This seems like a great project for getting younger ones into the art of blacksmithing and self reliance. Fairly simple and doesn't take a whole lot of heat or heavy hammer swinging. Good video Dave!
Hey Dave, really enjoying these sort of common man quick projects - really inspires to experiment. please if time allows and you enjoy doing them, my self and I'm sure others would love lots more videos like this one! Thanks for doing what you do.
As Princess Jasmine said: "Ta-wisted!" I'm impressed with how consistent the twist is and how straight it is - not easy! And punch in the vise - friggin brilliant!
Looks like tension wire used on chain link fencing, be sure to burn off all the galvanized coating if it has any. Very multi purpose wire if it is tension wire. Very cool and easy fork idea Dave.
Dave, how about a two-part spoon/striker? It'd be stainless on the bowl section & the handle would be carbon steel with the pieces welded in the middle somehow. A hole in the end of it that could be used as something of a wrench would add to things.
Hey Dave.. I love all of your videos and have been watching for a few years now. .. I was thinking how about adding a third wire down the middle? You could wrap the two existing wires around it (which would make the handle a bit fatter), and let it extend into the 'fork' area, and that would give you a third tang ....Keep up the great work!
I wouldn't make one but I do love watching things being made. Nice job. What about heating and flatting the top and bottom of the twist. I think that would be a nice look.
Thanks for the video Dave. My fiancee wants me to make a cake topper for our wedding cake later this year and I think I'll use this technique to do so by shaping the fork tines into two interconnected hearts.
nice lookin shop there and (I got a large vice like that huge one there, priceless) great job on the fork, try that soon................wonder if tWISTED sISTER came up with their name in a manner similar to this.......Dee Sneider looks like a blacksmith and some of his garb could have been made in the shop lol. cheers
Nice work. Can you show making something similar to this where you have more than 2 tines to work with. Probably be easier just to use flat stock for that though I'd guess. Semper Fi
lol. i had to make one out of those on the fly one day. made it out of #10 copper wire when i forgot to bring her a fork on her 1/2 hour lunch break. good stuff
So how about a metal spoon? You could use a bit more wire and double the end back on itself for more material. Forge weld the end together then pound it flat and finally make it depression.. viola.. matching spoon.
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This seems like a great project for getting younger ones into the art of blacksmithing and self reliance. Fairly simple and doesn't take a whole lot of heat or heavy hammer swinging. Good video Dave!
Hey Dave, really enjoying these sort of common man quick projects - really inspires to experiment. please if time allows and you enjoy doing them, my self and I'm sure others would love lots more videos like this one! Thanks for doing what you do.
Cool project
As Princess Jasmine said: "Ta-wisted!" I'm impressed with how consistent the twist is and how straight it is - not easy!
And punch in the vise - friggin brilliant!
Looks like tension wire used on chain link fencing, be sure to burn off all the galvanized coating if it has any. Very multi purpose wire if it is tension wire. Very cool and easy fork idea Dave.
Thanks,
Clark
Nice simple project. Thanks Dave! keep um coming!
Love God Love your channel. Thank you brother.
Oh man, how cool would it look to flatten off the handle after you twist it. Then polished the hammered part a little. Nice video Dave, thanks.
Dave, how about a two-part spoon/striker? It'd be stainless on the bowl section & the handle would be carbon steel with the pieces welded in the middle somehow. A hole in the end of it that could be used as something of a wrench would add to things.
Hey Dave.. I love all of your videos and have been watching for a few years now. .. I was thinking how about adding a third wire down the middle? You could wrap the two existing wires around it (which would make the handle a bit fatter), and let it extend into the 'fork' area, and that would give you a third tang ....Keep up the great work!
Man having that wire is handy . So much you can do with wire . A must have on a farm or homestead .
Fun project and practical too! Any vids on forging metal spoons? Thanks Dave!
I wouldn't make one but I do love watching things being made. Nice job.
What about heating and flatting the top and bottom of the twist. I think that would be a nice look.
Thanks for the video Dave. My fiancee wants me to make a cake topper for our wedding cake later this year and I think I'll use this technique to do so by shaping the fork tines into two interconnected hearts.
nice lookin shop there and (I got a large vice like that huge one there, priceless) great job on the fork, try that soon................wonder if tWISTED sISTER came up with their name in a manner similar to this.......Dee Sneider looks like a blacksmith and some of his garb could have been made in the shop lol. cheers
looks great, ty for sharing
That is cool. I will have to try that. Thanks for the video
Nice work. Can you show making something similar to this where you have more than 2 tines to work with. Probably be easier just to use flat stock for that though I'd guess.
Semper Fi
lol. i had to make one out of those on the fly one day. made it out of #10 copper wire when i forgot to bring her a fork on her 1/2 hour lunch break. good stuff
You can purchase wire from Tractor Supply but I would thoroughly burn it in the fire first to burn away any contaminants off the wire.
Great video. Twisted Metal Fork sounds like a band name. :)
You possess a lot of great skills Dave. Are you self taught in woodcraft and blacksmithing? Very talented.
I like that , nice work
Awesome!
Wood and metal, the circle of life. :)
You could put another metal wire and wound both the other tines around the central tine, making a three tined fork.
I wonder if he could start with two 16" loops and twist them together in the same way to make a 4 tine version? ...Dave??
now all you need is a hand made knife to complete the set
So how about a metal spoon? You could use a bit more wire and double the end back on itself for more material. Forge weld the end together then pound it flat and finally make it depression.. viola.. matching spoon.
How about adding in a short loop of wire when you wind the steel to make four teeth to the fork?
What about a 4-pronged twisted metal frog spear???
wire coat hanger should work for this.
fast and easy and should do anything a fork would, nice .
could you use 2 pieces and work up a frog gig?
in theory could you use them for spear heads for fishing?
Is that galvanized wire? I'm not sure if I would want my food on something galvanized
it almost looks like heavy duty electric fencing wire
Would a heavy duty metal clothes hanger be heavy enough for the wire material??
+campfire52 I am no expert but most hangers you get now have a plastic coating on them. That would be a hindrance I would think?
Julia
Try Running A Tine Down the Middle Like the Pic I posted on the Facebook Page about a Week Ago
Did u stop to think about the lead in the galvanise coating
It's not the lead it's the zinc fumes you have to worry about.
Looks like # 9 Fence wire to me
do you even have to heat it?
It makes a tighter twist if you heat it, but no, not necessarily.
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twisted metal fork sounds like a really awful heavy metal band lol good vid tho