What a delight it is to watch someone who absolutely knows what he is doing compared to many on youtube who think or hope they are doing it correctly, and 'bodge' their way through. This gentleman is a superb teacher who inspires confidence in others to go and try some things, perhaps well outside their comfort zone. Thanks Joey for posting this and thank you Mr Ponseele for sharing your knowledge so freely. .... OG
Joey's old videos are what really got me interested in getting comfortable forge welding and pushing my limits. I'm now really confident forge welding where I used to be pretty much scared of it lol. Joey is the man when it comes to forge welds and he gets to meet and be with smithing masters that should go down in history as he should
@@filipponseele7346 you surprised me when you responded. Thanks for allowing Joey to show you techniques, these old style methods are quite interesting.
These videos will be heavily referenced by me in the near future when i finally get to set up my own work shop and begin blacksmithing, i will most definitely be practicing these techniques. Also i love hearing the differences in sounds of Joey's and Filip's hammering techniques
It's so fascinating to see a master of his craft make difficult things look so easy. You did a great job documenting the work and all the important steps and little tricks are so explained very good. Thank you Mr. Ponseele, I'm fascinated of your knowledge and craftsmanship and it's really special how freely you share it and thank you Joey, I hope your blacksmithjourney around the world will lead you even further than Belgium and will go on for years! All the best, Maximilian.
Filip seems like a wonderful instructor. Stern when needed, but light-hearted and jovial otherwise. Great content, gentlemen. One day I’d love to learn from you in person. god bless.
@@filipponseele7346 Yes, in a very positive sense, I come from a family of lefties. I think growing up and living in s mostly right handed world, makes left handed people more flexible and adaptable in their approach to life and skills. Thank you both for the videos you make.
Back when anvils were still mostly made of multiple pieces forge welded together jump welding would be used to attach the horn. This is part of the reason some english anvil brands like "William foster" often have broken horns. The weld may be strong but it doesn't like shearing forces very much.
Another in a great series. I am really enjoying these lessons on Forge welding techniques. It would be great to see a video about Filip talking about his career as a blacksmith.
Very high quality shooting and interesting content to me. Detailed story, thanks -) I subscribed to your channel - I have something to strive for and learn in my work!
Very interesting! Do you know how common these welding plates were back then? Reminds me of flux with iron or steel filings in it. I guess the mesh could help with the initial grab. Is the rest just borax in some form?
I known from old blacksmiths it was very common but people could it expensive. However it's was mainly used when welding steel to wrought iron. For wrought iron to wrought iron it welded so good with sand(much cheaper) they did not use Lafitte. Lafitte was also used for welding the bands for the better quality horsedrawn vehicels wich were made of steel with clean rounded sides. Reparing springs and chisels that got to short. All fixed with Lafitte. Believe it or not but it remained for sale up to 1990(Spanish made) in a ferriershop in Belgium You had 10 plates for 25 euro with was not bad. I should have bought the lot but ???? Kind regards Filip.ps Always welcome
@@filipponseele7346 Thank you for enlighten me! I have never seen it before until Joey shared pictures of the different welds. You used "sure weld" to start with and in the end. Does that contain iron filings, and thus helps to blend the seam? Or was there another reason? Thanks again!
@@torbjornahman Yes it does.Iron Mountain is also very good. But i think inorder to preserve the skill of firewelding you need to teach the yong people first with sand and then when they master it learn them the other products. It's all about practice , not just a oneday fling..Fireweld every day and you will master it. Kind regards Blacksmith Filip Ponseele
I just realized that aside from being wells of knowledge in forging and metalwork, both you and Filip are trilingual (English, Dutch and French). Very Impressive! A lot more than most Engineers I know lol
So of course the Lafitte plate hasn't been made in years, as near as I can determine. I suspect the barb approach would work in its place rather nicely.
Moi j'aimerais tant essayer la forge mais je suis en appartement et nulle part où m'entraîner. Et avec un maître comme Filip ce serait le rêve. Mon cher compatriote avec la plus authentique moustache.
@@filipponseele7346 un grand merci vous êtes trop gentil je vais y penser mais vous êtes à Bruges et moi a Fleurus j'essaye de m'arranger et je vous tient au courant et merci encore.
Almost as useful as this great demonstration would be some indication of where Sure Weld can be obtained in the UK? I can only find it in the US - and the seller doesn't ship to Europe! Thanks for these excellent videos.
Hello, to find ureweld and Iron mountain flux try to contact Ferriershop Kerckaert-Temse Belgium. they might send you the stuff. Kind regards Blacksmith Filip Ponseele-Belgium
@@filipponseele7346 Thank you. I found the website, and the Iron Mountain flux, but I cannot find a hint of how to buy it! No shop, no 'buy now' button - very strange! (Or have I missed something). www.kerckhaert.com/en/Products/Tools/Drilling-tapping/Welding-material.aspx?ProductID=5345666
Joe I’m a bit curious, what do people like you and Philip do as a normal job when they’re not blacksmithing? Feel free to ignore me as this might be too personal for public consumption.
@filip tu achètes des plaques de Laffite en Belgique ou bien c'est un vieux stock? @joey if u Can get a hand on some of those plates i was told that IS much easier to weld with it than flux !
Congratulations from Bulgaria for the great video! My name is Stefan Chakov and I am from the caste of village blacksmiths and I work in the old way and I am interested in the old skills. Unfortunately, the Bulgarian masters do not want to show as you do and do not have a channel on RU-vid. If you want you can contact me on Facebook. If you can send me personal information about the channels of other colleagues who work in the same way.
@@brysonalden5414 Shouldn't be too hard to make - heat up a mix of borax and iron filings until the borax melts, spread the mixture out thinly, let it cool and solidify.
It would drive me mad, I already have 50% hearing loss from a working life in coal mines. My main anvil [450lb] sits on a piece of synthetic rubber mine conveyor belting - the resulting drop in noise was amazing.
Plaque à souder: Borax Maille de fil de fer sel d'ammoniac prussiate de potasse Sorry, I only found that recipe in French and there is no proportion, sadly.
@@jide7765 google French to English translation. Solder plate: Borax Wire mesh ammonia salt I believe this is "ammonium chloride" potash prussiate I believe this is "Potassium ferrocyanide" redrok
It seems to be some kind of fabric containing flux, and perhaps fine iron filings. I think the purpose of it is to ensure the flux gets right into the mating faces of the weld, and importantly, remains there, even at welding heat, instead of running and dripping off into the fire. I have never come across a product like this, but would very much like to give it a try. Anyone out there know if this, or a similar product is still available to buy?
He called it a Laffitte welding plate or sheet. It was a patented sheet "composed of a preparation of calcined borax and iron filings, molded over a sheet of wire gauze. The gauze is about 15 meshes to the inch in length. The iron wire is low-carbon (0.08 %").
