Forging a Bronze Cauldron - Hobbit Hole 

You can NEVER go wrong with skulls!!!

Craftsmanship at its best

Your ability to move metal in this dramatic fashions is inspiring. Great tips on the melting point and annealing process. Thanks for sharing.

Instead of skulls I could see an inscription like "One cauldron to rule them all, One cauldron to find them; One cauldron to bring them all and in the stew bind them." fitting the theme really well. :D

Rad job, surprised the starting dimension stretched out so far. Super cool.

Excellent Study!

Very interesting video!!!

The cauldron experiment is definitely a success. Can't wait until you do the one piece helm. I agree, sinister is good.

Amazing work mate . 🤠

Wicked good. Thank you for the video.

Fabulous work as usual. Really excited to see you move toward one piece helmets.

That is super cool! I have experimented with a cauldron from an old gas cylinder, is currently one of those “get back to it one day” projects but after watching this I have new ideas to try! Many thanks, thats awesome!😁

Love it now I just have to find a way to get you to make one for cheap LOL Enjoyed your video and I gave it a Thumbs Up

That was..... Mesmerizing! So much effort you put in. Probably a few gallons of sweat equity as well. Should go well in your Hobbit hole! Blessings abundant 🙏⚒️🔥🧙🏼‍♂️

Fuckin hell I loved that intro, also just thought of something to make, a cauldron/ beaker in the shape of a human head with the top cut off.

What I understand is that copper(and bronze) can be worked cold to a point, heat removing the stress(hardness) of the metal to be worked over again.

What a great way to start the weekend, with a new Thak video! Thanks as allways for the content :)

looks great so far, as you mentioned skulls it gave me a thought, make the whole cauldron in the shape of a skull, "anyone for some brain stew" great vid Thak

I reckon the electric eye made that peephole so it can continue watching us 😂👍

Magical

Your work is amazing! I love this channel!

adorable! ;)

Pissed off about the adorable cauldron! That same cauldron may have held acid, or some other liquid used to coerce information from some lying political scoundrel. It may even have cooked the knight's dinner over an open firepit after a day of travel. Surely it is a bit of necessary kit for anyone journeying a far. I will enjoy it anyway you decide the finish. Thank you for sharing.

Are they a cult? Why they called ministry? Lol jk Great work, and thanks for the demonstration.🍻

Hole and all, great job

That looks great on its own ! No sculls needed . I prefer the historical look could see a couple hoplites battling for possession of it!

piece of slag stuck from the forge cause the pinch perhaps

The start of another great piece, Thak. Quick request - on the next instalment, could you show the repair, please? I’ve had trouble blowing through non-ferrous metals when welding and would like to see how it *should* be done. Sharing this under-subscribed channel! Best, Neal Edit: correcting autocorrect.

Make me a Cymbal!!

Not sure about bronze but copper utensiles needs to be tinned to avoid copper toxicity.

I´m not saying I was a slight little bit irritated for one tiny second when you opened greeting in my home language. xDD

Cool video. Can you practically use it? Is there like certain restrictions what temperature should be used when prepare a stew?

Thanks for the tip with the copper based metals! Only copper based are annealed like this or all non ferrous metals? Thx!

Nice work sir! Silly question….. Where do you get your bronze from?

So um how do you weld that? I've always wondered.

Question Is that bronze (CuSn) or Brass (CuZn)? Because bronze (CuSn) is pretentious to forge (small heat time window) compared to brass . There are bronzes that can't be forged, cold or hot. Why I asked this question, I do experimental archeology for the iron age and while most of the bronze was cast, the type that was forged or hammer modified had the colour close to copper . I am specifically talking about bronze (CuSn) not brass (that's Roman/Greek made).

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Maybe you can fix the hole by TIG welding.

Maybe that hole is due to an impurity or void.

Did you smell cherries?