I made my own forged wrenches/spanners!! Epic hand forged spanners!
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- čas přidán 30. 06. 2024
- Well it took a lot of work but I made my own spanners and the came out epic even if I do say so myself. In this video I made and finished two spanners/wrenches out of 4140 and managed to make the look like something you might buy from a hardware store.
Hope you enjoy!
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Dan the Man !With the plan!
eh peace be with you all folks.
That is class. Very cool
Final result looks good.
I would make like 5 10mm wrenches just because i keep loosing them lol
It's a good idea 😂
Well done Dan, your persistence is inspiring. Those spanners look great and will last you a lifetime. I am sure you will get a buzz every time you use them.
Thanks David I hope so.
That’s really neat to see this being done. I had my beer and enjoyed it. Thanks Dan .
For a hexagonal drift, can take a few nuts and weld them stacked up, a couple smaller ones to start the taper, then a round for the point of the drift.
Great stuff! I'd really like to see more smiths doing content like this - focusing on some old-school skills to show how they're still applicable today. Sure, might not be economical or "sensible" to forge your own wrench, but.... it's a great learning experience for folks and produces something that's not just another bloody s-hook!
Keep up the great work!
Great video, making wrenches/spanners is the only way to get good ones at the right size and thickness for grinders. Thank you for sharing
Oh,on heat treating 4140,if you want to make it tough, get the meat to critical temperature and quench it, afterwards get it blue and quench it again. This will make it still hard but not brittle. It will be about 40 Rockwell
I'll defo do it at some point I just need a way to control my temps better.
They turned out beautifully, they look like you bought them a the hardware store. As usual,love your channel and style.
Love this vid no shite talking just straight into it👍
I'm not sure if that's a complement or not. I'm pleased you liked the video but do you feel that I normally talk shit?
Pleased you enjoyed and I hope you ain't too put of when I do talk shit.
I evjoyed the video, wasnt refering to you talking shite, other youtubers that waffle on about something else for ages before getting to what the video is about, good too see you interacting with the comments, keep up the good work, good man👍👍
@@quinn860 I have in the past been accused of talking shit. I do try to keep the talking relevant. Lease you enjoyed and sorry if you felt attacked.
This video is the closest I've found about "HOW" my140 year old, 531lb stationary steam engine wrench was made. Except you didn't have to use a crane to hold it. Search "Pennsylvania Steel Co. wrench" Are there any videos of large open die tool making?
The trick for creating hexagons with the big bolts and lining up the sides is fantastic, never seen that before thanks for that !
Excellent work Dan! Thanks for including the bits that did not go as planned as well.
Making your own spanners is pritty cool!! Do you think this could ever end up with your own brand of spanners? A full set of metric AND imperial would definitely come with massive bragging rights, especially if they were heat treated as well 😊👍👍👍👍
Pretty cool mate. They look awesome with the oxidization on them. Much prefer than the high polish.
I was going to leave them but people are magpie so I thought it might help the video a bit. Absolutely hate grinding.
Great work Dan! I would have never thought to try and Forge a wrench
Wowers that's definitely a very unique and awesome idea. Those turned out very well there. Hopefully they get great use out of them. Keep up the great craftsmanship and hard work my friend. Forge On. Keep Making. God bless.
Made one back in1989 when working in East Berlin but they had a drop hammer to smash out the blanks 😊
My portable forge requires a 9/16" for the vice and a 7/16" for the blower attachment. So I forged a combination wrench for that a few years ago. My shank is hex. :) Also when forging a hex, when you make that first flat the corner formed on either side needs to then be rotated 90 degrees.
Picking size and style is super hard. Some many bolt so little time. Thanks for the great comment.
Very nice, a wrench more expensive than snap on!
Very nice, I don't know if we've seen this done before. We posted this video on our homemade tools forum this week :)
I never thought you´d forge your own spanners! Even when you asked us on Instagram what you were making, it really never crossed my mind... Great video as always Dan :D
I'd forgotten about that. Yeah it was a spanner and took me nearly two weeks to get it together lol hahaha
@@danielmoss2089 it would be very boring if everything works out the first time ^^ at least for me, the way until the finished product is a great learning opportunity
This is great, I’ve been wanting to make a combination wrench just to say I did... thank you for leaving in that you chowdered two of them in the fire, brings hope to the rest of us knobs🤣🤣🍻🍻
Pleased you liked it. Thanks for the comment and I would love to know how you get on.
Good to see you making a video again. Nice wrenches. I'm going to make one myself since I need one for my gas bottle. Cheers.
Lmao. "Oh dear".. "Sorry if I cussed on that" 🤣🤣🤣 your killing me Dan. G Out🤟😜
I loved watching you work through the process and i learned some too great work
Awesome, thank you!
Nice wrenches! Amazing work!
@3:53 it's helpful to have extra arms :)
All ways
I've made allen keys from scratch but never a spanner...very cool
Well done Dan way to keep with it!
Very interesting and informative video. My kingdom for a power hammer!
Really cool video. You rock dude 👊
Thank Benny boi.
Awesome work Dan! Thanks for sharing and God Bless you sir!
Great content. Great idea to make the spanner
I really love your content. Not only do you make fantastic tools but you admit AND explain your mistakes along the way. I am always stressed out by the potential for making mistakes and the setbacks they cause (yeah, I know they’re not really that big of a deal but you can’t tell me that). My next project is a set of 5 matching Roman Pugio, I’m shutting myself down over how to make the raised rib at the center of the blade. I’d love to see you do a how to on that. I know you’re not a blade smith but, damn, you’ve got the chops for figuring out the crazy details
That sounds like a crazy good Idea ill look into it. Thank you for your great comment.
This was great work thanks.
Well as a mech fitter I guess it was only a matter of time, nicely done
Nice
Thank you.
6 Point Spanner is Very Expensif..🤗🤗
Fantastic!
Dan.... You know I gotta. Wrench 🛠️ LoL 😂😂
Epic things here. The hex drift...just wow. That balling Swedge... Brilliant.
Great "real" video Brother.
🙏 Possitive energy well wishes and Blessed days
Crawford out 🔥⚒️🧙🏼♂️
Thanks Dan hope your well. I sent you some links to some videos did you get them?
Great Job on those Spanners !
Thank you
I would definitely buy on one of your rounding hammers. Love the style man
Be some up on the shop really soon.
Muito top...show
Noticed the crescent end has a round internal profile at the apex, would it be better to drift that hex before cutting ? Otherwise you've only got two points of contact on the nut/bolt instead of four.
Spanners came out great in the end. Am I correct in thinking that heat treating would just extend the durability of the spanners or does it offer something else?
If I pull hard enough on the crescent end it opens and I should think if I abuse the spanner enough it will bend.
Forging that hexagon drift is just epic!
I guess I'll pay for Snap-On now.
Nice work dude, more work goes into the forging that at first one might think 😂 and Ive felt your pain with burning stuff and camera work 🤬
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Thanks dude
@@danielmoss2089 no problem
@@danielmoss2089 can rib Ben then a bit more lol
What type of wheel did you use on the angle grinder, when you used the soap..Cheers 👍👍
A dronco polish mop
@@danielmoss2089 Thanks I never realised, polishing mops were available for angle grinders... Cheers.
Love the spanners Dan. Was thinking about when you burnt the material, how about leaving it out of the fire, set up your camera then put it in the fire. How did you measure the open ended part of the spanner and how did you get the shape in it?
It mess up the work flow which I fin annoying. It's also super time consuming doing it that way.
Did I not show the open end in the video. I basically had a 25mm spacer from of the hammer and formed it round that. Also punched the final spanner with the eye a little of centre to give the crescent some more bulk.
Hope that helps great comment.
@@danielmoss2089 Yeah I think you did sorry matey must of forgot. Lot of mucking around trying to forge and video. I know, sometimes I just couldn't be bothered.
What’s that tool your using at 2:02 with the power hammer
... this is cool and all, but why? I can see use for hex drifts, but other than that.. I guess it’s “because you can”
Why not if you can. Just a bit of fun and hopefully you enjoyed the video. If you want blacksmith tips I make other videos as well. Maybe check them out?
Tried to look up “Ruddy Plaver(sp)”! Educate a poor, slow Yank? Thanks Sir, Ben
"Ruddy Palaver" ruddy is a softer way to say FXXX and palaver is a mess or messing around. I got myself into a palaver after I had 10pints of vodka! For example hehe.
Just means it was a real load of messing about.
Thanks for the comment.
Anything worth doing is worth a bit of profanity.
A Dan I just made my 1st spanner wrench. Not the same way you did. But it works m….not to bad looking .. I saved some coin 🪙.