Forged cooking fork - basic blacksmithing project
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- čas přidán 12. 09. 2024
- Forging a basic fork for cooking either at the stove or the campfire is a great project for both beginners and more experienced blacksmiths. This rugged toasting or cooking fork is also a good gift or craft show item.
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I think a hold fast will be one of my first projects
As a child the local blacksmith was a marvel to watch and now I am watching and l learning 70 yrs later. wonderful and wholesome videos, you have made a friend.
I spend many enjoyable hours here in the UK watching your videos, you are indeed a good teacher.
What a great video, now you got me wanting to make one! I really like it.
I think there are several of us that really would like you to make a pair of tonges like the ones you are using here. The slots make it very useful. Looks like they really grip. I committed on them in another video.
At some point you just have to accept that its done. Goes on to mess with and tweak it a little more! Good advice John, put the hammer down NOW !
I really enjoy all of your videos they're so easy to follow, thank you for these. Projects like this are perfect for a beginner like myself.
Very good video. I do a lot of Dutch oven cooking and a fork is definitely on the list when I get my forge finished. Thanks
I think I got my dad addicted to your videos.
Awesome informational educational video experience Y'alls
Thanks for all you do John. I enjoy your straightforward approach, it always make sense.
Really nice video John. As I watched, I thought of 2 very simple tools I use on my anvil sell the time. The first I use most often is an anvil ruler. Mine is rolled iron flat stock. Very soft, it has a scroll, more for a handle than decoration, then it's just bent over the anvil on either side so it rest on the face, it's easy to slide or remove. I use a cold chisel to Mark off to the 1/4 inch just like a ruler and use tick marks for 1'2'3;4 inches and half marks at half ect. It's easy to make and is indispensable, might make a neat short video. Thanks John. Joe. The other is the same but I'd wider as a cutting plate. Used less often.
Good ideas.
Awsome video. That's why I watch your channel. Thank you John. Keep them coming and I always wear my safety squints. 🔨on
Another great video, also interested in those slotted tongs you were using? Thanks
Someone was explaining the etymology of the word fork .
Apparently it was originally two-hook. Fancier utensils had four tines and were four-hooks.
So I love the idea that tomorrow I will go out to the shop and make a two-hook.
Interesting.
man.. what a nice and fairly simple looking project. I can't wait till the DOC releases me to forge again.. but I guess I gotta walk first.. Its only been a little over a week and I am gnawing at the bit to get int the forge..
Another excellent video. I've made a few forks, much like what you've done here. I look forward to the spoon. Thanks again!
I really enjoy your videos
Thanks
Besides your master skills you are a great teacher:)!
I am looking to make a squirll cooker ,pot hanger type camp kit this was another informative video. My forge is built ,got some coal,gathered a few hammers ,punches ,hot cut,cold cut chisels, hacksaw,files,rail road rail on a stump,and i am remodeling my old chicken house and adding a little addition.Ha ha i have not even heated up a piece of steel yet,but am looking foward to it.Now i need to make some tongs.
Sounds like you are on the way. For your first tongs you may want to look into the rapid tongs from kens Custom iron. They are a partially made set that are relatively straight forward to complete.
Thanks have a great day
Thank you John I love that
Good point, about revisiting the basics.
Very nice!
Good call on the beeswax. JPW.. reading the msds, has numerous chemicals and solvents in it as well as the wax products
Thanks for the video..
love making forks i made one by drawing out a railroad spike,was a longer process but it looked great!
Would make a nice barbecue turning fork. The spoon could be a basting spoon. All in all, would be a nice set of utensils for the grill!!
I'll need to do a spatula as well
Looking forward to the fork's companions. I want to forge a set of cooking tools for use with the Dutch ovens on the campfire--fork, spoon, spatula, ladle--but with longer handles. As beginner projects, I made some longer lid lifters/pot hooks...I've really seared my knuckles over the years cooking on those fires. Thanks for the tutorials.
thank you john nice fork
Well done as always. I'd love to see you also do a fancy colonial fork. Revisited this vid thinking toward Xmas gifts. Again, thanks for all you do. You are a great teacher!
Very nice fork. I really like that style. Most of my work is for the American Civil War era and this fits right in. Most of my camp cooking stuff I finish with regular ole cooking spray while warm enough to smoke up. Smells like you're frying chicken, and it leaves a nice dark patina...kinda like seasoning a skillet.
That would be a good easy finish
Perfect. Great video. This one is definitely on my to do list. Thanks John!
Nice work, as always.
Love it, thanks John.
Neighbor gave me about 50lb of landscape nails a couple of months ago. I turned one into a fork, it surprised me how it turned out and somebody already bought it. Made two more this last weekend demo'n. They're gone also.
Are those the long staples they use for erosion matting?
No, actually nails. Close to if not 3/8 and about 11 or 12" long.
I made a few out of rebar with mesquite handles and gave them away for Christmas. It was one my first projects last year. Could you maybe do a video on how to make a touch mark someday. Thanks. 👍
I haven't had real good luck making my own touch marks. The ones I use were custom made by www.henryaevers.com/
Black Bear Forge thanks for the response I haven't had any luck making them either. I will check out that company. Thanks
thank you for that tip I will try to make a fork for my husband you can use that for the grill I make him for his birthday and thank you for that tip teacher 😇👩🏫👩🏭
Very nice
Great Project.
How about a pigtail style meat flipper. Easy to make out of a RR spike. Sell really well IF you do a show demo of how to use them.
I have made them, but don't do enough events where they would sell. But I am sure they will make the video list.
You are great!
my first fork was made with huge rebar had a nice rams head on the back and man after the quench i tapped on the tine of the fork and it broke...i was truely sad but lesson learned.
I tend to avoid rebar, it is unpredictable. I also would never quench things like forks and spoons, they don't need to be hardened.
Nice fork John; you forgot your touch mark.
Its on there, just not on the video
I could use a fork like this to use when I grill.
Fork: from Latin Furca; pitching fork/pitchfork.
You mention "cold shuts" often. What does that mean? Great videos by the way, thank you.
I'll try to do a video. But it is a place where material gets bent or folded over without being welded leaving a seam that can become a weak spot or stress crack.
John, I have never seen a pair of tongs like your using with the (window) on the jaws. Can you show how to make those? Thanks You
I did a video on those today and will try to get it uploaded this evening.
Have you ever made the forks to long that they would not fit back into the gas forge?
Yes, sometimes you need a bend so they fit back in
John, I am a beginner Blacksmith and I need some advice. I have a forge, anvil, Hammer & tongs. What are the first tools your recommend I first make (pouches “what type & sizes” & hardy tools)?
Thank You !
The exact tools you need depend on what you want to make. A good basic set would include a tapered hot punch that is 1/4" round at the end, hot chisel and a cutoff hardy. After that make the tools you need to do the next project. Other punches, chisels, drifts or hardy tools.
Was that mild steel or plain iron?
Mild steel
I don't thjnk I have ever seen you use a maker's mark. Is there a reason?
I place a makers mark on just about everything I send out the door. It just rarely gets shown as a part of the videos.
Is it possible that just the scale can prevent the workpiece from rusting so that you don't have to treat it with wax?
Scale is itself an iron oxide, so it more or less is rust. A fork like this will rust easily of it gets washed. So they should be treated like you would a good cast iron skillet, dry it and oil it regularly after washing. Of course of all you use it for is cooking bacon, it will have a nice oil coating to prevent rust.
Oh, I see, thanks for the answer!
Are you going to make a knife with the set
Probably not. I am sure I will do some knives as time goes on, but there are much better knife making channels out there
Hi how much would one sell for? Thanks John😀 Anthony Kent
I think I would price these at $35 each. But I would have to make several to get a good time estimate.
Black Bear Forge wow that's interesting, those are the points I can never get right. Thanks!
What are the tongs you use on this project?
I did a video on those today and will try to get it uploaded this evening.
John, (off subject) did you ever get the emailed picture of my brother?
No, I haven't seen it come through
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