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  1. Thank you very much! I'm always glad to hear that someone found my videos enjoyable, especially if that someone is from a blacksmithing community. It really gives me a boost to make more videos.
  2. I've made myself a new tool... I think it will quickly become my favorite one, you'll see why
  3. Here is the picture, maybe I've misspelled something...
  4. As I see it, the roller part of the project is fairly straightforward. You can use a thicker wall gas or liquid tank and fill it with sand. I believe that these bigger tanks can be found in scrap yards. You can also use a section of a bigger pipe form gas pipelines, but you'll have to seal the ends by welding steel plate "lids". I've made myself a snowplow for my tractor from a section of gas line pipe (half of the pipe) which had 12mm thick walls, and it works like a charm. The main issue that comes to my mind is making a bearing housing on the sides. As there will be axial load on them when you pull the roller, the regular deep grove ball bearing would not suit your need, but they would be the easiest to install. What you would need are tapered roller bearings, and those are more difficult to install. Maybe you could find axles and hubs form a front wheel of a smaller tractor without the front-wheel-drive and somehow make that work. You have to consider that the bearings must be sealed in the housing in order to prevent dirt from finding its way into them, and you'll have to make it possible to occasionally grease them, and service (replace) them if they start to wear out. Almost all components can be salvaged from the scrap yard, except the bearings. You'll have to buy them new. I'm no expert, but I hope my thoughts will help you somewhat.
  5. In the past few days, I've been doing some maintenance and repair work on agricultural equipment. As I was surrounded by bolts, nuts, wrenches, and screwdrivers, I got the idea to make a screwdriver rack. Here is a video:
  6. Very nice job! Yes, some people really can learn just by watching. I've never seen a blacksmith doing his job in real life, heck, I've never seen an anvil in real life before I started blacksmithing! All skills I have today I've learned by watching youtube videos. You will get better with practice, for sure. Just keep on hammering!
  7. No particular reason... The shape was created "on the fly"
  8. In the past two days, I've bitten more than I can chew... I found some 69mm round pin used on some piece of heavy machinery and decided to make a forging hammer out of it, by hand... Curvatures were all made with an angle grinder. The hammer turned out great, and it's nice to forge with but I can surely say: I will never make another one this big! The weight of the hammer is 2.2kg (4.85lb)
  9. It's a nice looking hammer! The pleasure of using the tool that you've made from scratch outweighs those small flaws.
  10. As someone already mentioned, the main thing is that they work for you, and your needs. I strongly believe that the most important thing in blacksmithing is to learn by observing how metal responds to your input (hammering) and build a database of that in your head whenever you are doing a project. Learn right away, not after the project is done. Getting the job done, comes second. In that manner, you will instantly see where you need to improve. Finally, you take the knowledge you've gained and give your best to make a perfect pair of thongs next time, a pair you would be very proud of. My philosophy is to aim for perfection but to be satisfied with reality, especially in blacksmithing. If you give your best next time, you'll be one step closer to perfection. And it goes on and on and on... Soon, you'll be making beautiful things with much less effort. I really do believe that anything worth doing is worth overdoing. I hope all I've said makes sense Keep up the good work!
  11. Thank you, I'm glad that you found it enjoyable. Hehehe, I'm will pass on your commendation to her. Thanks I will present your idea to her. We'll see...
  12. Hehehe, she is a nurse, so steady hands are desirable in her line of work She loves to spend time with me in the workshop and helps me quite often, but she likes to watch me forge more than she would like to try. She did forge one leaf keychain with my help, and that was that .
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