Blacksmithing - Heat treating hammer dies 

This just might be my favorite video that you’ve ever made. I love how the format is slightly different but still the same. You’ve added interesting things, like music but just for a few seconds and also you just started talking to the camera more and also explaining the process of not just what your doing but why you are doing it. But not talking so much that it overtakes the video. Plus I’ve always wondered how they used those files to determine steel hardness. Thank you for all the hard work that you put into these videos. Great Job !!!!

Love the educational content! Usually loving the quiet videos, but I love the explanation throughout! Great job!

I truly like that you keep your hammer dies performing their best. I've questioned why others don't care for their equipment. I've seen anvils, hammers, and punches that need attention. Anyway, I always enjoy your videos and sharing your skills and knowledge. That includes seeing the beautiful property where you live. THANK YOU!

I enjoy watching the process. And the running dialogue is a treat.

Still cannot get over how massive the base for this hammer was. That was an awesome install video- great to watch it all take shape and improve!

Me watching Torbjörn remove the damaged dies: "he's pretty good with a hammer" . . . Yeah, it only took me a few seconds to call myself dumb

I personally liked when you explained what you were doing and when you were talking

You are by far the best blacksmith on RU-vid

The quench was indeed quite a nerve racking process to watch. Glad it turned out as you planned it. Top notch dies afterwards. Congrats!

He speaks! Wonderful to finally hear you my man long time follower. (: Love watching you work, always nice to see someone that really knows their craft.

It's always nice to hear you talk... even better when you explain things. Top notch vid with added extras (mushroom hunting this time) as usual.

I would have preferred something like 6150 (Chrome-Vanadium) spring steel. Just as easy to cut, work and heat-treat (oil) as 1045 but the vanadium would ensure they outlast the 1045 many times over. Have you considered videos showing the differences in heat treatment of various steels? They would get many new subscribers outside of the forging community.

Oh my, he speaks!! I find your videos so calming, maybe because there is just great craftmanship without much sound, just a natural workshop noise. Great mushrooms btw, I love them, tasty.

Love your videos your attention to detail is great. You’re a wonderful blacksmith. Just wanted to give you a little tip on heat treating for one when your heat treating carbon steel fast Austination is key so make sure your oven is up to temperature before you put in your part. whenever you are tempering anything make sure your oven is up to temperature before hand or the elements will super heat the surface trying to catch the oven back up to temperature which could over temper your product.

Nice video. I liked hearing you talking us through this process. I also like the "quiet" videos of you were you let the pictures speak for itself, but this was a nice change of the format!

7:10 whoaaa I genuinely thougt it was going to fall. Very good grip you have on your hands.

I know you call it "damage", myself, I'd call that "character" for the power hammer. Now, I'm not saying they didn't need to be heat treated. The way you take care of your equipment, those dies will last you a very long time. Love your videos, cheers :)

блин я восхищаюсь этим дядькой. его мастерством, образом мышления и его бытом. Он крут-он сам херачит кнопки ютюба)

Never thought I'd hear metal meowing. Great video!

I like this kind of video. Hearing you speak is calming. Also great luck with finding kantarels!

perfect alignment as is everything you make!

There's a video of My Mechanics making power hammer dies for Black Beard Projects, it was awesome! Definitely worth watching.

Fantastic work, as always. Really glad you took the time to explain the process and why it's important! I hope you'll provide similar commentary in future works - seeing the work and hearing why it is done a certain way makes for a great learning experience!

You are a plethora of knowledge...a true Renaissance man...

Your skills as a teacher has always been great and I enjoyed hearing instructions even better, I am American and English is my language and hopefully others can get this very fine video for their language. Great teaching Sir. Thank you for the teaching Sir 😊

Vitor, Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil: I watch your videos from Brazil, your workplace is very clean and organized and the editing and preparation of the videos is very good. Congratulations for your work!!

In the 70’s, during my apprenticeship in a traditional blacksmith shop, an old timer came by and it was announced he would work with me to make my first hammer. Three of us forged it out, punched and drifter the hole, and then I learned about all the cans on the ceiling. Each one was a different size with different patterns of holes punched into the bottom. The old timer took an old coffee can 3” across on the bottom with 4 holes in a circle pattern. We were using coke. Once hammer face was hardened in water, he had me clean the face up and then we heated the face to red/yellow. Really just the top inch. Then with the hammer face facing the ceiling, he scooped up water from slop tub with the can, and allowed a stream of water onto the face, mostly in the middle. The water stream heated and flowed over the edge of the hammer face. This simple technique, cooled the face first. This allowed the hammer to be harder in the middle of the face and softer on the outside and left the rest of the hammer annealed. I used that thing for 40 years and it worked perfectly.

I thought your hammer died... Respect to the hardest working hammer in the world.

This is one of the best videos I have watched on Harding , very well explained and educational. :)

Congratulations on finding those chanterelles! They look super tasty. We just found 500g a couple weeks ago.

Thanks for sharing your journey with this with us. Looking forward to see how the dies hold up over time.

I love watching you perform maintenance on any element of the power hammer. It is such a beautiful machine.

Great vid about quenching and tempering. I'm just a beginner. Thanks for sharing.

You are NOT remarkable, you are beyond REMARKABLE. Very well done in all aspects. I wish you nothing but the best of health and prosperity in the future. Beautiful...

Thank you thunder bear! Hope to see you again soon!

Nice explanation of the hardening/tempering process, I learned quite a lot.

*- Nice Tutorial.* *- My lady friend/partner says you make it easy to understand Everything, Torbjörn.* *- Thank you, Sir.* *~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~* *- Trevlig handledning.* *- Min damvän/partner säger att du gör det lätt att förstå Allt, Torbjörn.* *- Tack så mycket herrn.*

I worked in a tool and die shop a number of years ago and one of my first jobs was heat treating the dies after they had been machined. Your comment about tempering was absolutely right. I made that mistake only once. The guy that made the die made me sit and watch for two days while he remade the die. It wasn't boring at all, I learned a lot but the stool he made me sit on was torture.

Now it all makes sense! And then there are the beautiful shots of your woods….

I always enjoy your videos, both the craftsmanship and the clam measured approach to the work. Thanks!

A really great start with the new kiln! Looking forward to what you have for us next.👍🏼👍🏼😀

Sir, you are amazing to watch... Your narrative is excellent as well. Thank you for sharing your talents with us!

I really enjoy these voiced videos. They are very calm and relaxing. You have an amazing forest there!

I wanted to thank you for sharing the beautiful scenery around your home. You are an incredible ambasador for your country with those scenes.

As always a great video! Thank you so much for adding real quality to the RU-vid world. The mix of shop time with additional content is fantastic. Thank you again.

Great video!! You had a complex situation and persevered. Your knowledge is so priceless!

I enjoy hearing you speak about your work.

The narration really adds to the video. Thank you!

even though i have never made anything via metal..i have become fascinated by your videos..the family activities and wide variety of a family unit that does things right is most appealing..peace and health in these difficult times..

Nice work on the heat treat! Cool play buttons also. Thanks for the video.

In this clip the general public will not understand what you are explaining unless the viewer is a blacksmith. You are very educated in your profession.

Thank you for imparting us with the knowledge you share with us

Great video! I look forward to seeing the notification that you have posted a new one. About tempering after heat threating: When I was getting started, I heat treated a meat cleaver but ran out of daylight before I tempered it. I didn't know about tempering in my kitchen oven. The cleaver was sitting on my kitchen table and I was talking to my wife when we heard a loud "ping!" I looked at the cleaver and, sure enough, it had about a two-inch crack from the edge into the body of the blade. Lesson learned.

Well that was awesome thank you so much for that great information.That was one of the reasons I subscribed to your channel as I’m getting into working with steel.And I’m getting heaps of knowledge from you.So thank you for creating such a great channel

Needed to see that, recently built a power hammer and bought a new set of dies from old stock that the business I buy a lot of coke, tools and other bits from had left over from when they sold power hammers. They were machined but not dressed and after dressing and using them I have found they are not hard, or at least not hard enough! Alan told me he thinks they were 1045 but couldn’t be sure. I can now harden and temper them which I now don’t think was ever done! I’ll let you know how it goes!

You are truly a master at what you do. I truly love watching your videos....

Excellent work, impressive Heat treatment kiln. Thanks for sharing.

I enjoy watching your content and how you strive for perfection. You make it look easy but it's not, it's skill💯👌 Thank you and God bless

Love the narration in your English is great! I wondered about the oil/water quenching, now I know! Thanks

The maintenance of machines and tools, is a very important part of the workshop and little visualized. Good joob. Greetings and good day.

A voice over video from you! Extra pleasure! Perfect job! I'm sure these dies will last for ever!Keep it up and enjoy a well deserved dinner with mushrooms!

Great info. I'm afraid you'll have to talk from now on. Yes, it was that much better that now everyone will ask for more of it :)

I nearly fell off my chair when you spoke ! Some (most )RU-vid creators talk more than they create , some create more than they talk( i prefer these !) but some just add a little bit of commentary when needed and it lifts the video into a new level - that is what you did here Torbjörn ! That heat treat oven looks like a fantastic piece of equipment ! Fantastic video - thank you! I might try some 1045 for the cam lobes on my model engines , at the moment I'm using 4140 and some case hardening compound (cherry red ) but if I can get a decent thickness hard skin around 50 RC with a soft core I will be happy .

Great content. Thanks for the commentary, very educational

You ROCK , my friend! Great variety of content, awesome products and the knowledge and skill sets to back it all up! Well done sir 👏

Very nice work as usual. Thanks for the training.

I appreciate the explanations as you work. It helps quite a bit! Thanks.

That's sad to hear, RIP heat treating hammer, you'll be remembered. wait

Awesome and educational video 👌🍻

Great video as always. You have a very good to understand voice. You have a great ability to explain what you are doing with or without your voice. Thank you very much for sharing...

Outstanding. Your videos are so soothing. Thank you

Its great to hear you explane stuff , other than just video and no voice ,, thank you gives us more indept ways thinhs go , thank you gteat video bud 😉👍

Very interesting and informative video to learn more about heat treating, tack!

Very interesting video. I’d love one of those two machines you’ve used

Awesome stuff Torbjörn! Sooo much more to know about metal working than just heat and hammering! 🤜🤛

Enjoyed you talking through the steps.

I've been watching you for a good while and love your forging videos (and wish I had the equipment to try that myself), and I must say that your explanation makes the already very good videos better. Great work! I'm a fan and student of you.

I always love your videos, the part when you take us in nature is just calming and beautifull and unique on a forge channel :) I like very much that you talk to us and explain things, thou you've made clear thing without, keep on! And about the hardness files, i've seen them in Stefan Gotteswinter's videos, and i think starting with the 40 HRC one is better because u'll theoretically leave just one mark. Thank you!

Nice video Torbjorn- keep up the good work

I have been watching your videos off and on for the last 2 years maybe. This is the first time I have heard you speak. Was a little surprised it was in English. :) love your work reminds of Metal Shop class in high school.

really cool! well done with explanation and using hardening files.. never seen such a great example.. ty!

I'm a little late to the party, but; damn you're a blacksmith, not a media personality. And, I LOVE that.

Your new oven is great. You can heat treat for other people and make your money back.

Very good explanation, thank you for sharing your knowledge.

Maestro qué buen trabajo ha hecho con la prensa un saludo del Sevilla España

Awesome video , great flush of smooth chanterelles you found as well.keep the great content coming my friend

I am new to this channel, binge watching it for the past couple of weeks and it's a little bit strange to see that you are a human being, who can be nervous about his work potentially going sideways, and not the embodiment of Hephaestus xD

I have only just found you. Wonderful content. Thank you and please dont stop.

Excellent video with just the right amount of talking to the camera. Explaining what you're doing and why. Very educational! Nice work as always! 🍻🤘💜

It is just AWESOME hear you talking through the entire video!!! I wish you did that more often! Would be amazing to have one of those keychains!!! Fantastic video!!! Thank you for sharing!

You have very good knowledge about heat treatment , I had learned something

A pleasure as usual , interesting and thanks for taking the time to share your knowledge !!!

Excellent work👍👍👍. Thanks for sharing

Please lord, bring me a collaberation for Torbjorn and This Old Tony.

Good advice on heat treatment.

this video was instructive and entertaining . thank you

thank you for sharing. And please explain more often in detail what you think is of interest. Forging and nature are going very well side by side here :-)

Good stuff as usual! I like your narration and explanations.

Awesome Video Mr. T!

It is one of the best videos you uploaded, thanks for the lesson