Daniel Lea (AKA 99pppo)

Nice, simple.  You don't mind if I borrow the idea?

^___^ go ahead! Have fun and good luck! 

Hey Fellows!

Today I practiced for making a candle holder that I have in my mind. I made a cross inspired by the cross type explosions from Neon Genesis Evangelion. Two tapered bars, slot punched, drifted and riveted together with a 12mm square rivet. Then placed on a wooden log.

Here again with more light from the front:

I hope you like it!

Yours

- Daniel

Very nice. You have the best instructor in the UK!  Cheers.

Daniel,

 

Both you and Alec are an inspiration. I don't see why you fellows shouldn't be on your own BBC show... Alec does a great job of explaining, and his somewhat demanding nature is a great counterbalance to your more relaxed attitude. I know I've enjoyed all of your videos (Downloaded every one so far!) and Alec's.

 

You are both fine young men, which this world is sorely in need of.

 

Keep up the good work!

Albert A Rasch

 

PS: Did you all see poor Alec get cracked in the privates? It's always funny when it's the other guy who gets it, but I still felt bad for him, even if I watched it five times, and laughed each and every time, and called everyone else in the office to watch...

Many thanks to both of you! Yes Alec is a very good teacher, co-worker and friend!

Yours

- Daniel

The difference between my arrow head and the Agincourt head is not too big... just a little bit longer and flatter taper...

Geeze Daniel if you're a better smith than illustrator then I'll really be looking forward to your video, it'll be a treat. Your illustration is near perfect without going to the drafting table or CAD program.

 

Well done, don't forget to post the link to the video.

 

Frosty The Lucky.

Thank you Frosty! Yesterday I made a video about a european arrow head: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/31505-video-forging-a-european-arrow-head/. These tanged ones are much harder to make than the socketed ones so a video about them will follow soon, but not immediatelly.

Hey fellows!

This is me forging a European style socketed shorter bodkin arrow head for target practice. I was making these arrow heads for my own needs because I am building some arrows at the moment. In the end of the video you can see some other heads alongside with the one I forged, inter alia also a Manchurian style tanged arrow head about which I am soon going to make a tutorial video.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=TiouujzZ2ws

This video is more of artistic nature, but I show all steps, so it also services as tutorial as well.

You can also see a picture of the arrrow heads I made along with the one in the video as an attachment to this post.

Your

- Daniel

Nice vid yet again. Your bottom tool creation videos have inspired me to ask out for a striker and I have 2 candidates. I just recently found a solid 3" thick cylinder at 9" in diameter to create a striking anvil. It wont be long!

:) Nice! Good luck with your plans! 

Hey fellows,

another video of Alec and me, this time forging a 1 1/2 inch fuller. This fuller was forged to finish mainly with techniques of Brian Brazeals teaching. This fuller already served me very well with my current projects! I was directing and Alec struck for me, while navigating me through the different steps, so I learned how to direct this tool. I hope you enjoy the video!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=2ShMHn_ofV0

Please take to note that I waived to use any rendered effects or fancy transitions in this video and it is basically a raw cut of all heats we recorded.

You can see the fuller on the left hand side:

Yours

- Daniel

Hey fellows!

Here I am forging an edge tool together with Alec Steele while I was visiting him at his place in North Norfolk, England, United Kingdom. The tool was forged to finish from a piece of car axle. I directed while he struck for me; instructing how to make it at the same time:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yo6wTWRvbnM&feature=youtu.be

Yours

- Daniel

Hey fellows,

here you have a little sketching about how to forge a Qing target arrow head used in traditional manchu archery. A video in which I will show the technique put into practice will follow soon. I have to admit I am a better smith than an illustrator ;-).

Yours

- Daniel

nice, thanks

very nicely done

danka!!

I am glad that you like my little guide. As soon as the weather allows it I will show these steps put into practice in a video.

Hey fellows,

here is a little guide I drew on how to forge a tanged arrow head in 9 steps. A video will follow as soon as will be able to make one.

Have fun!
- Daniel

Another excellent video Daniel. Those tongs certainly seem to do the trick.

I absolutely love your shop. I'm very jealous. I wish I had access to something like that.

May I make a comment about your sledge hammer work? You may find you have better results if you let the hand closest to the head fall to your other hand while you swing. That should give you a bit more leverage than you seem to be getting now.

I look forward to you next video
All the best.
Andy

You mean it will be like when a ballerina makes a pirouette and then pulls her arm closer to the body to gain speed? Good idea, thank you!

Here is a video in which I am using the tongs to forge the bottom anvil tool also to be seen on the picture: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkTCQmjz4qQ

Guten Morgan Daniel, from Southern Indiana. The tongs and bottom block look very nice. In the mid 70's I spent 28 months in Hanau au Main. I have many memories of visits to Frankfurt au Main.

Merry christmas

:) thank you! Cool I am in Frankfurt am Main!

Hello. And a merry christmas from Germany!

Yesterday I was in my forge again :)  - finally after two weeks of no forging :( - and completed my pair of tongs and a bottom swage with help of the new tongs. The tongs are based on Toby Hickman´s way of making them, that was adopted by TechnicusJoe for hand hammering and welding on the rains in this video of him. The jaws, the arch and the boss are forged out of 20x10mm (0,8"x0,4") flat bar mild steel and the rains are forgewelded on 10mm (0,4") round mild steel. The bottom swage is forged out of 40mm (1 1/2") cold rolled 1045 tool steel quare stock.

You all have a good day!

Yours

- Daniel

daniel thats brilliant! i love that youve bothered to do that, you have Defineately put some serious effort in there. Love it! and the finished article shows what the fuss is all about. looks wonderful :)

Thank you beth I am really motivated to keep up my work since so many people seem to enjoy what I do. When I can already pass on that very little knowledge and experience I gathered in the year I am forging yet to people that are keen to learn and interested in the craft it really fills me with joy.

I sure wish I was young again and could hammer like that for 10:27 minutes without stopping, in the cold.

I just wish I had the ambition to start that project,,,,without the power hammer.

When you can still forge with 70 it is a gift anyway! Some people have to give uo in their 30s...

Your instructional video was great. I made a small Dragonhead using your technique of forge welding the head back on itself with the ears protruding behind. I wish there was more material such as this on the Internet-it is very clear.

Hey cool, I´m glad I could help you  :D

Daniel thanks for the video. I gave it a go. This is my first animal head. Thanks Eric

Very cool Eric, make some more of them and you can sell them for sure! Btw it looks more natural when the head faces down a little bit more... thumbs up for that one!

Hey pals,

just me forging an over kill nail to practice both tapering large stock material and striking/upsetting in a swage block:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_detailpage&v=LrYuATVaeTE

As always a high-res picture of the finished product:

Yours

- Daniel

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Here is an older file of how to forge a grape leaf. This one is out of copper, but it is the same process for steel. Learning how to do a two sided taper 90 degees to itself on the far side of the anvil to isolate a chosen amount of material and then isolate the amount of material for your stem on the near side of your anvil by doing a two sided taper perpendicular to itself and 180 degrees to the previous two shoulders formed on the far side is an important skill worth practacing.

You should make a video about this :D

daniel your post is great! - really clear and visual, for those of us who like pictures best :)  i agree with somebody above, who noted your teaching skills... i will look out for your next post.... :) thanks for the effort youve made to show the sequence of work.

Thank you for that nice comment beth  :)!

For anybody that wants to know how to make the punch for the eyes of the rams head I made this little tutorial: http://www.iforgeiron.com/topic/30595-video-tutorial-how-to-forge-an-eye-punch/

Actually started a ram's head today.. 

Hey! That rams head already looks pretty nice! I hope you´ll now be able to finish it. Also make sure to round of the tip of the face where the mouth and the nostrals are going to be, because at the moment you have a little bit of lipping there. Keep on!