Homemade Super-strong Machete for beginners
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I starting making this machete around Six months ago. Faced a few challenges with my limited skill. I have learnt a lot during this process and this, is my first knife ever.Something that I started from scratch and finished it.
Your workshop is mind-blowing
Thanks a lot. Actually it's bed room in the house which i have turned into a workshop!!!
I really enjoyed your video mostly your sense of humor. You really did a good job for a first time. It takes a strong person to put themselves out there. It’s nice to see honesty for a change.
Thank you so much! nice meeting you too!
As far as i can tell you basically made a condor machete, well done. I envy your experience.
So that is what it is called. My dad had this kind of "machete" long ago when he was in the army. I had used it to cut wood and thorn shrubs for fire wood in cold regions. I was a teenager then. I couldn't find one in local market. Somehow making one of these was like a dream project for me. Thanks for the info . I will google it and learn more.
You wanted it and you figured out how, that is admirable. Good job.
Thanks a bunch
Wow!! This is mind-blowing stuff. Kudos to your skills !!
Thank you! Cheers!
10:41 The ants on that log be in for a seismic joyride.
hahaha...
Very simple and very effective 👌
at least you showed the mistakes and not just the perfect product. i made a few before i perfected making knives thank you for a great video
thanks for the support...!
Intentando recuperar tradiciones.
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Muchas gracias . Saludo desde India.
Nice job! You made an awesome chopper, find something really thin, and make a slicer!!! Keep up the good work!
Thanks, will do!
Nice job. Just a suggestion you shld use carbon steel rather than mild steel. A good source would be a saw mill close to your place who may give you old band saw blades for free.
For quenching water may shock the metal and crack. Used engine oil is a good option, again free from your local garage. Cheers.
I really like constructive comments like these..thanks for you time. Actually I was about to use engine oil. I had asked in a garage and they agreed. But we have full lock down extension till tomorrow ( 5th July). So I thought of using water this time. And next time, ! will try using carbon steel for sure. Thanks a lot for the inputs!
Mild steel is a carbon steel, it's just just low (mild) carbon steel. Medium carbon steel and high carbon steel work even better, but are more expensive and the heat treatment is more complex and time consuming. Mild steel is super tough, but doesn't get very hard , even with heat treatment,and doesn't hold an edge for long periods of time. However, it's easy to resharpen quickly. Perfectly fine for making a quick machete. You can make it thicker or thinner, which ever you like. Maybe 2mm or 3mm for a lighter machete. Water quench or a super quench solution is preferred when heat treating mild steel.
@@VIDEOEPPO you could also use lawn mower blades they are pretty close to the length and width for a good machete
@@flippydubz7754 hmmm...that's good. But lawn mowers aren't something we find easily here in Chennai, India.
@@VIDEOEPPO Used motor oil is carcinogenic and a terrible idea. Many vegetable oils can be used instead but depends on the steel used based on which you can choose the correct oil to give the best quenching speed.
This video is good this man took his time taught everything step by step and explained everything gracias amigo much Bueno el Trabajo muchas gracias
You made my day man..thanks...
@@VIDEOEPPO you should buy a sharpening stone dude so can sharpen the blades but good work
Sure bro!.I make it so much better. Thanks
This machete is a thing of beauty
May be that's why my father- in- law has taken it. I need to make another one!
Thanks , you inspired me to make a machete similar to yours
Wonderful to hear that. One suggestion, instead of grinding the edge of the blade, try to compress it to shape by hammering. I learned that after I made this one. Hope it helps
Hello my friend.
a good idea. Good work. You gave beautiful handmade idea for beginners. Good ideas and good work all the time. Machete looks great. Very nice in metal hardening technique. Thank you for sharing. Congratulations. See you. Warm hug. Great greetings. Stay healthy and safe.
Glad to see you dost. As always, thanks for your time and support
@@VIDEOEPPO You're welcome. See you. Great greetings.
I’m not trying to say he did a bad job or anything, in fact I think that is a great machete and was a very great video. But I don’t want anyone repeating and creating this because the top and bottom of the blade are not hardened (which will cause it to bend and roll when rotting rocks) and the middle got wayyyy too hot causing it to be brittle as well as have micro fractures because of the water. This is a great build for a beginner but there are professional bladesmiths and blacksmiths that make good videos for people trying to recreate it exactly. I wasn’t trying to harsh on you.
vis iz vely good maie fliend.
Thank you
Where can I find it to buy? Is there any website for your collection
I am sorry bro. I just made this for personal use because it was expensive online
what kind of steel is good for that project?
any high carbon steel
What happens if we add crocodile fangs to the edges of the blade?
That would be more of a show-off or novelty. This machete is made for some heavy duty use and believe me, its being used ever since I made it. Splitting wood, cutting and clearing bushes etc
Old spring leaves of trucks or buses provide the best cheap steel
Nice suggestion. I would try that!
First design was much better than second one...
Fair enough!
Very well done. I would leave a tiny bit of the threaded rod sticking out of both sides of the handle. Approximately 4-5 millimeters. I would set the handle on a vise and peen the ends of the threaded rod to mushroom the ends
Yeah, that's a good idea too. I will try it next time bro. Thanks for inputs !
Have you made a sheath for it yet or a video on how you did it
Actually I didn't. I left the Machete in the garden. Then came the floods. God knows where it's buried now. May be rusted beyond repair. Need to make another one soon.
Very nice.
Thank you! Cheers!
Super bro keep doing More projects ❤️ hug's
sure! hug's
Very very nice.ure skills is too good.keep going.pls tell me where u from and i need this one
Pls reply and give u r phone number
I am from Chennai. This one is already taken by my Father in Law
Superb bro......
Thanks all
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers!
Cool
Mild steel will not harden. Get 1075 or 1084 from q knife supply . Get as thin as they have
That was a very useful information. At least I now know what to look for. I am using materials I can find in my local junkyard and the results have been satisfying but not too great. Thanks a lot for this info
@@VIDEOEPPO a car spring is a lot of work to get thin enough but will make a satisfying blade
@@huckstirred7112 Yeah, I saw that in the junk yard. It was way too thicker for my abilities.Come to think of it...I should have at least given it a try.
@@VIDEOEPPO I was thinking about the car spring and knew it was way to thick . Trying to think of what else to use . Then it hit me a long shovel. I put my grinder on it and it is high carbon steel. It will get hard .
Just heat it up red hot and flatten it. Then shape it like you did with the mild steel. A simple heat treat . Heat evenly till it no longer sticks to a magnet, then quench in used vegetable oil. Then bake in an oven at 375 degrees Fahrenheit for an hour. Let it cool to room temperature and bake it again at 375 for an hour or so. The only thing I would worry about is warpage. Another option would be a handsaw . But that maybe to thin . I will try flattening my shovel tomorrow. Let you know if it warps and if I can straighten it if it does
guess what. Those saying you cant make machete from mild steel havent tried. This video proves you can make a low carbon steel machete that chops. Ive also made them, and obviously while high carbon steel is far more durable and able to hold an edge longer, the mild steel works fine for most needs. It wont last a life time necessarily, and may bend at some point but its not a bad machete by any means.
Really wonderful and encouraging comment. After repeated use, the edge of the blade is not razor sharp but its good enough to chop trees. Wood logs are difficult though...but maybe this tool is not for that. Thanks a lot!
What is the intro song?
Honestly I don't remember. But all of the tracks I use are from the TH-cam's free audio library if that helps!
The steel you use dont harden, you should use leafspring
After a couple of years, I know that now. But thanks for pointing it out
As a knife maker never do you heat treatment with water because it cools it so fast that it will form cracks (no disrespect)
Yes , it does. But this is more or less, like a everyday machete which can take a beating. It always best to quench it in oil. Unfortunately I was not so experienced while making this video. Thanks for sopping by and taking time to comment. Hope to catch you up on my other videos on my channel.
Hey, awesome machete I love it
Glad you like it
Do you sell it??
No bro. It's illegal to sell these stuff. I made it for personal use. To chop firewood and clear bushes
From next time don't buy steel , just get leaf spring steel from the junk yard , it's high carbon steel and will yield good results
Noted!...thanks a lot.
Can I buy it
Sorry, we are not supposed to sell it.
Excellent job well done 💙😎👍👏
Thanks for the visit
Perfect ! How many millimeters of sheet iron did you use ?
thanks !.. I used 6 mm. it was bit too much... but man... this thing has helped me a lot!
Subcritical thorough quench in water (a very bad idea), no tempering it seems, and your machete has no distal taper as well...not a diss, just mentioning some issues :) quenching mild steel is anyway an effort in futility.
I am getting to learn a lot of new info through comments like these. Thanks!
GANGSTER 🤙
lol...its for clearing bushes brother!
amazing i love it ... what metal did you use for this machete?
That I am not sure... I just asked in the scarp yard and they gave this!
did apply a temper for that
yes I did.
This video is awesome but knifes and machetes are heat treated in oil. eg: vegetable oil etc.
Please make a video making a camping knife with heat-treating the knife in oil
Thanks for the input bro. I have learnt a few ideas from subscribers like yourself and have made preparation for heat treating using oil. Just that its raining these days and I will get back to metal work next month..
It actually, there are water hardening, oil hardening, and air hardening grades of steel. So the quenching method varies.
Gotta love that heavy duty machete? What is the thickness of the blade?
It's 6 mm. I know it's too much, but that's what I had!. Thanks for your comments. Means a lot!
@@VIDEOEPPO 6mm is a good thickness for that machete style bush sword made for chopping hard woods.
Yeah,agree. But I had to shorten the blade to compensate for the weight. I was not able to wield it for long hours .now I think it's on a sweet spot
Hey, VIDEO EPPO. Do you know that the machete that you made in this video, has a striking resemblance to the machete Michael Myers used in the Operating Room Massacre scene at the end of
"Halloween 6: The Curse of Michael Myers." Which is one of my favorite scenes of the movie, and also one of my Halloween kill, to be performed by Michael Myers, AKA:
The Shape.
Logan...you just spooked me....I am really really scared of Horror movies!
Hello,this video is very good but I am afraid that the uneven tempering and heating of the blade will cause it to have different hardness and cause it to be more brittle,I recommend you do more research on the forge and find one that’s hears more evenly like a propane forge
I made a new forge recently, hope it works.Like you said... I might upgrade to propane forge and that will happen once I find a proper workshop space. Thanks for comments
The heat treatment method he used in the video is called Differential Heat Treatment and is a viable technique in situations where you need a softer spine to absorb shock and a harder edge to maintain shape and sharpness.
@@jonathanchark5291 Honestly I did not the science behind it. I had seen a lot of folks do it, and I followed. The machete is perfect and I have been using it to spilt firewood. Thanks for the info. Totally appreciate it.
@@VIDEOEPPO Hello, Bro. Yes this I very well know and understand. For your usage, the method you use to make this fine, simple, inexpensive and effective tool is perfectly adequate. I too will make machetes using your techniques. Thank you for sharing your processes with me and many others.
It’s mild steel, so maybe next time carborize it? It’s not a hard process, and little tooling is involved. I am planning on making one of these, so thanks for the vid! Also he anealed it after, so it’s no longer hard. Next time, heat it to around 450 degrees f and let it cool.
Hey... You really tried my idea of partial heat treatment... 😮😮😮How did it work for you???
Fantastic!
@@VIDEOEPPO Told ya !!! 😎😎😎 Traditional Japanese Katana builders use this technique to Water quench the Blade... This way they get an extremely hardened Edge and a mild Spine... 🗡🗡🗡
Buy a Tramontina lol!
really! after everything I did....lol!...maybe you aright!
Sir give me this machete i will pray for u
It's become old now... plus I am sure I am authorized to sell it. But many thanks for taking interest and commenting
Masss Thala
Thanks Ganesh
wow that intro is loud lol
but overall great video
hahaha... I still need to work on my audio. Thanks though!
squalor
Hi bro
Hi How are you?
Hi
Thanks for replying
Actually I am a professional blacksmith and mechanical engineering student I make things every week
That's why I said if I want knife designs a more please contact me in Facebook or whatsapp........
Alot of things wrong with this diy.
Yes, you are right. But would you be kind to point it out please. I learn from other videos, but it would be nice if you could share a thing or two. It would help me and also this community.
Good Design Very Bad Product.
Why do you say that?. I didn't say this in the video, but this thing sliced my left index finger quite deeply.