First video uploaded

JT that was really great the way you did your voice over.Thanks for all your sharing . It helps me so much .How long did take you to learn to swing a hammer so fast?ha ha WB
 
Thanks guys. All said and done the time at the anvil with the hammer was just about 30min. This does not include heat up time or any thing else, just forging time.
 
I don’t know if I said this in the video or not. I am by no means an expert at this and I’m sure there are better ways to do it. But this is just how I have figured things out and how I forge things out.
 
Interesting uses of the post vise, and that is a mythical beast of a forge. Personal preference on the video would be to not speed it up. I watched it all the way through because you posted it, but when I find a video from a random joe on YouTube that has been sped up I don’t finish watching it. I find it hard to see well what is going on, and I just find it distracting too. If you are worried about time, one option would be to just cut out some the heats.
 
JT, that is an excellent video and you sure know your stuff on forging. I'll have to agree with Lanternate above - too much speedup hammering. Remove a few heats, but show some of the forging in real time, but not all of it. Some of the speeded up works, but not when the whole video is speeded up. Not sure what the right balance between real time and speeded up is, but I think it needs some of both.

Now, allow me to say your wife did a GREAT job with the camera - great job. I do like the voice over rather than trying to talk while the forging is going on. All in all - you're on the right track for sure. Looking forward to rest of your videos on this project.

Ken H>
 
Thanks guys for the input. When I started editing I was thinking, “self, how can I squeeze all this content into the 15min that I have given my self as a limit. I was not sure on whether or not you would have wanted more footage or less speed. Thanks for the advise, I will go through the next epasodes with this in mind.
 
that is a great instructional video! love the voiceover, and speeding up areas not to make it too long. of course great content too!
 
I don't forge but that was excellent and kept my attention the whole time! Loved the voice over keep it up man!
 
Well done. A lot of concise information is passed on w/o chatter or annoying tunes.
You were able to show me a new way to approach forging a blade tang that I could easily remember and apply.
I personally liked the hammering rate, as I was watching the approach to the work. Perhaps a new forger would
benefit from seeing some actual hammering rate?? Don’t know.
You have a good knack for teaching. Thanks for sharing this.
 
I liked the video. Probably a combo of sped up and edited video is the right answer. For how to videos I prefere voice over. It's just cleaner than trying to explain and work most of the time. I was going to ask what your plans for the video are? If you want a revenue source your going to need shots facing the camera and probably up the entertainment value. If you are trying to do a instructional video you kinda need to start with what you are trying to show and then intentionally perform that task. Coming from a welding background I have seen guys try to train by saying "just watch what I do". Sometimes it's easier to learn from beginners since there perspective of a task is similar to other learners and the explanation is sympathetic to the hurdles of learning a new task. This is not meant to be criticism but just my perspective thinking how to make my own welding training video. I loved the footage. It might be worth posting unedited forging video. I find with technique based task watching others perform it can be really instructive. Thanks for sharing that was a lot if work to share with us.
 
Dude, You need a powerhammer !
All that could have been done in about 10 heats !!

Btw, glad you were lefthand hammering. Maybe you are natural Scofflaw?
Surely you know Hardy unused is cardinal sin...
 
I always have the hammer in my left hand and 99% of the time that hardy is in that hole. I know people say keep stuff out of the hardy unless your using it but meh. Just need to pay attention to your surroundings. I use it often to drag the base across to pull scale off the surface. When not using the anvil I do have a tennis ball that I stick over the horn. No fun backing into somthing like that. I have my big press when I need to really move stuff. But I enjoy working the blade shape out by hand. But like I said I think start to finish including reheat times that blade took 1hr to forge.

Thanks guys for all the comments.
 
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