Thank you for talking throughout your process, very helpful.

Great video John. I work in a rock quarry. We don’t use the little one you have. Ours are 20 ft long about 2 1/2” diameter. The hole down the center is about 3/4”. It’s for compressed air from the drill

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

Sounds like a big hunk of steel, do you know what the material is? We have a small quarry near us, I should drop by.

Now I know how to made a monkey tool - but I still have no idea of its purpose...

Thats what that is, I have a length of the drill rod that I didn’t know had a hole in it until I cut it to make a punch. The hole both ends had been clogged with dirt and other crap so was not noticeable. Learn something new every day!

If you lay your drill press vise on it's side, it will keep the work piece perpendicular to the work table and keep the hole from being drilled crooked. Just a tip that was passed on to me. I love the channel and all the great work you do. I'm currently starting from the first video and working my way to the most current.

Man that's neat. Will be sticking to machining mine.

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

If you have the machines, they make a better tool

Thanks John! I've been wondering how to do that for a few days now.

@BlackBearForge

4 жыл бұрын

Glad it helped

Very informative. I like the idea putting in the holes at the end of the monkey tools so you can see when it's got there. I've never thought of that.great idea. I'd like to get out to the shop but it's before 3 in the morning, I don't think my neighbors would enjoy that. 😁

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

Excuses, excuses 😉

Good Evening , John I Enjoyed the Video , So very much ! A Project that I am about to Start on , I will be in need of a Monkey Tool at the end of the project ! As for making one , I may just buy the One tool I will need and put making some , on my to do list ! Thank you for the Information and inspiration ! Take Care and Be Safe ! KEEP HAMMERING !

Great stuff!

Hi the hole is for flushing water coolant. I know you'll know that just so others know thanks

Almost 10K Subs... WTG

i used a jackleg drill for to years up at climax mine in leadville years ago.

Thanks as always for your informative videos. Have you made a video about hold down tools before? It would be great to get some more info, I have seen references in some old books but seeing someone build and use it is so much more informative.

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

I have several I will discuss in a future video. But I haven't done one yet.

use of the word perfect, is pretty much subjective. In the real world, huge compromises are made, at least from the perspective of a machinist!

No worries about the drill rods in the forge at all. TNT does NOT explode when lit on fire. It burns. Rather well, in fact. Growing up in northern Ontario, I knew a prospector who used to like to freak visitors to his camp out by breaking a stick of dynamite and lighting the open end on fire... he would then use it to heat up a cup of coffee. As long as that hole is open at the end, if there IS any TNT in it, it will burn out. Only danger comes if the TNT is sealed at both ends and under pressure. Then, conceivably, it COULD explode if superheated, but the odds of that actually occurring are about on par with winning the Powerball.....

Thanks

I've always thought the smaller drill rod like you have were for drilling water wells.

Another goodern.

Hi John. I’m not sure the type of steel they are made of. Each drill steel is very heavy. Two men struggle to pick one up. When they break they fall back in the hole and we find them after the blasting operation. They are twisted up but they don’t break. I’m guessing they have a lot of flex to drill a 5 “ hole 100+ feet deep. I’ll see if I can find out what they are made I’m curious now. Thanks again for your excellent videos.

depends on how old that drill rod is. if it is old then the dynamite back then was probably saw dust and nitroglycerin and just hammering on it would set it off.

I was about 10 years old when my grandfather taught me how to blow stumps with dynamite.

question would you dress up the top of the monkey tool with a belt sander or files after all the forge and drill work is done?

@BlackBearForge

5 жыл бұрын

Yes, what ever is needed to keep the tool in good order

Yeah! let's not waste good drill rod blowing up the forge. Hate it when that happens.

Have you covered the use of monkey tools use during riveting? You mentioned it briefly here but it only left me with more questions.

@BlackBearForge

4 жыл бұрын

I have shown the technique a few times but I don't think there was ever a video just covering the topic

@stevefarley7014

4 жыл бұрын

Black Bear Forge I just saw the technique used on the video on the skillet. It’s at minute 28.

John - great videos! Where do you buy your S7 stock?

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

I usually buy it from McMaster Carr. I am sure there are plenty of other online sources.

I may have miss it but how far down the side do you drill the hole. Thanks for the video and your time.

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

It really depends on how long of a tenon you might make. I generally go about 2” and rarely need a tenon longer than 1 1/2”. So I have extra room

John have you made tools from a crow bar?..........🇦🇺

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't, but I suspect they should be fairly good steel. I can't tell you what they are though

Anyone know why it's called a monkey tool? Just wondering since it seems like an odd name.

@chrisjones6002

6 жыл бұрын

Black Bear Forge hahaha! That's a good guess. Keep up the great work, I feel like I'm learning a ton from your videos.

I made a round punch out of drill rod.

What kind of place is the best bet for scavenging tool steel?

@BlackBearForge

2 жыл бұрын

I buy most of my tool steel new. But if you want to use spring steel, automotive shops are a good source and for the old jack hammer bits like I often use for monkey tools, tool rental stores often have old ones

@fieroboom

2 жыл бұрын

@@BlackBearForge thank you! 😁👍

I really want to make a diagonal peen hammer. Can you please show a video on it please!!!! Love your videos they've helped me so much thank you!

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

I will certainly do that. Although it is essentially the same as my other hammer videos, just hammer the peen out on the diamond. I have a couple of projects in the works and once they are done I will get back into some more tool making videos.

@johnkotlarchick4191

6 жыл бұрын

Ok great. I would like to isolate on each side of the eye for the Hammerhead and diagonal peen kind of like a Brian brazeal inspired hammer

@johnkotlarchick4191

6 жыл бұрын

Oh and could you do it with no power hammer or striker?

IF there was dynamite in that hole when you put it in the fire it would just burn away . The only way it could explode is if you hit it while it was burning.

John, what about the use of square tenons?

@cogpastorc

6 жыл бұрын

You use a square drill bit don't you know. LOL!

@cogpastorc

6 жыл бұрын

If you drill the hole all the way through you could use a broach to make the hole square.

@WildBoreWoodWind

6 жыл бұрын

How about using a square drift instead, much easier and a more traditional blacksmith's approach.

Rotary broach would be a way to make a blind square hole.

@BlackBearForge

6 жыл бұрын

I haven't seen one. Should I assume you need a mill to run such a tool

@traceyhenry2574

6 жыл бұрын

I've used a rotary broach but it was a hex for an Allen wrench. I did it on a lathe.

@madmodifier

6 жыл бұрын

Mill or a lathe would be most likely needed.

Dynamite packed rod in a forge, like to see that, but not in my forge!

Terry Welsh . Explosives are never NEVER tamped with steel. Always wood.

I had to quit watching at the drill bit part. 🙂