“You may recall in the previous episodes we forged the three rings for the elves, 7 for the dwarf-lords, and 9 for the Kings of Men. But today we have something truly special for you. Now as it turns out creating one ring that’s actually capable of ruling all the others is a bit tricky... this is actually our third attempt at a ring of power after the other two were unable to withstand the fires of mount doom (Kilauea)”
Hat's off to Alec for continuing to do everything right, by the book, cross his t's and dot his i's while producing great content. Shows that he cares about the community he's in and the one he's leading. Love all your work!
also, he has to follow all US federal laws or have to possibility of losing his welcome in the US ( deportation ) .. not that it is his main reason, but it is a reason ( probably #8 on the list ) glad he checks on things before doing them.
You should do a colab with Cody’s lab he has private land that you could go hike on to make a knife on. You could teach him how to forge and he could gold plate the knife 🔪 or something
Alec dude I appreciate your adherence to the laws and protocols of the land. That said, you likely could've gotten away with it scot free. Still, it's refreshing to see someone on TH-cam with integrity
Technician: "Sir, what were you doing when the lathe broke?" Alec: "I was turning a soup can." Technician: *looks at the red mark on the floor* "Were you hurt?" Alec: "What? Oh, no that's just tomato juice from using the plasma cutter to open the can for the lathe." Technician: "bdhikgfchwgjfgvj...What?"
Thank you for respecting the National Parks, a lot of "influencers" out there would have, at best, ignored the the permit denial, most would not have even thought to apply for the permit.
National parks and national forests aren't the same thing. They're run by entirely different government organizations and have completely different rules.
@@CyanDumBell_MC lol what? If that is your argument, why not just ban people from the land outright? That way there will be nobody there and it will have maximum levels of enjoyment!
Most people are mad about him wasting a can of tomato sauce but I'm just happy he cleaned up the shop afterward because I hate it when someone even if it's me leaves a mess in my shop.
@@koloth5139 Maybe if there's enough air in the can, and you spin it fast enough on the lathe, the contents will remain pressed against the walls of the can by the centrifugal force, so that it won't spill through the small hole you drill in the middle? Good luck when stopping the lathe though...
Copied this near exactly, and it works flawlessly, as my first ever forge I was able to make mokume gane with a few quarters, a railroad tie, and a ball peen hammer. For someone without any other options a soup can forge was perfect. Thank you
That or BLM land, the regs tend to be less strict for BLM land. There's some on the Madison river about an hour or so away from where he is with a nice 3 mile hike in camp site. As long as he does it in a fire pit with water nearby, I don't see how that would be irresponsible. Doing it on the top of a mountain in an uncontained area, I definitely see the USFS's issue.
I was thinking the same! Will be like "Yo Alec, pass me the can opener" Alec grabs him and drags him to the laithe 😂 points to it like the Spongebob meme and just says "boi"
be careful about that, a lot of ski resorts are actually leasing the land use rights from the forest service and the land is actually national forest land
@@joep5803 I am going to point out that their original plan was to go to a mountain top IN national forest land. Yes it is public land, but it is still protected - if it wasnt, they wouldnt have had an issue to begin with, as the FS stated they were not allowed to forge within Nation Forest land
You might think about forging a knife at a nearby reservoir (a very American experience-campout, fishing, and forging at the reservoir-maybe forge your own steel rod fishing pole and fish hooks.)
@@Dragobot7 isn't chicken hole on a mountain! But that's in Utah. I bet Alec might like to see more Utah!! Now I am going to leave a comment on Cody's channel about this.
Dude you are awesome! I love your subtle sarcasm at 3:45 addressing the safety nazis: Full head gear with filter, hearing protection and gloves to spread putty. Brilliant.
Codyslab has a decent bit of land with a mountain range, not as high of a mountain as you probably wanted but still easily big enough to prove the setup. Plus, it could be a good collaboration
Alex, could you make an instructional with construction steps for this? This would be great for me as a single soldier living in the barracks to have a forge on the go.
Come on over here to Colorado and forge it atop a 14er! We have at least 58 14ers and hundreds of slightly smaller peaks...guaranteed to find an epic spot that you can do your backpack forging! Bloody awesome idea btw
Very nice to see you guys instilling the passion for this craft in the next generation. Keep doing these types of videos periodically so you continue to inspire the newbs! Love it.
Sad you couldn't forge on a mountain. But happy you thought to look it up so you didnt get in trouble. I'd love to see a steele vs stelter on forging with backyard tools. Give us peasants some tips without all the fancy smancy cool tools you guys have nowadays.
@@thomasarussellsr You still need a welding helmet for a plasma cutter. It emits the same bright light as a welder, it's just doing the opposite thing. Lol.
I haven't even watched this video yet and I'm excited about it and what's to come. I've been getting bored with this channel lately but a backpacking forge trip might be pretty sweet.
@@isaac2990 definately not will stelter multiple times, and surely alec didnt use a single sheet of plain kaowool as a forge for the longest time. No ppe with this stuff is the norm for this channel.
You guys should do a mini series building the tools to take on a trek! A tomahawk maybe, a utility knife or bowie perhaps - hell you're going to want walking sticks too...
@@Handsy_McGee yes, but is it called a can opener just because you can open cans with it? I've used EDC knives and even run over cans with a car/truck/tractor... all of the cans opened, but running over them also wasted the contents beyond use. Tires are terrible can openers. I suppose he could grind the top off with an angle grinder, but those pesky metal dusts and shards can be quite hazardous to swallow with the contents the can originally held.
Maybe a letdown to some but I actually loved the end and appreciate you modeling being respectful and following the rules there - thanks, Alex and Will !
"Maybe there's a mountain we can go to that does involve fire" *cough* Volcano That begs the question: Can you forge at a Volcano? Wouldn't need to bring the forge with you.
I have a challenge my smithing mentor said that the hardest thing to make is a coffee cup I love your work and I believe in you i love your videos there truly amazing good luck
@@wesschowengerdt2358 damn... so coffee cup from raw steel, just heat, hammer, repeat? In that case, I'm too stupid and inexperienced to find a quick fix. I keep coming back to wanting some sort of forming tool to work the metal around... say a blunted horn on an anvil or dome-ing tool for a hardy, intending to invert the dome once drawn out. (think wine bottle bottom)
Doesn't sound difficult tbh, make a cross, push the sides up, forge weld the sides together, just like a very basic way of making vessels with slabs, in pottery...
Ha! I love the concept of taking a very "DIY - anyone can do it with minimal tools" soup can forge... and then using the rather expensive and professional tools in your shop to do it! Plasma cutter can openers FTW!
Hey alec, forge a knife on a rowboat while in choppy water and will is rowing lol put that set up to use! Or maybe forge a propeller to get the engine working again ...
Sodium slicate (AKA liquid glass) can be mixed with plaster of Paris and mixed in with pearlite (a potting soil additive) to line your can. A thicker mix with more plaster can be used to line it after it cures. No cancer worries there.
So I've been wanting to get into making my own knives at home for a while as part of my DIY efforts, and I had absolutely NO IDEA how i was going to do it without a forge other than buying pre-hardened steel like from a steel file and then annealing it in an oven. I have a vac oven so temp accuracy wont be an issue there, but it limits the kind of knives you can make if you can't find files the size you want. You can get steel billets online though for making knives with, so if I make this soup can forge I'm betting that'd be enough to get me going and all I'd need is an anvil lol. I'd probably use more than one torch and buy a bigger longer can for the frame to fit larger knives, but dude this is dope as hell and now I'm excited to actually get into doing this, even if I just do it to make gifts for people and the like and promote my youtube DIY channel
Alec, long time viewer and subscriber here. First time commenting on one of your videos. As a suggestion for better portability, I would have welded nuts to the bottom of the forge and used some long bolts for legs. Then you can place the legs inside the forge and use something elastic, like a shower cap perhaps (first thing that comes to mind, to keep them inside it until you need it. Forge on brother, I've learned a lot from you. Welcome to America and congratulations on your engagement!
I actually did a search for a backpack anvil, this is awesome! I love ❤️ using perlite, it’s so lite! Like styrofoam, but heat proof, made of volcanic stone, popped like popcorn 🍿 at extreme temperatures! 😂❤😂
There is a opportunity in Austria, it's called survival aria and you are allowed to make fire and all the fun things you like to do with it. It's in the woods and it's safe to forge in nature. Maybe you could go there the next big journey
Hey Alec Thanks for this vid. I plan to use an old Helium gas bottle as a forge. I just gotta find out if it's safe to angle grind the thing open but knowing about kaowool and satanite esp the safety is most helpful
Helium is non flammable, so Sparks aren't an issue. Just be sure to completely empty any pressure in the tank, and remove the valve to prevent pressure building from heat. Good luck, and enjoy your forge!
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Ladies and gentlemen, it is fantastic to have you back here, in Hawaii, on top of Kilauea for part 18 of forging a ring of power in a volcano!
“You may recall in the previous episodes we forged the three rings for the elves, 7 for the dwarf-lords, and 9 for the Kings of Men. But today we have something truly special for you.
Now as it turns out creating one ring that’s actually capable of ruling all the others is a bit tricky... this is actually our third attempt at a ring of power after the other two were unable to withstand the fires of mount doom (Kilauea)”
🤣 LOVE IT! 🤣
Why does this seem like it would be an actual episode
@@thesupremewingull2984 because Alec is the kind of guy who would try it, lol.
Brilliant idea.. Make this happen alec
Should've used the power hammer to open that can. It would've been faster and the forge would be very compact.
or...a can opener
Haha
@@noctismortis7349 Think how long it would take to forge a standard geared can opener. (Playing dumb, hete)
So that’s how they make concentrated tomato 😂😂😂
@@lucieciepka1031 hahahahaha
I can just imagine alec at a pub chillin and someones like "oh I'm missing a fork". Then alec pulls out his backpack and starts forging a fork
Damascus steel fork LOL.
@@pun1sher5150 lol
Bro imagine lol
Damascus gold inlay fork
@@NoobNoobNews dang it i broke one of the forks teeht well i gues ill just start a new one...
William Lyman in 1858: *Invents can opener*
Alec Steele in 2019: *Uses industrial lathe and plasma cutter to open a can of tomato juice*
opening soup like a man!!
@@hoodedgenius3249 yyeess
Brilliant
You dont get change without innovation my friend haha
Researching in google for a youtube comment. Nice
Hat's off to Alec for continuing to do everything right, by the book, cross his t's and dot his i's while producing great content. Shows that he cares about the community he's in and the one he's leading. Love all your work!
also, he has to follow all US federal laws or have to possibility of losing his welcome in the US ( deportation ) .. not that it is his main reason, but it is a reason ( probably #8 on the list )
glad he checks on things before doing them.
He just needs a can opener 😂
MiniMajik Stan much?
"Maybe there's a mountain we can go to that does involve fire"
Volcanoes. Volcanoes is the word you're thinking of
I agree. Go to a volcano, not going to annoy anyone with fire there!!!!
and the forge is already up there
You should do a colab with Cody’s lab he has private land that you could go hike on to make a knife on. You could teach him how to forge and he could gold plate the knife 🔪 or something
That would be great ! Cody could even make steel and let Alec* do the forging part !
@@rakshas1340 Not Steel, Iron. Cody will just ignite a star to get them going.
I had the exact same idea
Ooooh
Not a bad idea. Two of the best creators together...
Alec dude I appreciate your adherence to the laws and protocols of the land. That said, you likely could've gotten away with it scot free.
Still, it's refreshing to see someone on TH-cam with integrity
Cody happens to have some land.. it has a chicken hole... would love to see that colab
That would be a great collab
Probably too flammable there though the whole place would catch fire
TheAmericanGuy yea never thought of that. It’s all dry grass......
@@mediumugly4322 let a man dream.. dreamcrusher
Oh heck yeah. Clear up a LOT of space and it's doable.
Technician: "Sir, what were you doing when the lathe broke?"
Alec: "I was turning a soup can."
Technician: *looks at the red mark on the floor* "Were you hurt?"
Alec: "What? Oh, no that's just tomato juice from using the plasma cutter to open the can for the lathe."
Technician: "bdhikgfchwgjfgvj...What?"
Open the can like a pure blacksmith
"oh dont mind that thats tomato soup"
*wills leg slightly sticks out from behind the powerhammer*
apolgy for bad english
wher were yu wen lathe brok
i was home tarning sup can when technikan ring
can is cut wit plasm cuter for lathe
no
Should have forged a can opener first
Thank you for respecting the National Parks, a lot of "influencers" out there would have, at best, ignored the the permit denial, most would not have even thought to apply for the permit.
Personally I wish he would have ignored it. It's a dumb law. It does nothing but restrict people from enjoying the land.
would you enjoy the land when the land is full of people everyday?
National parks and national forests aren't the same thing. They're run by entirely different government organizations and have completely different rules.
@@CyanDumBell_MC lol what? If that is your argument, why not just ban people from the land outright? That way there will be nobody there and it will have maximum levels of enjoyment!
@@KurNorock I kinda agree. They are funded with our tax dollars and I feel like I should be able to do whatever I want on public lands within reason.
cody's Lab owns property in the maintains it would be a nice colab and you could go to the top of a mountain
Most people are mad about him wasting a can of tomato sauce but I'm just happy he cleaned up the shop afterward because I hate it when someone even if it's me leaves a mess in my shop.
It was tamato juice
Same difference
Alec: Doesn't require any advanced tools
Also Alec *proceeds to cut a hole with a plasma cutter and a lathe*
I think AvE would be proud of your can opening skills.
Jim Stanley a man of culture I see
Should of yelled "time" once he had it open.
Plasma cutter to open a "soup" can of tomato juice? I wonder if the "soup" gets heated in the process? The whole two birds- one stone idea.
Second that!
two birds one stone? more like one bird with a big ass f'ing boulder.
Plasma cutter and lathe to open a can of soup. 😂👍🏼👌🏼
I love this channel.
I about fell over laughing at that..LOL
He literally makes sharp things like every day 😂😂
I never considered using my new to me Lathe as a can opener. Damn. I always learn something new.
He should have used it to open the full can!
@@fire304 So instead of mopping up a small spill on the floor you want him to have to completely clean his lathe?
I mean, I never considered using a TIG welder as a can opener either.
@@fakjbf3129 Plasma cutter but yea.
@@koloth5139 Maybe if there's enough air in the can, and you spin it fast enough on the lathe, the contents will remain pressed against the walls of the can by the centrifugal force, so that it won't spill through the small hole you drill in the middle?
Good luck when stopping the lathe though...
Get a wheelbarrow full of dirt, stick the anvil in, and simulate forging in nature!
Lol
Or just go into your back garden 🥴🥴🥴🤪
"Back garden" is just metric for back yard. Now you know.
You started plasma cutting that thing and my literal first thought was "Alec, what the f@$# is wrong with you?!"
I was thinking the same thing. 400vdc + 10-15amps + liquid is recipe for disaster.
Copied this near exactly, and it works flawlessly, as my first ever forge I was able to make mokume gane with a few quarters, a railroad tie, and a ball peen hammer. For someone without any other options a soup can forge was perfect.
Thank you
Did you use the KO wool
Find a rancher who has some land you can access. Private land would be your friend.
This. Private property is the answer. Surely there is somebody in the subscriber base who can hook that up.
Maybe a place like Big Sky's 320 Guest Ranch for example. Lots of property there.
That or BLM land, the regs tend to be less strict for BLM land. There's some on the Madison river about an hour or so away from where he is with a nice 3 mile hike in camp site. As long as he does it in a fire pit with water nearby, I don't see how that would be irresponsible. Doing it on the top of a mountain in an uncontained area, I definitely see the USFS's issue.
I can think of a certain ranch in Texas that used to be exposed to all sorts of fires, if you know what I mean 😏
@@bryanhumphreys940 I was thinking the same: BLM is likely his answer.
you can do it on my land more then 900 acre mountain and forest, it is a bit of a drive lol it is in Norway
but you are welcome
that is impressive land to own, i am incredibly jealous
Gonna get expelled for smithing shortswords in the school bathroom
do itttt
Hell yeah
"Smith'n in the boys room" ♫
Lol if only I was still in High School idd do it.
You may get expelled but you will be a legend.
forge a divers knife on a boat, in the middle of hostile shark infested waters. Get picked up for Shark week Discovery 2020!
"OK Google."
"How to use a can opener"
"Here are your results:"
"use a lathe"
I was thinking the same!
Will be like "Yo Alec, pass me the can opener"
Alec grabs him and drags him to the laithe 😂 points to it like the Spongebob meme and just says "boi"
Or plasma cutter
I actually thought he was going to forge a can opener for the tomato soup...that would have been cool!
I wish I could cut threads and turn shafts with my can opener.... :(
Maybe not a can opener but on of those hand crank apple peelers with modified blades might just do it.
Maybe your not trying hard enough
Where there's a will, there's a way.
@@AtlasReburdened You mean where there's Will, there's Alec.
Alec, there must be a fan of yours nearby that would be glad to host a 'smithin' session in his/her privately owned mountainous back yard.
Find some private land that has a peak worth climbing. Maybe a ski resort.
be careful about that, a lot of ski resorts are actually leasing the land use rights from the forest service and the land is actually national forest land
Permission is permission. Get it. You’re good. There is also a lot of private hunting land.
@@daemosblack National Forest Land is public land.
@@joep5803 I am going to point out that their original plan was to go to a mountain top IN national forest land. Yes it is public land, but it is still protected - if it wasnt, they wouldnt have had an issue to begin with, as the FS stated they were not allowed to forge within Nation Forest land
@@daemosblack Not going to lie, I read your comment before I finished the video :( Sorry! I stand corrected.
"Only YOU can prevent forging on forest land" - Smokey The Ranger
okay, I lost it when we busted out the plasma cutter to open the can.
Bet it smelled wonderful.
I just wonder what his mum would say about opening the can...she should be very proud. He mopped up the mess. Well done Alec's mum.
But he did waste the juice. Those poor tomatoes died for nothing. LOL
Question is, did it heat the tomato juice enough to call it soup?
You might think about forging a knife at a nearby reservoir (a very American experience-campout, fishing, and forging at the reservoir-maybe forge your own steel rod fishing pole and fish hooks.)
Come to Texas, hike up Enchanted Rock, and forge your knife. Not much danger in igniting a gigantic hunk of granite!
Enchanted Rock is still a national park, so the denied application is still in effect.
@@Metrion77 It's a state park, so rules might be different
There is a burn ban in Gillespie County as well.
hehehe
How to open a can of tomato juice:
Plasma cutter, lathe, mill vice.
Easy as pie.
He’s definitely going on an adventure into the mountains to look for raw iron to forge into tools to survive.
Alec's Minecraft lets-play
@@ebheron 🤣
He should definitely get into contact with cody's lab and do a collab where he sets up a forge with cody and maybe he mines some ore himself
Dragobot7 well thanks to you, Cody’s Lab just gained a subscriber 🔥
@@Dragobot7 isn't chicken hole on a mountain! But that's in Utah. I bet Alec might like to see more Utah!!
Now I am going to leave a comment on Cody's channel about this.
Dude you are awesome! I love your subtle sarcasm at 3:45 addressing the safety nazis: Full head gear with filter, hearing protection and gloves to spread putty. Brilliant.
Grab your pack full of stuff and make the first ever forged with fire blade out in front of ACE hardware store. :)
Codyslab has a decent bit of land with a mountain range, not as high of a mountain as you probably wanted but still easily big enough to prove the setup. Plus, it could be a good collaboration
Called it! I knew that Titanium anvil was a backpacking anvil! I really hope to see it get used. Keep up the great work!
Alaska Skidood I couldn’t figure it out for the life of me! I’m relieved to finally know.
I suppose he could cold forge some copper or such.
Alex, could you make an instructional with construction steps for this? This would be great for me as a single soldier living in the barracks to have a forge on the go.
Next episode, forging a knife at walmart parking lot
It was a lowes parking lot but I've done this. Lol. It was during a demonstration.
Come on over here to Colorado and forge it atop a 14er! We have at least 58 14ers and hundreds of slightly smaller peaks...guaranteed to find an epic spot that you can do your backpack forging!
Bloody awesome idea btw
Is NO-ONE going to talk about the massive googly eyes on the power hammer?!
At 4:40 I saw it and was thinking... yup. they would.
The eyes are old news.
If I remember correctly they go all the way back to when they had friends in town working on the stiletto dagger.
Practical Engineering?
With a fedora it could be Parry the Platypus.
I think I saw him hit the soup can with calipers and it hurt my soul
Should I be going to sleep? Probs
Am I going to watch this awesome video anyways? Hells yeah
We all are.
Very nice to see you guys instilling the passion for this craft in the next generation. Keep doing these types of videos periodically so you continue to inspire the newbs! Love it.
Sad you couldn't forge on a mountain. But happy you thought to look it up so you didnt get in trouble. I'd love to see a steele vs stelter on forging with backyard tools. Give us peasants some tips without all the fancy smancy cool tools you guys have nowadays.
20 vises in the workshop. Uses the precision milling vice to break a can lid off. Keep up the precision, quality work Alec!
BSA camp Powhatan is in the mountains and they do primative forging in them.
Is there a blacksmithing merit badge?
@@KnightsWithoutATable yes it is called metalwork.
Congratulations on using the most detailed can opener I've ever seen in play. On both counts.
Any sane person seeing a tin can - suppose I should get the can opener
Alec - better get the welding mask
I believe it was a plasma cutter.
@@thomasarussellsr You still need a welding helmet for a plasma cutter. It emits the same bright light as a welder, it's just doing the opposite thing. Lol.
It is fantastic to have you here with us gentleman to show us more of what you're doing today thank you
“Lincoln Electric customer and product support how can I help you today?”
Alec: well...👨🏼🏭🥫
Alec is a real artist when it comes to refractory cement.
I love it that Alec's going to climb a mountain and the sponsors sign is a mountain.🤔🤔
I haven't even watched this video yet and I'm excited about it and what's to come. I've been getting bored with this channel lately but a backpacking forge trip might be pretty sweet.
FINALLY someone wears a respirator while working with ceramic fiber and refractory! good lord thank you.
Who the hell doesn't wear respirator and eye protection when working with that?
@@isaac2990 definately not will stelter multiple times, and surely alec didnt use a single sheet of plain kaowool as a forge for the longest time. No ppe with this stuff is the norm for this channel.
You guys should do a mini series building the tools to take on a trek! A tomahawk maybe, a utility knife or bowie perhaps - hell you're going to want walking sticks too...
Dang. Hopefully there's a non-national forest peak nearby where you can do this!
... also, have you ever heard of can openers?
What are you talking about he used 2 in this video alone
@@Handsy_McGee yes, but is it called a can opener just because you can open cans with it? I've used EDC knives and even run over cans with a car/truck/tractor... all of the cans opened, but running over them also wasted the contents beyond use. Tires are terrible can openers. I suppose he could grind the top off with an angle grinder, but those pesky metal dusts and shards can be quite hazardous to swallow with the contents the can originally held.
Finally I found out the reason for the titantium anvil. Awesome idea! Keep up the great work, guys!
A volcano is a mountain and it already has fire. Sounds good to me!
Maybe a letdown to some but I actually loved the end and appreciate you modeling being respectful and following the rules there - thanks, Alex and Will !
"Maybe there's a mountain we can go to that does involve fire"
*cough* Volcano
That begs the question: Can you forge at a Volcano? Wouldn't need to bring the forge with you.
No, but you would need a high heat protective suit to get close enough to heat the metal up.
With all the new equipment you guys have. I’m thinking it would be fun to see if you guys could make a old world Iron Padlock.
All the 10EE engineers at Monarch are rolling over in their urns......
with impressively little runout
I have a challenge my smithing mentor said that the hardest thing to make is a coffee cup I love your work and I believe in you i love your videos there truly amazing good luck
Gut an oil filter, smash the rounded top flat, weld on a simple steel bracket to the side as a handle, finish as desired. Coffee cup achieved.
David Piehl he would need to forge it
@@wesschowengerdt2358 damn... so coffee cup from raw steel, just heat, hammer, repeat?
In that case, I'm too stupid and inexperienced to find a quick fix. I keep coming back to wanting some sort of forming tool to work the metal around... say a blunted horn on an anvil or dome-ing tool for a hardy, intending to invert the dome once drawn out. (think wine bottle bottom)
Doesn't sound difficult tbh, make a cross, push the sides up, forge weld the sides together, just like a very basic way of making vessels with slabs, in pottery...
Ask the bridger scout camp as a boy scout we had cabins and large burn areas in the center of camp ..wouldbe perfect for forging, bbq cooking ect!
"a mountain that involves fire" it sounds to me like forging in a volcano, what would be epic
I brought one of these soup can forges camping one time and made some arrowheads and stuff out of some nails we found.
*rangers deny permit to forge on mountain*
Alec an intellectual: well how about a permit to forge on a volcano? 🤔😂
That's the same kinda forge I started out heat treating 1084 with, I was using a coffee can, it got the job done. 🍻
Idea: the soup can forge and anvil should be a great give away...
Ha! I love the concept of taking a very "DIY - anyone can do it with minimal tools" soup can forge... and then using the rather expensive and professional tools in your shop to do it! Plasma cutter can openers FTW!
I want to replace my worthless can opener with one like that!
Well done Alec for keeping all your fingers with those cans!
Alec: "No. I don't have issues."
Also Alec: Opens a tin can with a laith
Hey alec, forge a knife on a rowboat while in choppy water and will is rowing lol put that set up to use! Or maybe forge a propeller to get the engine working again ...
It would have been probably easier with a can opener.
Sodium slicate (AKA liquid glass) can be mixed with plaster of Paris and mixed in with pearlite (a potting soil additive) to line your can. A thicker mix with more plaster can be used to line it after it cures. No cancer worries there.
Opening a can with a plasma cutter: There's no kill like overkill
Mountain top or not I would enjoy seeing this setup in action curious to see what kind of craziness is possible out of such a compact setup
Plenty of private land owners with "mountainous terrain"....if not enormous, I'd imagine tall enough for your purposes anyway...
So I've been wanting to get into making my own knives at home for a while as part of my DIY efforts, and I had absolutely NO IDEA how i was going to do it without a forge other than buying pre-hardened steel like from a steel file and then annealing it in an oven. I have a vac oven so temp accuracy wont be an issue there, but it limits the kind of knives you can make if you can't find files the size you want. You can get steel billets online though for making knives with, so if I make this soup can forge I'm betting that'd be enough to get me going and all I'd need is an anvil lol. I'd probably use more than one torch and buy a bigger longer can for the frame to fit larger knives, but dude this is dope as hell and now I'm excited to actually get into doing this, even if I just do it to make gifts for people and the like and promote my youtube DIY channel
alec and will should see who could make the best boomerang knife like in avatar last air bender
Alec, long time viewer and subscriber here. First time commenting on one of your videos.
As a suggestion for better portability, I would have welded nuts to the bottom of the forge and used some long bolts for legs. Then you can place the legs inside the forge and use something elastic, like a shower cap perhaps (first thing that comes to mind, to keep them inside it until you need it.
Forge on brother, I've learned a lot from you. Welcome to America and congratulations on your engagement!
Build a fire ring and tell them to bugger off, this is America!
I don’t think he lives in America
Joe Bob, he does now. He lives in Bozeman Montana, USA, near where I live
I actually did a search for a backpack anvil, this is awesome! I love ❤️ using perlite, it’s so lite! Like styrofoam, but heat proof, made of volcanic stone, popped like popcorn 🍿 at extreme temperatures! 😂❤😂
Dude you are in Montana, there are plenty of hills big enough. Find some private property to do it on.
There is a opportunity in Austria, it's called survival aria and you are allowed to make fire and all the fun things you like to do with it. It's in the woods and it's safe to forge in nature. Maybe you could go there the next big journey
Will played buddie in elf but got kicked out because he kept saying I like filing filing’s my favorite
Mt Shasta (volcano) Ski Park is private land, and their property tops out around 9000-10000 ft elevation. Maybe try them!
Oh hey alec what is the weirdest thing you have put in your lathe
Alec: oh well I have put a tomato soup can in it.
Lol
Hey Alec
Thanks for this vid.
I plan to use an old Helium gas bottle as a forge. I just gotta find out if it's safe to angle grind the thing open but knowing about kaowool and satanite esp the safety is most helpful
Helium is non flammable, so Sparks aren't an issue. Just be sure to completely empty any pressure in the tank, and remove the valve to prevent pressure building from heat. Good luck, and enjoy your forge!
cheers Jon, most helpful 😀
Go to private land and Forge.... please we need to see this happen.
Or pop back across the pond and do it, although that would probably eat up most of the profit from the video.
This episode is very encouraging to start forging.
So...the Cedar Mountain group is actually NordVPN.
Who'd a thunk it.
Your encouraging words ring true. I had a headlight shell fly off the lathe like your soup can did.
HAHAHAHA IM EARLY
so hey since baseball is so popular in the USA how about a Damascus baseball bat :)
And ima comment again at the end of the vid
That would look dope
i like your style
That would be about 30 lbs (13.6 kg)
Defo could not be solid that would be crazy heavy but un heat treated annealed Damascus could probably be rolled in to the proper tube shape.
@@nanaki-seto most bats are hollow
Well, if you can sneak around the goblins and orcs, Mt. Doom is probably a good choice. Plus you don't need the forge.
How to open a can:
Can opener ❌
Welder ✔
Don't wanna be THAT guy but it was the plasma cutter