Blacksmithing for Beginners - Forging Lesson #4: spreading
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 5 ก.พ. 2025
- Blacksmithing for Beginners - Forging Lesson #4: spreading
Hi everyone, in this video we're going to look at another basic technique: spreading. We use upsetting to increase the width of the material while the thickness is being reduced. I hope you'll enjoy working along with me and exploring this awesome trade.
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Also, check out my most popular video: Forging Ginkgo Leaves
Tim, love your videos. They are very entertaining as well as educational.
Thanks! There's more on the way. I hit a bit of a setback with the weather. I am working outdoors at the moment but in the process of building a small shop firts and a bigger one later.
Also I am planning to do a Q&A video soon and I need more questions. Send me some if you're interested in something I could answer.
Thanks for sharing some of your techniques...
Another great video! Thanks! Keep them coming... It's great to see the technique and then see it in a more complex project.
Thanks Paul, I try to show the useful part of thing along side the basic forging technique. How is everything over on the East coast?
Good here. A bit too hot to be in the forge sometimes. It must be worst there, no? How do you deal with that?
It is OK until it gets in to the 110's. I am used to the heat now and I trade a 104 of local weather for a 94 in New Jersey ( where I moved here from). There's no humidity here. When it's gets too hot I do all the forging in the early morning, run a big fan and drink a lot of water (some days up to 5 gallons). The hottest so far was 118 last year and unfortunately I had to be on job site installing a bunch of railings. It wasn't fun at all,
but it is still 5-10 degrees cooler here than in Las Vegas and 10-15 degrees cooler than Furnace Creek, Death Valley.
Any interesting project you're working on right now?
What I meant is that I rather be here in 104 than in Jersey 94.
Good job!!!
Great Videos. I'm learning a lot. Thank you. Just wondering are you using an induction forge? Your area of heat is extremely accurate.
Thanks for the nice comment. I use a propane forge and for accurate heat placement I use a torch. I have an oxy-acetalyne set, but oxy-propane works just as good. I have a rosebud burner for larger pieces.
I tried to flatten out a round piece of 3/8" rebar but as it got thinner the flattened area began curving off to the left. Is that because I never rotated the piece 180° and kept striking only one side with the hammer?
Yes. It's impossible to avoid so we have to compensate for it.
Great videos, loving the tutorial aspect of them. Keep up the great work!!
Thanks Mark, these videos focus on the technique and not so much me doing a complete project. I feel the need to show my knowledge of the basics before we jump into something more complex. This way I can reference the lessons so people can go back am check them out , and practice, if they have a difficulty with some tasks. The more complex tasks will come soon too. Thanks for the nice comment again!
Very good video guite Informative thank you
I'm gonna make me a fish! 😆 nice work.
I just thought about it, and if the stock is thick enough one could continue the "fan" shape on both sides and get a sort-of tree shape. 🍻
Awesome, send me some pictures through my website: www.desertowlforge.com and I can put it in the folder that showcases subscriber submissions.
Awesome! I got the next two days off, definitely gonna be out in my hut. I'll check out the site in the meantime.
Awesome thanks man your helping me a lot I'm learning so much from you keep it up :)
Thanks, and you're welcome. I am going through a really busy time with my business right now and the high temperatures are not helping me either. It was above 105F almost every day for the last 2 moths so when I wasn't busy with the overwhelming amount of work I had I was recovering from the heat. Such are the summer here in the Mojave. I'll be back at it full force in September. Thanks for following me!
Good tutorial.
How are you connecting the pickets to the horizontal rails?
I welded that in the video but there are several different methods. I'll make a video about the in the future.
All your jigs are nice and shiny, I like that look, how do you do it
Arlene, I usually send them with a resin fiber discs, up to 80 grit, then I use a brown scotch brite disc to finish it off. They ged discolored with time but you can just touch them up with the scotch brite when that happens. I home this answered you question.
Safety glasses should be first