After many of you asked me to show how I made this kind of bottle opener and what kind of tools I used I decided to record this real time demonstration explaining everything you need to know to make your own.
Fantastic, I'm just starting out in this hobby. A nice project there, starting with making the tools. Thanks for making and sharing this video Daniel. Happy new year from the UK.
Great video Daniel as always! There is only one thing that really bothers me with this video is the sound of your anvil,maybe you should try to stick a magnet on to anvil or a piece of chain to minimize that ringing sound. Cheers mate!
+Milos Cucukovic It was really quite quiet, after I had screwed it down with a bitumen mat underneath it. But now it kinda losened up a bit again. It is still not as loud as if it just stood by itself. Maybe I'll put some magnets on it or try to get better surface area contact with the stump again. I am anyhow wearing good hearing protection, so when I forge it doesn't bother me really...
+Daniel Lea It is a smart thing to wear hearing protection.I have a smaller anvil mounted on a oak wood,it is a very hard surface and it helps with a rebound of a hammer.You could also record your voice over a video to prevent this from happening... I wish you all the best in 2016!
Very nice. We have a tree here in Virginia (USA) that is called a Dogwood. It has a very similar flower. You might look at Google Images to see it.Thanks- Frank
Hallo Daniel, was für Kohle benutzt du? Und wo kaufst du sie? Ich wohne nicht weit von dir entfernt in Darmstadt und suche noch nach einer guten Quelle für Kohle. Auch deine Drahtbürste finde ich sehr gut wo gibt es sowas? Beste Grüße Jonas
Hallo Jonas! Meine Kohle habe ich bisher von zwei unterschiedlichen Händlern bezogen. Von Darmstadt aus mit dem Auto leicht zu erreichen ist dieser Händler hier: www.brennstoffe-rheinhessen.de/Brennstoffe/Kohle---Briketts/ Dort gibt es die Heizprofi Schmiedekohle. Etwas hochwertigere Kohle gibt es bei PPS Stade. Die sind aber hoch im Norden, sodass wahrscheinlich ein Speditionstransport notwendig ist, der viel kosten kann: www.pps-stade.de/steinkohle/schmiedekohlekoks.html LG Daniel
I realise this comment was made 3 years ago, and it's an age old discussion, my reason or preference for horn to the right. When hammering a scroll on the horn I don't have to reach over the anvil hammer it 1/2 way around, flip it over and then hammer it back towards me, with it to the right I can just keep on hammering all the way around without leaning over the anvil... Also if you cut off stock and it's still hot you have to remove hardy before hammering, to the right I can leave hardy in move to the right of hardy and start forging, in case you haven't guessed by now I hammer right handed.
