noticed that too. LOL

@brandondirocco9816

5 жыл бұрын

Hey some tools take a few years till you need it, but hot damn when you need it its epic

Having a rough night, just wanted to say thanks for letting me check out for a few minutes and take my mind off stuff.

@trentwebber5291

3 жыл бұрын

@TanksRUs all better man thanks for checking in

Love the material!!! As a chemist, I would have love to pick up all of the titanium oxide that came out of the big piece when hammering and working with it! Nice video, it has been a while since the last time I watched you (Katana video on UK) ;D

Lol, Alec writing Steak instead of Stake. Clearly they're both hungry.

Titanium can get expensive. One of the coolest elements though and would probably make for a great anvil.

@paulcopeland9035

5 жыл бұрын

He mentioned that piece was $160.

@douglascampbell9809

5 жыл бұрын

Titanium is brittle when cold and can break apart easily at room temperature.

@googleuser859

5 жыл бұрын

@@douglascampbell9809 yeah, that's why it's used on bike frames, performance car pasts and used in the space industry, among other things. A metal that's very brittle at room temperature is very useful.

"Genuine Chinese Titanium" last time you buy material on AliExpress

That's a neat anvil-shaped creamsicle you made there, Alec!

I already miss your fashionable blue shop towel taped on your arm. it made you look really really cool.

What happened to the upvotes for a flintlock pistol/rifle?!!!???!!! Time to use that swage block y’all are always showing us!!!!

@JensAndree

5 жыл бұрын

That wouldn't fly with the new KZread rules sadly. Anything gun making/modifying is more or less banned nowadays :(

@hanelyp1

5 жыл бұрын

@@JensAndree Time for Alec to get a bitchute channel.

"steak anvil" plus Will's drawing needs its own t-shirt.

I watch your videos because its so wonderful to see someone doing what he loves. I hope you can carry on doing this for as long as possible.

I'm not a Black smith, but I've seen enough video's of people trying to forge with this stuff to know, when you grind on it. wear really dark sun glasses. the sparks are VERY bright, you'll also need some super heavy grade belts. it's crazy abrasion resistant.

Alec this video proves your the best you made a mistake about your thoughts on how the titanium would be hard to work and the you got so excited about you being wrong and learning more about your passion much love from Mississippi

Wow it's incredible with that kind of glow even looks like it's some kind of foam

I didn’t even think of cheese. I thought it looked like a giant yellow starburst lol

Alec please double down on fire protection protocols titanium is flammable...

@jessehigley5283

5 жыл бұрын

Titanium is indeed flammable. So is steel. Believe it or not. Now, titanium is more likely to catch fire than steel in the conditions found in Alec's workshop, but still. As long as he keeps the proper fire extinguisher and knows how to use it he'll be totally fine.

@davomoto42

5 жыл бұрын

Get a class D extinguisher!

@onebullspinner

5 жыл бұрын

Mostly only in a powder state of material .

@MortRotu

5 жыл бұрын

@@onebullspinner and a hacksaw generates what exactly, or a grinder....least he's learnt from last time and is fully covered up with a face shield this time. Hope he's got a full Cat D extinguisher handy that we haven't seen too.

@MortRotu

5 жыл бұрын

@Indosarnia if you apply enough heat to it yep, same as steel. However titanium has a much lower amount of heat energy required to get it to burn and keep burning, the kind of amount that can be generated by friction and sawing if somebody isn't careful or is unlucky.

Oh this series is going to be fun. Great sneaky steak pun Will. Loved it. And the look on Alecs face, prime...what a prize 🙏blessings abundant yall Crawford out 🧙‍♂️

Anyone else find it cool that we seem to be learning about different metalsmithing qualities along with Alec as we go through these videos? :)

I did not want this episode to end. It was very enjoyable watching you be blown away by how well you could manipulate the titanium.

I really had to stop and remind myself toward the end that you weren't working with a big block of cheddar. That yellow oxide and the way it presses so smooth is unreal!

@NemoConsequentae

5 жыл бұрын

Good quality aged cheddar tends to crumble too much to press like that. Maybe a more processed variety?

Watching a large bar of titanium slowmotion fall toward someone's foot was mildly anxiety provoking.

HOLY SHIZ ALEC USED THE SWAGE BLOCK I've been watching for years and I can count on one hand the number of times I've seen it used

The yellow on titanium looks awesome

I am amazed how it moves like a block of cheese I tried cutting and turning some and couldnt believe how hard the pieces I have are Dont know a lot about titanium but the stuff I have Is used to make artificial heart pumps

It moves like butter... BECAUSE IT'S BUTTER INDEED. true fact.

@lukedavid8099

5 жыл бұрын

No its cheese!

It's always a sobering moment when you see a block of material that looks like solid yellow niceness... then you notice the heat haze just above it.

It has a spectacular color to it at forging temps compared to steel.

Most likely some T40 or grade 2 titanium here. Which is almost pure unalloyed Ti. TA6V grade 5 would be way harder to work with, probably what you remember.

@bagochips834

5 жыл бұрын

I've actually got a piece of grade 5? Ti6V4Al in the mail that's 3 inches in diameter and 16 inches long, I'm gonna have a really hefty diving knife CNC'd from it for a friend's Christmas present. Thoughts?

Sooo, from now on you will make EVERYTHING out of titanium? :D

@madamguillotine6819

5 жыл бұрын

with gems set in it

titanium is easy to forge, the hard part is milling and machining it, since carbide tools will wear out very quickly trying to cut titanium, and youre going to go through a dozen sanding belts before you even get to sharpening it. titanium is heat resistant but its more well known for being abrasion and impact resistant, while tungsten is known for being incredibly heat resistant, but also glows white hot, which is why its often found in old bulbs.

It looks like a block of cheddar lmao 😂

Never change Will, never change.

Suddenly google has an overload of people searching “what do you need a titanium anvil for” lol

At those low temperatures it even LOOKS like butter!

The titanium looks like you are forging a big block of cheese.

@Buenosaurus-Rex

5 жыл бұрын

New definition for hard cheese lmao

I don't know much about blacksmithing so I have a few questions. Couldn't you just use the hydraulic press everytime you would otherwise use the power hammer? Is there a adventage in using the power hammer instead of the hydraulic press? Sorry if this question seems stupid but I don't know much about this and would like to learn new stuff.

@Crs9072

5 жыл бұрын

Actually often wonder why they don't use the press more often. A perfect tool to make stuff flat fast. Power hammer looks better to make small adjustment while you work, but if you just need to make material flat the press seems much better.

@mavickx

5 жыл бұрын

Dominik Hype, heat leaves the material faster with a hydraulic press due to contact time with the top die for one. Probably some differences between the way the metal moves under impact vs pressure as well.

while the spin to more finite work was nice, I have to admit I enjoy the forging!

I always like the "Need a tool, Make a tool" mindset of problem solving

Alec starting to pick up an American accent at 10:28 XD

@kieferbradley2860

5 жыл бұрын

Heeurh

How hasn't Nat Geo or something given this man a regular show yet?

@googleuser859

5 жыл бұрын

I thought they had.

@madwitchdoctor7216

5 жыл бұрын

@@googleuser859 Not sure. I've followed the channel since it was relatively small.

Yay the yellow/goldish cheesy color of TiO. Awesome :D

Have you ever thought of making a trident, it would be pretty cool to see one made from damascus. Love from the UK🙌

An appropiate title for this video should be: Kraft-ing “Titanium” Cheese

Excellent work, Lads. You guys should do a jeweled mage"s staff, with a fire or frost theme.

It doesn’t seem to have much scale! It’s beautiful to watch 😍

Just thinking I would like to see you forge a nice size anvil one of these days. Maybe even consider using joinery techniques to put a titanium forging surface on the top, or even make it so you can change out the horn and heel with different tool surfaces. If the joinery is done properly, you should be able to make it fully functional. Two vertical dovetail housing joints, with three horizontal pins in a triangle pattern, (two passing through the housing joints), and pins secured by two additional dovetail housing joints passing horizontally through them. Maybe have a chat with Samurai Carpenter. Would all need to be machined in of course, but it could be very interesting as a project. You'd probably need to have the joining surfaces on an angle to the work surface, and have some fairly robust dovetail housing joints and pins, but I think it could work.

Reasons for titanium anvil? Does it not forge weld well to steel? Do they need a lighter anvil? Hmm. Or does titanium not conduct electricity well..?

@Snowmunkee

5 жыл бұрын

Adds lightness

@GoblinKnightLeo

5 жыл бұрын

@@Snowmunkee Is there an advantage of a *lighter* anvil beyond being able to move it around more easily?

@Snowmunkee

5 жыл бұрын

@@GoblinKnightLeo probably not. maybe non-magnetism?

@skipwatson5258

5 жыл бұрын

Maybe for a project out in the "wild"? Weight would be an important factor coupled with the stake to drive it in the ground.

@kapa4736

5 жыл бұрын

What os je fprging on that tiny ass anvil

If i am doing anything..... it stops for when I see the notification. Great video.

9:27 it looks like a block of cheddar 😂😂

Hey Alec, if you want to get rid of that test stump anvil, I'll be happy to give it a good home. I have never done any blacksmithing, but always wanted to learn. Having any anvil would be better that what I have now. Which is none. Thank 's for you videos, very informative.

Titanium is lighter he’s gonna hike somewhere or backpack somewhere and forge in a remote area

@javanbybee4822

4 жыл бұрын

ehhhhh

@darthbuzz1

4 жыл бұрын

Dalton Harrington Heat the metal in a volcano or something.