Author of the fantasy e-novel 'When Gods Descend', amateur blade smith, knife maker, entrepreneur and hobby bee farmer. I love to create things from scratch with minimum budget. I've always loved starting small and seeing how large it can become.
Forged blades: Hands on from scrap to sheath. I have decided to set up a series of videos to help others in the great hobby of knife making/smithing.
Watch for my 2017 videos where I will be building knives from "mystery steel". Then at the end of each video I'll put the knife through a torture test to see how the blade holds up. Along the way, I'll drop helpful videos like my "poor mans vice"
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Did you try bending them other way in hydrolic press then temper?
Be safe. I got over ten bites three days ago had a allergic reaction to it. Was not fun and just made it to hospital in time for epi pen.. close call.
Sir, why have stopped post such amazing videos, your content are very infomative and simple to understand
Great video. Thanks! Thanks for posting the plans on your blog as well!
I mean, if you only heat the steel when you need to work it, it's definitely gonna be cost ineffective, but I run an incinerator on my property twice a month. Gets plenty hot, enough to straightening, hot cutting and annealing.
great video i am anew bee keeper
That is an inclusion, not a crack. 5160 is great steel if you heat treat it correctly. Forge On!!!
apparently certain leaf springs are better than others. nepalese knifemakers use leaf springs a lot and they favor mercedes and toyota springs.
Nice and simple Thanks
Top notch video. The fact you compare the two options and clearly explain the significance of both means a lot.
Just to quickly explain the imperial measurement system. There are twelve inches in a foot, three feet in a yard, 1760 yards in a mile. (there are also intermediate units like:- rods, furlongs, chains, as well as a nautical mile which you use at sea. Because it's longer than a land mile the journey is shorter. (yes, I know) There also used to be a country mile that was as long as you wanted, but it fell from favour) Inches were originally the length of the last joint of your thumb, but later they were made more scientific and calibrated as six grains of wheat laid end to end. To further simplify, each inch can be divided into halves, quarters, eighths or sixteenths. So we might have a dimension of one yard, two feet and thirteen sixteenths. See how logical and simple it all is, compared to the metric system that has everything in tens. I am British. The metric system was invented by a Briton. We chose to ignore it for 200 years. Now we have a fantastic mix of units where anyone uses whichever system they fancy on the day. At least the Americans are consistent, having stuck to one system, even if it is a bewildering medieval one. :-)
What is the thickness of that plywood?
3/4” or 19mm. But plywoods not the only option custom or diy cut planks can be used too.
I'm just going to go get a piece of 1084. lol
It develops metal memory
I am new but I have all the tools and I don't want to use power tools
i realise its an old video but i would dove nail it angled nails just like a dove tail but they dont pull out and stop the boards from warping
It’s been a while since I made them but I X the tops and bottoms edges. Then alternated up and down as I went down the length of the box. Due to the time I seen some out in the backyard that I had abandonded and left in the weather year round and their still just as good as when I made them.
I have found that vinegar is slower, but in many ways safer, than using muriatic acid. The muriatic treated steel has to be neutralized in a different solution (like baking soda water) before use or the muriatic acid continues to eat away at it. Plus, disposal of the vinegar is easier and safer.
Hey man, kinda funny i was randomly looking through blacksmith videos and i clicked on this vid. Funny thing is i live in the same town as you, i was wondering if you could possibly show me some things about building knives?
I came here to get fired up to watch some paint dry in the garage next. I think I'm ready after this.
I was looking for an excuse to say I will not be able to make a box as a layman. Hey, I don't have any excuse. Thanks my teacher.
Great video, but I can't afford your magnificent equipment nor do I have space for the aforementioned equipment . I have a drill, manual saw and squares. Enviable . That's it. So how do I make a beehive? No! I'll buy one!😂
Very informative, thanks for the upload 👍 So would a steel, say, 52100 from a bearing with it's curve share the the same inequalities?
❤Easy easy to start my farm kenya, thank you for good work
Do u have videos showing how u build the bottom board and outer cover?
Yes I have a part 2 which I thought I had in the comments but it seems their no longer there. I've updated it to include part 2
just use some 2x4 and you can save alot of time, tbh i file most by eye and they come out fine i use the handle of the file to rest on my hop up clamp the knife to the hop up and file away u can mark points on the hop up as to where to place the handle for different angles and alot cheaper and no time wasted but just a different method that works easy and well
would it be cheaper to buy pine wood and follow this tutorial rather then buy a kit and if so then would it also be able to last as long as the kit?
Yes rough slabs or other options can be cheaper. In 2017 I think plywood doubled due to “shortages” then in COVID it doubled again. But so did a lot different wood products. Since then I’ve also left the lumber industry so I’m not sure where pricing is now.
cool thanks I might consider buying some pine wood and making keeping bees now @@Metalandstuff464
I found using a 4 foot 2x10 was easier and faster. I did the same layout with where I have the blade and eye hook as the video shows. Didn’t cut the extra of and used it for extra “meat” yo clamp it down with. I’m from the Midwest to I went to Menards and got a cut off 2x10 they sell for $4. Marked my center line. Layed out and drilled holes then used bolt tk thread them with an impact. Assemble the jig and file on rod and worked amazing!
I started out with a 21lb sledge hammer head, then a big hydraulic valve block from an excavator and an loading shovel lift arm hinge pin about 6 inch diameter, 20 inch long. Got lucky after years looking when I got a 450lb cast steel anvil in great condition for 60 cents a pound - never stop looking there is one out there for you, just gotta find it.
Are the spikes from a rIl road good to make knives with?
Their about the same as a leaf spring. 1040 - 1050 steel if I remember right. They make a so so knife for edge retention. Plus the handles are rarely, if any are comfortable to use. Good knives to practise blade smithing on though. Some might still like them as gifts. Because they were more of a mid 2000’s - 2010’s trend.
In the hospital right now...two rounds of epinephrine...ran into a yellow jacket nest...sever shock...thing were getting very bright...so bright I couldn't see as my wife was driving me to the hostpital.. bp was dangerous...I'm spending the night in the ICU for observation...stable now but hives all over my body. I have two honey bee hives and got stung the other say and it was no big deal...i dont think I am going to take the risk anymore..
Is it a good idea to build a long top bar that could accept standard langstroth frames? (I want to avoid lifting boxes, but i like the frames!)
Yes I did this with one of my test hives. 3/8 Self spacing frames. If I remember right 48” long gives the same volume as 4 stacked deeps.
@@Metalandstuff464 is that hive still productive?
@@TheRainHarvester I had to walk away from beekeeping after suddenly developing a sever reaction. But I didn’t go far with my top bars. I found the bees got more agitated in them, which made me more agitated which in turn made them worst and so on lol. My sample size was small 4 hives and I was even slightly bias in favour of top bars. But when I migrated them back to standard langstroths things got better. The 4 hives tamed right down. Some people have luck with them. I didn’t but I do admit from a hobbyist pov the bench top long hive was easy on the back.
@@Metalandstuff464 oh How long were they in horizontal hives? ( Just wondering if seasonal differences made a difference) It's hard to find people's actual experience with using horizontal hives! Thanks for the info!
@@TheRainHarvester I ran those 4 for 1/2 of the year and kept 1 in a long hive. Year 2 I moved the last one into a langstroth with the same results after a week or two she went from my meanest queen to average. And continued to be my best producer for honey and brood
Will the end result be the same as those black iron, that stains everything it touches?
Yes once the coating is gone it’s bare metal. It does get a bit of rust so you’ll have to wire brush it. Some people paint it after but I’d just use cooking oil to treat it like a cast iron pan.
@@Metalandstuff464 but it gets the rust from the vinegar soaking, yes? And that is to be brushed. Also did you get rid of the vinegar with all the zink in it afterwards?
@@silasgroenning it can be reused a few times. I used this one twice but since then I’ve always just used fresh stuff due to the time between projects.
@@Metalandstuff464 and how did you get rid of it.. dosnt seems like it should be flushed in a drain, so basicly its a waste product thats hard to get rid of,. Perhaps it can be drained with a cotton cloth material to get rid of zinc, or maybe the zink is to blended, that it cant be done, and need to be handled to some chemestry waste management? Thanks for quick answers
@@silasgroenning dumped it into a chem pot that we take out to the landfill every so often with all the empty roundup jugs oil containers etc. I treat it like lead. I don’t know if it’s as bad as that but it just feels odd to me to treat it in another way. Now thinking of it not everyone probably has a place like that. So you’d have to see if there’s a local place like that near you.
Old star drills? Stuff they used before carbide tips in stone working? The granite industry once used tool steel to do the work. My grandfather as a young man worked as a blacksmiths helper. Every day the stone workers turned in their tools and got a fresh sharpened set the next day. That was his job tempering, sharpening those tools. So those various tools must be decent steel. You can buy them at the local old tool -junk store for $1 or 2. Maybe less.Some were obviously used in pneumatic setups.I hate to say it but there are lots of carbon steel knives out there for cheap. You see them in every yard sale. Rusting .Old handsaws/ Disstons or Spear and Jackson?
We have a local old tool store. It sells all the old stuff from peoples cellars. They have lots of star dills etc. cheap. $1. That is probably good quality steel. They were used to drill holes in stone by hand with a hammer. They have all sizes and lengths. Good Steel? They also have lots chisels. Etc. the chisels are still used so they get more $$ for them.
Thank you for this video. I haven't seen this type of information anywhere. Queen-making is vital to apiary survival!
TY, I thought it was important for new low budget beekeepers and I didn’t want my experience to go to waste from memory loss after having to stop bee keeping. Because like you trying to find this uninteresting but useful information was near impossible.
heat it straight it twice... heat and allow to cool naturally no problems 😊
Woot woot awesome
Interesting video of good quality. Unfortunately, the design has a serious flaw. The bottom of the box must go in side of the box. Rainwater runs down the side and is trapped in a crack in the floor, causing the wood to rot prematurely. The side must overlap the bottom. @1;00 do not cut this. Good luck.
I got stung a few times as a kid bo issues. A couple years ago i stepped on a hive while landscapping got three stings. Nothing happened for about half an hour i thought ants were crawling in my boots i was itching so bad. Took them off nothing was there. Then my buddy said omg your face. It was all swollen. Had to get a shot. Guess im allergic now.
I love your video's, this is a touchstone for my knife making. I have been making some throwing file knives, but 2 of them have broken into 2 or 3 pieces after a few weeks of use. How would you suggest bringing the durability/toughness up so they don't break? I don't have the tools to do more than an oven temper.... it hurts so much when they break, they take soo much work and I have spinal arthritis so I can't just "make more", each one takes weeks of work :/ I've tried to find answers on Google but it's a nightmare of info.... please help ♡
Thank you for the video! It helps me to understand and get started on honey bees
I love it, because I can use as fire starter too when hit with the stone its cuase huge spark
I usually include an extra striking steel with my knives. Square stock with very pointy corners.
What are the chances you have the 10 frame layout for the plywood?
Thanks. Good information. Is it possible to recover the zinc from your solution afterwards? Will this process also work to remove tin from steel that is galvanized by tin plating?
Awesome info
Tried to make a jig for finger joints but it proved to be tough. Will simply use but joints and screws.
😃 great 👍🏻 thanks i like this way simple and easy....
I suppose You could use dowels to strengthen the butt joint. Planning to make some hives and this was very useful.
What if I work in a leaf spring factory and can utilise raw unbent steel and tools at work after hours?
That would be awesome and you'd be very lucky
@OldsmobileFan I work in a spring factory making springs so I already have heat treating down pat.
What is the white residue left behind?