Master Blacksmith Bob Rupert demonstrates the tools and techniques of blacksmithing. Join Bob as he shows you how to use tools like hammers, tongs, chisels, punches and the anvil itself.
He then demonstrates various basic techniques.
0:00 Introduction
00:37 Tools
06:45 The Anvil
10:30 The Forge
11:40 Twist
16:50 Loop
19:47 Hole in Square
24:10 Cutting
26:50 Taper
29:00 Hot Cut with Hardie Chisel
30:00 Additional Tapering
31:51 Slit Hole
39:42 Forge Welding
58:45 Part 1 Conclusion

The second section of video deals exclusively with the traditional forge:
1:00:07 Part 2 Intro
1:01:32 Forge Basics at the Drawing Board
1:08:45 Coal/Coke/Clinkers
1:18:50 Starting the Forge
1:31:31 Making Coke
1:39:00 How to heat stock
1:52:57 Steels and Temperatures
1:55:38 What's in the Forge?
2:01:05 Conclusion

Filmed on location at the J.L. Porter Blacksmith shop at South Side Historical Village, Hookstown, Pennsylvania. https://sshva.wordpress.com

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