Inverted plant hook - hook of the week 4
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 8 ก.พ. 2025
- Time for another hook of the week. This week we will start with a single piece of 1/2" square bar and draw one end out flat and the other out square. The holes will be punched hot at the anvil.
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Good morning John, what a great idea to show practical objects like hooks on this series. No knives, no swords, no battle axes, no damascus blades.
Normal useful stuff. Perfect. Thanks to you. Greetings from Germany
Your sign off “wear your safety glasses” always hits home with me. When I caught my guys not wearing there safety glasses i would always ask them is that 22 million dollar helo worth your eyesight? Look forward to your videos even though I do little blacksmithing.
It looks wonderful!
Wow! I really like that one. Great for a lantern or a hanging plant. Nice work John and thanks for the lesson and idea.
Jim Patterson thanks for the reply and info. I was always looking for burning steel!
Excellent video John, The new camera angles and views are looking good.At the time i am seeing this video there are 208 likes and 1 dislike , i wish the one dislike person would comment and explain the reasoning for a dislike . In my opinion a dislike is impossible ... Here you are an individual who came up with his own idea ,his own method , his own design ,and made a one of a kind hand made item that not only looks good but is 100% usable finished project . What is there not to like ?????
Judging from the negative comments on a few of the videos, I probably don't really care to much about what the dislike guy thinks. It usually comes down to "you didn't do it my way" or "you talk to much"
I wouldn't give them a second thought. They're probably from some " Hot Iron Lives Matter" group. Your vids are fantastic!
nice video thanks John!
When I was a kid I watched a guy make me a horseshoe and he stamped my name into it. I have been interested in Blacksmithing every since then. Dabbled around in my teens restored an old knife and put a deer antler handle on it. I’m nearly done putting my equipment together now and just need to get a decent anvil and finish my forge and I’ll be on my way.
Cool video, thanks!
Another nice hook. I had one made for me about 20 years ago by the local blacksmith, not as fancy as yours but I love it. Mine looks lovely holding a candle holder on a chain.
In the video you moved the piece to the horn so it would be easier. Since no one else has asked, I will ask you to explain the seemingly obvious - why and how is it easier on the horn? I know I'm missing something, not sure what. Thanks.
Nice camerawork, very enjoyable to watch and easy on the eyes. I did notice one thing just now with this new camera angle, your anvil stands pretty high, if you stand next to it and you'd stretch your arm, I think your hand is far below the face of the anvil. Here in Belgium they say when you hold your hammer with your arm stretched, the face of the hammer should be on the face of the anvil (or in other words, the face of the anvil needs to be a few cm lower than the knuckles of your hand). I get pain in my back after hours of hammering, I think I'm going to set my anvil higher like yours and see how that goes. Thanks for the video and nice hook.
Thanks. Your anvil should be at the end of a comfortable hammer swing, not a straight out locked elbow. Having it a bit higher is way easier on your back and worth looking into
I love this series. Most I've seen are easy enough for a beginner.
Another great hook, I'll bet your wife enjoys a great deal of your work around the place. My wife would love any of these hooks.
Thank you for doing the hook of the week, I'm trying to self teach myself blacksmithing, and your video's are some of the best for instruction.
Great video loved all the different angels could really see what was happening
Nice thank you. I'll be trying out this 1 for My Lady as she love her hanging pots.
Morning John, I really love what your doing with the hook a day series, great showcase for different styles. I know I don't comment on all your stuff, but I do try to catch it all while I drink my coffee. 😎🤙
Thanks and also thanks for the shout out over on your channel the other day
Great idea for a hook, turned out fantastic.
I did get out to my shop today and I finally finished the signboard I was working on. It's a bit lobsided in places and some things are off centre, but overall not bad for my second project ever.
Being lopsided and off centered is what makes it unique and interesting.
I love making hooks and this one is a real beauty John.
Nice hook, very graceful! I'm loving this series!
Good morning Sunday, John. Thoroughly enjoying your hook series of videos! 🐾🔥⚒
When you asked which piece we should use, i said the hollow square stock. I can't wait till you get to that 😀. Great series John, thanks.
I have been trying to think about that square tubing.
@@BlackBearForge actually so have i. Ever since i jokingly mentioned it before, i started thinking about hook possibilities
Again bless you for sharing, your a natural at explaining. Very impressive. Well done keep It up.
Beautiful hook, and awesome camera work! Thank you sir!
Super job... Love how easy you make it look. I have never tried blacksmithing. but, I assume it is one of those things where you learn the technique and then practice it till you can do it in your sleep. It looks to me like you done your practice and then some... Well done, nice video, Thanks for sharing.....
I am hooked my friend. Thanks a bunch fella.
Morning Mr. John. Thx for another great hook tutorial, looks real good.
Blessings to you sirSir
Crawford out 🧙♂️
Awesome John!
That's a nice spring project! Thanks. Let's try doing it in damascus next. 😉
The hook series is a good idea.
What a great project that isn't so intimidating a novice might shy away.
Yet another great video thank you
Just got home from finally after all this time gettin a real anvil. Time 2 go play!
Very nice hook, thanks!
You always concern me when you point to the hot metal with your finger, but I presume the camera makes it look a lot closer than it really is.....Thanks for another awesome hook video.
I think thats probably true
Nice shirt.👍
Beautifully done. A great hook for plants. I am not sure where to put a suggestion about your mic use.. I know it's a bit "off topic" here, but it pertains to this video, and I know you are experimenting with different things.. This is in no way a gripe at all: I can see you try to keep your breathing under control when hammering. Maybe hang a mic over the anvil, and record from it as well as your lapel mic. Then then use a blend/ or a switch from one to the other in editing. Like the mic you wear just for voice, and a stationary one for the audio of hammering, and general shop sounds. Again, sorry if it's "off topic", or not even something you are actually worried about. It does not bother me at all, just giving a bit of input to you since you do seem to be working quite hard on the quality of your videos, and that might help a little. You have made huge leaps, and bounds in the quality of your videos. The lighting, cameras, camera angles, audio, and done a lot more with quality editing. I wouldn't care if it was all shot of a cellphone in one take 🤣. The content is always awesome! It was just a suggestion on something you might like to try messing with. Sort of like the panning 360 shots. Just something to try, and see if it works out for you. Loved the video as always! Keep up the fantastic work, and I'm really liking this series. Thank you for your great work.
Thanks for the input and no trouble being a bit off topic. I have thought about multiple audio tracks, the lav really does pick up breathing and makes me sound way more out of breath than I am. Overhead would be good, but I worry about the higher heat as you get closer to the ceiling. My current thought is to go with camera mounted shot gun mics and then a separate audio recorder for the lav. That or one good camera mounted mic and record the lav to the second camera.
Ah, sounds like you have a plan already in the works there. I doubt the heat would do much to an overhead mic above the anvil tho. Not a lot of heat there unless you are forge welding a lot, but I can see the concern. If mounted maybe a foot or so below the ceiling might help to not ket heat pile up on it, and give it some air space. Again it's just an idea I had, and know you are working very hard to better your production quality. I personally don't think the heat would effect the mic at that distance from the steel, and the ceiling. The breathing, and clothing movement sounds when swinging a hammer would be far less noticeable after editing, and blending the two mic inputs tho. Again, I have no place to critique your videos at all. You do amazing work, and I love all other content you have put out. I, like a lot of people have seen you want to try to sort of "clean it up a bit", and this was only one suggestion out of a possible multitude of ways. The combo of boom mics, and lapel mics have been used for decades in TV, and thought it would be some solid ground to start experimenting form. But like I said, I personally wouldn't care if you used tin cans with a string. 🤣 It's what you do with steel, and your willingness to give to the community that makes so many of your viewers keep coming back. Best of wishes to you, and keep the awesome content coming! 👍 👍
Captain Hook!
Sweet looking hook. I saw you had installed that door latch on instagram. Did I miss part two?
Nope. Part two will be on Friday with the instal a few days after that. All filmed, but not all uploaded.
I notice your anvil no longer has the hold-down clamps you added last year but, at the same time, it does not ring like it used to either. Did I miss what you did to achieve that?
th-cam.com/video/Z3365vFHXhw/w-d-xo.html this is the video showing how he quieted the anvil.
I have always wondered if the white heat we see when you take the steel out of the forge is really white or is that an artifact of the video and my computer screen. If so, I need a better forge.
It's the digital camera. In every forging video you watch on TH-cam, the steel will look hotter than it actually is. Something about how the camera interprets the light.
As Andrew say, its mostly just the way the camera sees the light, but its also different on different screens while viewing
If a plant hook is intended for exterior use (as they generally are), what would you recommend as a finish for it?
Our climate is fairly dry, so wax applied just hot enough to melt works well. In harsh climates paint or powder coating might be required.
Those small stock tongs that are kind of heart or teardrop shape; did you make those? If so, can you make a tutorial on their construction? Keep up the great work, I'm learning a ton!
I think you're talking about his poz tongs. If so he has a 3 video series on making them.
Got any irregular shaped bits in the bucket?
Great looking hook, somehow I can invision it very well (with a bunch more) holding up rain gutters or for those slim but long balcony pots.
But another thingy on the side, during the hole vid I experienced small sound issues like echoing now and then. Any idea how and why? Anways i enjoyed your vid as ever. Cya (pun intended) next time and have a good one.
probably your computer settings or your speaker/headphone setup, i find that on my computer, instead of selecting the headphone option for output, i click the speaker one, and that fixed the echoing i had. hope this helps!
@@mossdavis4447 Hi xan, first of thx for replying, secondly somehow it fixed itself meanwhile , dunno how but I take it (quite nice of the bug don´t you think, too) have a good one
nice shirt
not hook related but, have you seen / have any opinion on Collin's type tongs?
I saw that video. They remind me of the African style ring tongs.
I'm surprised that you tossed a half inch square bar in that bucket Lol
Don’t drop your hammer on those tennis shoes! 😩
lets go hooky hook
Oh sorry, you said on the horn would be faster not easier. Still.....please explain. Thanks.
The round surface on the horn moves material faster than working on the flat of the anvil. Sort of like using a rolling pin to roll out pie crust
@@BlackBearForge Oh, talk about missing the obvious, I don't think I'm usually than dense. Thanks for the clarification though.
Good thing you are using lag bolts the lower hole is a little to close to the bend for a screwdriver. I love the look classic old style hook. Be well and be safe...........